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NEW  HAMPSHIRE  GRANTS 


Being  Transcripts  of 

THE  CHARTERS  OF  TOWNSHIPS 


AND  Minor  Grants  of  Lands  Made  by  the  Provincial  Government  of 
New  Hampshire,  Within  the  Present  Boundaries  of  the  State 
OF  Vermont,  from  1749  to  1764. 

with  an  appendix 

Containing  the  Petitions  to  King  George  the  Third,  in  1766,  by  the 
Proprietors  and  Settlers  Under  the  New  Hampshire  Grants, 
and  Lists  of  the  Subscribers;  also  Historical  and 
Bibliographical  Notes  Relative  to  the  Towns 
IN  Vermont,  by  Hiram  A.  Huse,  State 
Librarian. 


VOLUME  XXVI. 

Town  Charters,  Volume  HI. 


ALBERT  STILLMAN  BATCIIELLOR, 

Editor  of  State  Papers. 


CONGO  R I): 

EDWARD  N.  PEARSON,  PUBLIC  PRINTER. 

1 8 ;■) . 


BOSTON  COLLEGE  LIBRARY 
CHESTNUT  HILL,  MASS. 


JOINT  KESOLUTION  relating  to  the  preservation  and  publication  of 
portions  of  the  early  state  and  provincial  records,  and  other  state 
papers  of  New  Hampshire. 

Resolved  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General  Court 
convened : 

That  His  Excellency  the  Governor  be  hereby  authorized  and  empoAvered, 
with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Council,  to  employ  some  suitable  j)erson — 
and  fix  his  compensation,  to  be  paid  out  of  any  money  in  the  treasury  not 
otherwise  appropriated — to  collect,  arrange,  transcribe,  and  superintend  the 
publication  of  such  portions  of  the  early  state  and  provincial  records  and 
other  state  papers  of  New  Hampshire  as  the  Governor  may  deem  proper; 
and  that  eight  hundred  copies  of  each  volume  of  the  same  be  printed  by 
the  state  printer,  and  distributed  as  follows  : namely,  one  copy  to  each  city 
and  town  in  the  state,  one  copy  to  such  of  the  public  libraries  in  the  state 
as  the  Governor  may  designate,  fifty  copies  to  the  New  Hampshire  Histori- 
cal Society,  and  the  remainder  placed  in  the  custody  of  the  state  librarian, 
who  is  hereby  authorized  to  exchange  the  same  for  similar  publications  by 
other  states. 

Approved  August  4,  1881. 


PREFACE. 


The  exercise  of  territorial  jurisdiction  and  the  grants  of  townships  by  the 
provincial  government  of  New  Hampshire  west  of  the  Connecticut,  within 
the  present  boundaries  of  the  State  of  Vermont,  is  an  important  and  interest- 
ing element  in  the  history  of  both  of  these  states.  An  acquaintance  with  the 
contentions  between  the  provincial  or  colonial  governments  of  New  York, 
Massachusetts,  and  New  Hampshire  is  necessary  to  a fair  conception  of  the 
legal  and  political  status  of  these  grants  in  the  first  period  of  their  history. 
In  the  earlier  volumes  of  this  series,  the  serious  complications  between  New 
Hampshire  and  Massachusetts  Bay,  arising  from  the  disputed  boundary 
between  them,  may  be  studied  to  good  purpose,  particularly  in  the  docu- 
ments presented  in  Yol.  XIX.  The  Massachusetts  claim,  at  times,  extended 
to  an  east  and  west  line  running  through  a point  three  miles  north  of  the 
outlet  of  Lake  Winnipiseogee,  that  being  claimed  as  the  point  intended  in 
the  language  of  the  charter,  “the  said  River  called  Monomack,  alias  Merri- 
mack, or  to  the  northward  of  any  and  every  part  thereof  (Yol.  XIX,  p. 
335).  If  that  point  had  been  intended  as  “any  part”  of  the  Merrimack 
River,  the  argument  should  have  been  eflective  in  locating  the  north  line 
of  Massachusetts  Bay  three  miles  north  of  the  point  marked  by  the  monu- 
ment at  Y’’eirs  known  as  Endicott  Rock.  But  the  King  in  Council,  March, 
1739-40,  determined  the  line  to  be  governed  l)y  the  river  so  far  as  that  fol- 
lowed a westerly  course,  but  when  it  turned  to  the  north  the  line  should 
continue  “thence  due  West  across  the  said  River  till  it  meets  with  his 
Majesty’s  other  Governments.”  This  result  was  favorable  to  the  New 
Hampshire  contention.  The  controversies  over  the  theoretical  location 
were  thus  practically  ended.  Differences  have  nevertheless  existed  as  to 
the  actual  location  of  the  line,  until  the  recent  settlement  of  the  matter  by 
commissions  from  both  states.* 

In  1741,  Jonathan  Belcher,  who  had  been  since  1730  tlie  royal  Governor 
of  both  Massachusetts  Bay  and  New  Hamj)shire,  was  succeeded  in  Massa- 
chusetts by  William  Shirley  and  in  New  Hami)shire  by  Benning  Wentworth. 
The  commission  of  the  latter  described  the  boundary  of  the  province  “ on 
the  south  side  by  a similar  curve  line  pursuing  the  course  of  the  Merrimack 

•Joint  comml.n«lon»  aro  at  thia  time  nlacinK  monumenta  on  the  lino,  and  there  la  no  roaaon 
to  auppoae  that  this  matter  will  hereafter  ho  a subject  of  interstate  aKltatiun. 


IV 


PREFACE. 


river  at  three  miles  distance  on  the  north  side  thereof,  beginning  at  the 
Atlantic  Ocean,  and  ending  due  north  of  a place  called  Pantucket  Falls, 
and  by  a straight  line,  drawn  from  thence  due  west  across  the  said  river 
till  it  meets  ivith  our  other  governments.'’’  The  commission  also  contained 
a grant  of  authority  to  dispose  of  lands  upon  such  terms  as  might  seem  fit. 
In  1744,  by  an  order  of  the  King  in  Council,  the  Province  of  New  Hamp- 
shire was  reminded  that  it  had  neglected  to  take  possession  of  and  to  pro- 
vide for  a fort  called  Fort  Dummer,  which  was  built  in  1724  by  Massachu- 
setts upon  the  then  western  frontier  of  that  province,  and  had  been  hitherto 
governed  by  them,  '•'•but  is  lately  fallen  ivithin  the  limits  of  said  province 
of  Neiv  Hampshire  by  the  settlement  of  the  boundary  line  between  the  two 
provinces."  Fort  Dummer  was  situated  within  the  limits  of  the  present 
town  of  Brattleboro,  Vt.  In  a report  dated  Aug.  14,  1752,  on  a case  stated 
by  the  King  in  Council  for  the  opinion  of  the  English  attorney-general  and 
solicitor-general  with  respect  to  certain  tracts  of  land  granted  by  the  gov- 
ernments of  Massachusetts  Bay  and  Connecticut,  the  following  passage 
occurs  in  the  official  statement  : 

“There  are  also  about  60,000  acres  of  land  on  the  west  side  of  Connecti- 
cut river  which  were  purchased  by  private  persons  from  the  government  of 
Connecticut,  to  whom  that  land  had  been  laid  out  by  the  government  of  the 
Massachusetts  Bay,  as  an  equivalent  for  two  or  three  townships  which  the 
Massachusetts  Bay  purchased  from  Connecticut  government.  This  tract  of 
land  by  the  determination  of  the  boundary  line  in  1738,  is  become  part  of 
New  Hampshire,  but  the  proprietors  of  it  are  subject  to  no  conditions  of 
improvement,  and  the  land  is  waste  and  uncultivated.”* 

It  will  be  observed  that  the  boundary  to  the  westward  of  Pantucket  Falls 
between  Massachusetts  and  New  Hampshire  is  "-due  west  * * ♦ till  it  meets 
with  our  other  governments. " The  Avestern  terminus  of  this  line  and  the  west- 
ern boundary  of  NeAV  Hampshire  would  manifestly  depend  upon  a determina- 
tion of  the  eastern  boundaries  of  “our  other  governments ” lying  to  the  west- 
ward. It  is  manifest  from  the  evidence  that  important  considerations  in  re- 
spect to  actual  conditions,  and  official  utterances,  had  contributed  to  the  gen- 
eral understanding  that  the  easterly  boundary  of  New  York  was  not  on  the 
Connecticut  Elver.  But  it  is  at  an  earlier  period  that  this  question  was 
first  raised  and  made  an  important  element  in  colonial  affairs.  The  Hart- 
ford treaty  of  1656  between  the  United  Colonies  of  New  England  on  the  one 
part,  and  the  Dutch  colony  of  New  Netherlands  on  the  other,  fixed  a line  of 
division  between  New  Netherlands  and  New  England  to  begin  at  the  west 
side  of  Greenwich  Bay,  being  about  four  miles  from  Stamford,  and  to 
run  a northerly  course  twenty  miles  up  into  the  country,  and  after,  as  it 

^Hall’s  Early  History  of  Vermont,  p.  478.  From  Mass.  Archives.  See  Stevens  Papers,  1730- 
1775,  p.  14,  and  Doc.  Hist.  N.  Y.,  vol.  4,  p.  542. 


PREFACE. 


V 


should  be  agreed  by  the  two  governments  of  the  Dutch  and  of  New  Haven  ; 
provided  the  line  should  not  come  wdthin  ten  miles  of  Hudson’s  River.  The 
Dutch  were  to  retain  all  the  lands  in  Hartford  of  which  they  were  actually 
possessed,  known  or  set  out  by  certain  bounds  or  marks,  and  all  the  remain- 
der of  the  said  land  on  both  sides  of  Connecticut  River  to  be  and  to  remain 
to  the  English.  This  settlement  seems  to  have  been  treated  as  conclusive 
by  the  parties  till  the  conquest  of  the  New  Netherlands  by  the  English  in 
1064.  It  was  recognized  by  Dutch  authority  in  the  time  of  their  reconquest 
and  brief  reoccupation  of  their  former  possessions  in  1673.  The  provision 
for  an  extension  of  the  line  northerly,  as  settlements  might  ensue  and  require 
t,  is  the  occasion  for  an  inference  that  the  Dutch  pretensions  would  not 
extend  easterly  beyond  the  prolongation  of  the  twenty-mile  line  provided 
that  it  did  not  come  within  ten  miles  of  the  Hudson. 

The  royal  Connecticut  charter  of  1662  bounded  the  colony  on  the  west  by 
the  South  Sea.  At  this  period  there  seems  to  be  no  evidence  of  a serious 
claim  by  the  Dutch  to  territorial  jurisdiction  to  the  Connecticut  River,  and 
no  admission  of  the  validity  of  such  a pretension  by  the  English.  In  1664, 
a charter  was  granted  to  the  Duke  of  York  by  King  Charles  to  confirm  his 
purchase  of  Long  Island  and  other  territory  from  the  Earl  of  Stirling,  to 
whom  they  had  been  conveyed  by  the  Council  of  Plymouth  on  the  surrender 
of  their  charter  to  the  crown  in  1635.  Furthermore  the  charter  to  the  Ply- 
mouth Company  of  Nov.  3,  1620,  granted  them  “that  part  of  America  lying 
between  40  and  48  degrees  north  latitude  and  in  length  by  all  the  breadth 
aforesaid  throughout  the  main  land  from  sea  to  sea.”  It  was  also  the  inten- 
tion to  convey  to  the  Duke  of  York  the  Dutch  possessions  of  New  Nether- 
lands by  the  same  instrument.* 

The  following  extract  from  the  language  of  the  charter  is  sufficient  to 
indicate  the  basis  of  the  claim  for  a New  York  boundary  on  Connecticut 
River  : “all  that  part  of  the  main  land  of  New  England  beginning  at  a cer- 
tain place  called  or  known  by  the  name  of  St.  Croix,  next  adjoining  New 
Scotland  in  America,  and  from  thence  extending  along  the  sea  coast  unto  a 
place  called  Potuaquine  or  Pemaquid,  and  up  the  river  thereof  to  the  farthest 
head  of  the  same  as  its  breadth  northwards  ; and  extending  from  thence  to 
the  river  Kinebequi,  and  so  upwards  by  the  shortest  course  to  the  river 
Canada  northwards,  and  also  all  that  island  or  islands  called  by  the  name 
or  names  of  Mattowacks  or  Long  Island  situate  lying  and  being  towards 
the  west  of  Cape  Cod,  and  the  Narrow  Highgansetts,  abutting  upon  the 
main  lainl  ])etween  the  two  rivers  there  called  or  known  by  the  several 
names  of  Connecticut  and  Hudson’s  river  tnffvthcr  alM(t  irith  the  stiiri  river 
called  Uadunn'K  river,  and  all  the  land,  from  the  tvent  side  of  Cf/nnrrticnt 
river  to  the  east  side  of  Delaware  Hat/;  ami  also  all  those  several  islands 
• The  Boumlary  Dinputea  of  Connecticut,  by  Clarence  W.  Bowen,  1882. 


Y1 


PREFACE. 


called  or  known  by  the  names  of  Martin’s  Vineyard  and  Nantukes  or 
otherwise  Nantucket.”* 

With  this  charter  as  the  foundation  of  the  contention,  drawn  after  the 
grant  to  the  Duke  of  York,  issues  were  raised  with  Connecticut  and  Massa- 
chusetts successively,  with  a result  confirming  the  boundary  twenty  miles 
east  of  and  parallel  with  the  Hudson  River.  It  was  also  understood,  for  a 
considerable  part  of  the  period  prior  to  1740,  that  the  western  boundary  of 
Massachusetts,  against  New  York,  extended  to  the  line  of  Canada.  The 
region  afterwards  constituting  the  State  of  Vermont  was,  for  the  most  part, 
a wilderness,  and  the  relations  existing  between  the  English  and  the 
French  and  their  Indian  allies  rendered  any  considerable  settlement  of 
that  part  of  New  England  hazardous  in  the  extreme  and  impracticable. 
The  claim  of  New  York  to  territorial  jurisdiction  to  the  Connecticut  River, 
if  not  practically  abandoned,  was  for  a long  time  held  in  abeyance.  If, 
therefore,  it  was  not  a settled  question  whether  the  extent  of  New  Hamp- 
shire to  the  westward  was  a line  corresponding  to  that  of  Massachusetts, 
the  history  and  situation  of  affairs  were  such  that  Governor  Wentworth 
might  well  apply  the  practical  test  of  actual  land  grants  on  the  west  side  of 
the  Connecticut,  with  reasonable  expectation  of  being  sustained  in  the 
movement.  The  enterprising  and  overflowing  surplus  population  of  the 
older  New  England  towns,  long  confined  in  restricted  limits  by  French  and 
Indian  aggressions,  were  looking  to  this  region  as  the  most  promising  for 
their  future  occupation.  Governor  Wentworth,  in  1749,  entered  upon  the 
business  of  disposing  of  the  lands  lying  between  the  Connecticut  and  the 
twenty-mile  line.  In  the  period  from  that  date  to  and  including  1764  he 
issued  not  less  than  129  township  charters  and  6 individual  grants.  Mean- 
time a correspondence  was  carried  on  between  the  New  York  and  New 
Hampshire  governors,  in  which  Governor  Wentworth  declared  his  position 
and  purpose,  and  Governor  Clinton  denied  that  his  claims  were  well  founded 
and  asserted  the  counter  title.  This  resulted  in  an  appeal  to  the  crown. 
A decision  by  the  King  in  Council,  rendered  in  1764,  declared  “the  western 
banks  of  the  river  Connecticut  from  where  it  enters  the  province  of  Massa- 
chusetts bay,  as  far  north  as  the  forty-fifth  degree  of  northern  latitude  to 
be  the  boundary  line  between  the  said  two  provinces  of  New  Hampshire 
and  New  York.”  It  is  surprising  to  those  who  critically  examine  the 
charter  titles,  the  conduct  of  the  parties,  and  the  admissions  of  crown 
authorities,  that  the  contention  of  New  Hampshire  should  have  been  inef- 
fectual. It  may  well  be  questioned  whether  its  cause  was  urged  with  the 
skill  and  vigor  which  characterized  the  agency  of  John  Thomlinson  for 
the  province  in  the  contest  over  our  Massachusetts  boundary.  A London 

^Hall’s  Early  History  of  Vermont,  p.  19.  Col.  Hist.  N.  Y.,  vol.  2,  p.  295.  U.  S.  Land  Laws, 
vol.  1,  p.  80. 


PREFACE. 


Vll 


letter  of  March  31,  1763,  from  Mr.  S.  Johnson  to  John  Wendell,  may  sug- 
gest an  explanation  of  the  causes  which  led  to  the  result  foreshadowed. 

“I  am  really  surprised  at  the  supiness  of  the  Proprietors  and  even  of 
your  Province  in  this  matter;  had  it  been  pursued  with  spirit  immediately 
upon  the  alteration  of  the  Jurisdiction  & before  any  Grants  had  been  made 
by  New  York,  it  is  very  plain  to  me,  that  the  Prop*'®  might  very  easily  have 
secured  their  Lands,  tho’  the  Province  had  not  recovered  its  Jurisdiction, 
and  even  the  latter  I think  was  very  probable. 

“ Many  things  which  have  since  happened  have  increased  the  difficulty, 
but  I should  by  no  means  even  now  despair  of  it,  if  the  cause  was  supported 
as  it  ought  to  be  by  the  Joint  aid  and  application  of  all  the  Proprietors  and 
the  Province,  the  one  for  the  Property  and  the  other  for  the  Jurisdiction 
of  the  lands,  the  real  Poverty  of  those  who  Joined  Capt.  Robinson  (tho’ 
they  did  the  best  they  could)  rendered  them  unable  to  give  the  cause  that 
effectual  support  which  was  (and  is)  necessary  to  give  it  proper  weight  and 
render  the  application  to  the  Crown  as  regular  and  respectable  as  its 
Importance  and  the  usual  course  of  Proceedings  in  cases  of  this  kind  Justly 
required;  Money  has  in  fact  been  wanting  to  do  Justice  to  this  Cause;  it 
came  here  rather  in  Forma  Pauperis  which  is  an  appearance  seldom  made 
or  much  regarded  in  this  country,  and  is  by  no  means  an  Eligible  light  in 
which  to  place  an  affair  of  this  kind.”* 

Upon  the  rendition  of  a Judgment  by  the  King  in  Council  making  the  west 
bank  of  the  Connecticut  River  the  boundary  between  New  York  and  New 
Hampshire,  an  opportunity  was  afforded  for  an  equitable  arrangement  of 
resulting  conditions. 

The  region  occupied  by  the  New  Hampshire  Grants  was  fully  opened  to 
settlers  by  the  termination  of  the  French  and  Indian  wars  and  the  English- 
American  conquest  of  Canada.  The  country  had  been  extensively  traversed 
by  the  troops  of  New  Hampshire  and  the  lower  New  England  colonies  engaged 
in  the  war,  and  its  advantages  for  settlement  were  well  understood.  A gen- 
eral movement  of  those  interested  in  the  grants,  as  holders  or  assignees  of 
titles,  ensued  in  the  four  years  that  elapsed  before  the  royal  adjudication  of 
1764. 

The  settlers  on  the  grants  and  on  the  corresponding  territory  in  northern 
New  Hampshire  rapidly  cleared  farms,  made  improvements,  and  established 
homes.  This  was  undertaken  and  accomplished  with  full  confidence  in  the 
validity  of  their  titles  under  New  Hampshire.  The  change  in  their  political 
relations  on  the  westerly  side  of  the  river,  resulting  from  the  King’s  decree, 
was  unexpected  and  unwelcome.  Nevertheless,  it  is  not  improbable  that 
they  would  have  acquiesced  in  the  transfer  of  political  Jurisdiction  to  New 


* X,  N.  H.  state  Papers,  216. 


Vlll 


PREFACE. 


York  without  serious  objection  or  opposition,  provided  it  had  allowed  them 
an  undisturbed  possession  of  their  lands  and  improvements. 

There  was  also  a considerable  portion  of  the  territory  between  the  Con- 
necticut River  and  the  line  to  the  westward  to  which  New  Hampshire  had 
claimed  and  asserted  jurisdiction,  that  was  not  covered  by  New  Hampshire 
grants.  Of  course  it  was  expected  that  this  would  be  disposed  of  by  the 
government  of  New  York  for  its  own  purposes  and  in  its  own  way,  and  no 
serious  difficulties  arose  in  that  direction. 

From  the  year  1761,  until  the  beginning  of  the  Revolution,  Cadwallader 
Golden  had  held  the  office  of  Lieutenant-Governor,  acting  as  chief  magistrate 
during  a large  part  of  the  period,  and  had  been  influential  in  reference  to 
the  vigorous  policy  pursued  towards  the  New  Hampshire  Grants.  He  in- 
augurated the  scheme  of  regranting  the  lands,  which  had  been  included  in 
the  previous  charters  of  New  Hampshire.  He  was  able  and  persistent  in  all 
his  serious  undertakings. 

The  inhabitants  of  the  grants,  however,  long  accustomed  to  local  self- 
government  in  the  Connecticut,  Massachusetts,  and  New  Hampshire  towns, 
were  well  skilled  in  the  exercise  of  their  political  prerogatives,  and  were 
determined  in  the  defence  of  what  they  deemed  to  be  their  just  rights,  never 
for  an  instant  wavering  in  the  defence  of  their  new  possessions,  whatever 
form  of  resistance  it  involved. 

They  first  appealed  to  the  King,  and  on  the  24th  of  July,  1767,  obtained 
an  order  forbidding  the  Governor  of  New  York  to  regrant  lands  covered  by 
New  Hampshire  titles  or  to  disturb  the  settlers  under  them.  The  language 
of  the  decree  was  as  follows  : 

“ His  Majesty  taking  said  report  into  consideration  was  pleased  with  the 
advice  of  his  privy  council  to  approve  thereof,  and  doth  hereby  strictly 
charge  require  and  command  that  the  Governor,  Commander-in-Chief  of  his 
Majesty’s  province  of  New  York,  for  the  time  being,  do  not  (upon  pain  of 
his  Majesty’s  highest  displeasure)  presume  to  make  any  grant  whatever  of 
any  part  of  the  lands  described  in  the  said  report,  until  his  Majesty’s  further 
pleasure  shall  be  known  concerning  the  same.” 

No  modification  of  this  order  was  ever  made  by  royal  authority.  Never- 
theless, Governor  Golden  persisted  in  his  policy  of  aggression,  which  would 
compel  a repurchase  from  New  York  or  an  abandonment  of  the  earlier 
grant  from  New  Hampshire.  The  settlers  having  the  choice  between 
one  or  the  other  of  these  alternatives  and  open  resistance,  moved  with 
great  unanimity  to  the  adoption  of  the  latter  course,  both  from  inclination 
and  necessity. 

Although  in  some  instances  the  proprietors  of  New  Hampshire  titles 
chose  to  purchase  immunity  from  disturbance  from  New  York,  it  is  note- 


PREFACE. 


IX 


worthy  that  where  the  alternative  of  resistance  was  adopted  on  the  part  of  the 
settlers,  they  eventually  maintained  their  j)osition.  The  rule  of  persistence 
prevailed  in  all  cases  and  each  of  the  New  Hampshire  grants  became  a per- 
manent political  entity. 

The  conflict  which  ensued  occupies  the  critical  period  in  the  history  of 
Vermont,  and  had  an  important  and  controlling  influence  upon  the  course 
of  events  down  to  the  time  of  the  complete  establishment  of  her  statehood. 
Its  presentation  is  not  essential  to  an  outline  of  the  events  which  were  pre- 
cedent to  the  creation  of  the  titles  known  as  the  New  Hampshire  Grants. 
Those  who  are  interested  in  this  epoch  are  referred  to  the  works  of  the  early 
historians  of  Vermont ; History  of  Eastern  Vermont,  by  Benjamin  H.  Hall, 
1858  ; The  Early  History  of  Vermont,  by  Hiland  Hall,  1868  ; and  Belknap’s 
History  of  New  Hampshire,  chap.  26.  (Governor  Hall  finds  occasion  in  his 
work  for  a vigorous  dissent  from  the  conclusions  of  Mr.  B.  H.  Hall  as  to 
the  New  York  contention.)  The  principal  references  in  documentary 
history  are,  the  Records  of  the  Governor  and  Council  of  Vermont,  vols.  1 
and  2 ; the  Collections  of  the  Historical  Society  of  Vermont;  the  Province 
and  State  Papers  of  New  Hampshire,  volume  10;  and  the  published  Col- 
onial Records  and  Documentary  History  of  New  Y^ork.  Maps  presenting 
the  townships  as  laid  out  on  the  disputed  territory  may  be  found  in  the 
Records  of  the  Governor  and  Council  of  Vermont,  volume  8,  opposite  page 
430,  and  in  the  Documentary  History  of  New  York,  (quarto)  volume  1,  appen- 
dix. Valuable  monograj)hs  treating  the  same  subject  in  its  various  aspects, 
recently  published,  are  New  Hampshire  and  Vermont,  by  Henry  A. 
Hazen,  1894;  Dartmouth  College  and  the  State  of  New  Connecticut,  by 
John  L.  Rice,  Proceedings  of  the  Connecticut  Valley  Historical  Society, 
1879,  page  152  ; The  Vermont  Controversy,  by  C.  A.  Downs,  Granite 
Monthly,  volume  11,  pages  320,  349 ; The  College  Hall  in  Politics,  by 
Frederick  Chase,  History  of  Hanover,  1891,  chapter  7,  page  422;  Address 
of  E.  J.  Phelps,  at  the  Dedication  of  the  Bennington  Monument,  1891,  p. 
84  ; Vermont,  A Study  of  Independence,  by  Rowland  E.  Robinson,  1892  ; 
Saunderson’s  History  of  Charlestown,  N.  H.,  1876,  chapters  8 to  12. 

In  the  following  pages,  copies  of  all  the  New  Hampshire  grants  west  of 
the  Connecticut  River  are  presented.  The  arrangement  is  alphabetically 
by  towns.  These  are  exact  transcripts  from  the  records  in  the  office  of  the 
Secretary  of  the  State  of  New  Hampsire.  Plots  of  the  outline  of  each  grant 
accompany  the  charter.  The  admirable  notes  which  appear  in  the  apj^endix 
have  been  prepared  by  Hon.  Hiram  A.  Huse,  whose  special  qualifications 
for  such  a task  are  manifest  in  the  part  of  the  volume  which  was  prepared 
by  him. 

In  further  illustration  of  the  history  of  these  grants,  a copy  of  the  peti- 


X 


PREFACE. 


tions  which  were  submitted  to  the  King  by  the  grantees  and  settlers  in 
1767,  is  given  with  the  names  of  the  petitioners.  An  incomplete  catalogue 
of  the  grants  was  published  in  Slade’s  State  Papers  of  Vermont,  1823, 
pages  13  to  16.  The  same  list  is  reprinted  in  Province  and  State  Papers  of 
New  Hampshire,  volume  10,  pages  204  to  207.  These  authorities  included 
a grant  of  date  June  7,  1763,  without  name.  The  omitted  tov  nship  was 
evidently  Essex.  The  manuscript  books  of  charters  contain  two  grants, 
Stratton,  July  30,  1761,  and  Somerset,  Sept.  9,  1761,  which  should  be  added 
to  the  list. 

Hinsdale  was  laid  by  its  charter  on  both  sides  of  the  river,  and  is  included 
in  the  lists  above  named.  There  were  also  six  grants  to  officers  for  service 
in  the  French  and  Indian  wars,  covering  14,000  acres,  which  are  mentioned 
as  a supplement  to  Mr.  Slade’s  list ; four  townships,  viz.  : Marlborough, 
afterwards  New  Marlborough  ; Draper,  formerly  Wilmington  ; Flamstead, 
alias  Chester ; and  Thomlinson,  were  regranted,  and  without  including  the 
grant  of  Hinsdale  or  the  four  renewals  of  grants,  or  those  made  to  officers 
in  His  Majesty’s  military  service,  but  adding  Stratton,  Somerset,  and 
Essex,  the  whole  number  of  original  township  grants  should  be  129. 

This  contribution  to  the  documentary  history  of  a most  important  period 
may  well  be  supplemented  hereafter  by  a production  of  the  unpublished 
grants  of  townships  and  lesser  tracts  made  upon  the  authority  of  the 
French,  and  those  patents  which  the  colonial  government  of  New  York 
issued  for  lands  in  the  regions  upon  which  the  State  of  Vermont  was 
erected.  Other  patents  on  the  same  ground,  emanating  from  Massachusetts 
or  Connecticut  authority,  should  have  place  in  the  same  work. 

Equally  important  and  interesting,  and  equally  deserving  of  publication, 
are  the  petitions  of  the  inhabitants,  and  other  public  documents  relating  to 
local  affairs  within  the  same  state  limits,  which  remain  in  obscurity  in  the 
archives  of  the  French,  English,  Canadian,  and  several  American  state  gov- 
ernments. This  undertaking  will  doubtless  commend  itself  to  the  favorable 
consideration  of  the  people  of  the  progressive  state,  whose  history  must  be 
traced  in  the  labyrinth  which  leads  to  these  records  in  many  distant,  and 
often  inconvenient,  places  of  deposit  and  reference. 

The  communication  which  is  appended,  contains  comments  and  suggestions 
which  are  an  essential  part  of  the  prefatory  statement  introducing  the  prin- 
cipal text  of  this  volume. 


THE  EDITOR. 


PllEFACE. 


XI 


MoNTPEiiiEE,  Vt.,  October  10,  1895. 

My  Dear  Mr.  Batchellor  : — The  notes  will  be  useful  mainly  in  giving  a 
pretty  full  list  of  the  names  by  which  grants  in  Vermont  have  been  known. 
They  are  not  such  as  to  warrant  the  word  “admirable”  applied  to  them  in 
your  manuscript  preface,  which  you  read  to  me  Monday,  unless  you  use  it 
as  meaning  remarkable  in  the  sense  a friend  of  mine  once  said  the  good  old 
village  of  East  Bethel  was  a remarkable  place.  “You  can  start  from  East 
Bethel,”  he  said,  “and  go  anywhere  you  like.”  So  one  can  start  from  the 
notes  and  acquire  elsewhere  full  and  interesting  information.  He  will  have 
to  enquire  his  way  for  the  most  part,  however,  for  the  guide  boards  set  up 
in  the  notes  are  far  from  sufficient  to  give  him  full  directions  for  his  way. 

Some  errors  in  the  notes  as  printed  I hope  you  may  have  opportunity  to 
correct.  On  p.  617,  in  line  25,  4,000  should  be  40,000.  On  p.  619,  in  line 
8,  the  comma  after  the  word  “on”  is  an  unwelcome  and  untruthful  in- 
truder. Father  Abell  (of  many  Vermont  legislatures),  once  told  of  a comma 
that  saved  a man’s  life  a third  of  a century  ago,  by  absenting  itself  from 
its  proper  place.  Our  constitution  provides  that  in  cases  of  treason  and 
murder  the  governor  shall  have  “power  to  grant  reprieves,  but  not  to  par- 
don, until  after  the  next  session  of  assembly.”  In  the  constitution  as 
printed  in  a certain  governor’s  day,  the  comma  after  “pardon”  dropped 
out,  and  the  governor,  after  a session  of  assembly,  pardoned  a prisoner 
who  had  been  convicted  of  murder.  This  is  not  the  constitutional  comma 
returned,  however,  for  that  has  already  retaken  its  proper  place. 

On  page  627  in  the  5th  line  under  Bamf,  and  on  page  633  in  the  4th  line 
under  Billymead,  there  should  be  no  period  after  Bamf. 

On  page  648  under  Coventry,  the  statement  should  be  that  Coventry  Leg, 
(not  Coventry  Gore),  was  annexed  to  Newport  in  1816.  On  page  649  it 
should  be  stated  that  Coventry  Gore  was  annexed  to  Newport  in  1894, 
(Laws  of  1894,  p.  406). 

On  page  650,  (and  in  your  index  of  names),  read  Dellius  instead  of  Dellins 
as  printed. 

On  page  670  in  the  last  line  1719  should  be  1791. 

On  page  690  the  incorporation  of  Montpelier  as  a city  should  have  been 
noted  as  in  Laws  of  1894,  pages  177-200. 

On  page  694  under  Newport  there  should  have  been  noted  the  annexation 
of  Coventry  Leg  and  part  of  Salem,  (Laws  of  1816,  p.  129)  ; and  the  an- 
nexation of  Coventry  Gore,  (Laws  of  1894,  p.  406). 

On  page  704  the  name  of  the  leading  grantee  of  Randolph  should  have 
been  given  as  Aaron  Storrs. 

On  page  708  it  should  have  been  noted  that  part  of  the  city  of  Rutland 
was  annexed  to  the  town  of  Rutland  in  1894,  (Laws  of  1894,  p.  242). 


Xll 


PREFACE. 


On  page  715  South  Bennington  should  be  South  Burlington  as  you  have 
stated  on  page  740. 

Reference  should  have  been  made  under  the  respective  towns  named  to 
the  following  town  histories  : 

Matthews’s  History  of  Cornwall,  also  Dudley’s  ; Williams’s  History  of 
Danby  ; Adams’s  History  of  Fairhaven  ; Tucker’s  History  of  Hartford  ; Mun- 
son’s Manchester  ; Rev.  E.  H.  Newton’s  Ms.  History  of  Marlboro,  (in  Ver- 
mont Historical  Society  Library) ; Swift’s  Middlebury  ; Frisbie’s  Middle- 
town  ; Newfane  Centennial;  Bottum’s  Orwell;  Hollister’s  Pawlet  for  One 
Hundred  Years ; Davis’s  Reading  ; Zadock  Steele’s  Burning  of  Royalton  ; 
Goodhue’s  Shoreham  ; Paul  and  Parks’s  Wells  ; also  a history  of  Whiting- 
ham  whose  author  I do  not  at  this  moment  recall  ; and  a sketch  of  Wilming- 
don  Reunion. 

No  one  desirous  of  tracing  the  early  history  of  a Vermont  town  can  leave 
out  a careful  examination  of  all  the  eight  volumes  of  the  Governor  and 
Council.  In  that  work  Mr.  Walton  did  much  in  the  line  on  which  your 
state  has  done  much  more  in  the  publication  of  its  State  and  Town  Papers. 

The  manuscript  Vermont  State  Papers  in  the  Secretary  of  State’s  office 
contain  a great  amount  of  material  never  in  print  that  is  illustrative  both  of 
the  history  of  the  state  and  of  the  great  majority  of  its  towns.  It  is  to  be 
hoped  and  believed  that,  some  day,  the  work  of  arranging  and  printing 
much  of  the  matter  contained  in  those  papers  will  be  entered  upon.  Most 
of  the  early  legislation  was  upon  petition,  as  were  nearly  all  the  grants. 
These  petitions  especially  show  the  form  and  pressure  of  their  time,  with 
such  accuracy  as  to  be  of  great  interest  to  any  student  of  the  days  when 
the  foundations  were  laid.  With  these  papers,  and  access  to  the  state  libra- 
ries and  official  records  of  New  Hampshire,  New  York,  and  Vermont,  the 
full  story  of  the  New  Hampshire  Grants  can  some  day  be  written  ; and  it  is 
one  that,  well  told,  will  be  neither  flippant  nor  prosy. 

Sincerely  yours, 

HIRAM  A.  HUSE. 


Hon.  a.  S.  Batchellok, 

Editor  N.  H.  State  Papers. 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


Addison  ............  3 

Andover  ............  7 

Arlington  ...........  11 

Averill  ............  16 

Barnard  ............  20 

Barnet  ............  24 

Bennington  ...........  29 

Berlin  ............  35 

Bloomfield  ...........  39 

Bolton  ............  43 

Brandon  ............  47 

Brattleboroiigli  ..........  51 

Bridgewater  ...........  58 

Bridport  ............  62 

Bristol  ............  66 

Brunswick  ...........  71 

Burlington  ...........  75 

Castleton  . . . . . . . . . . . 79 

Cavendish  ...........  83 

Charlotte  ...........  87 

Chester  ............  91 

Clarendon  ...........  99 

Colchester  ...........  103 

Corinth  ............  107 

Cornwall  ...........  Ill 

Danby  ............  115 

Dorset  ............  119 

Dover  ............  123 

Peter  Brown  . . . . . . . . . . 123 

Stephen  Holland  .........  125 

James  Tute  . . . . . . . . . . 127 

Dummerston  ...........  130 

Duxbury  ............  138 

Essex  ............  142 

Fairfax  ............  146 

Fairfield  ............  150 

Smithfield  ..........  154 

Fairlee  ............  159 


xiv  TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 

Ferdinand  ...........  163 

Wenlock  ...........  167 

Ferrisburg  ...........  171 

Georgia  ............  175 

Glastenbury  ...........  180 

Grafton  . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 

Granby  ............  192 

Guildhall  ...........  196 

Guilford  ............  200 

Halifax  ............  207 

Hartford  ...........  212 

Hartland  ...........  216 

Highgate  ...........  220 

Hinesburgh  ...........  224 

Hubbardton  ...........  228 

Huntington  ...........  232 

Jericho  ............  236 

Leicester  ...........  240 

Lemington  ...........  244 

Lewis  ............  248 

Ludlow  ............  252 

Lunenburg  ...........  257 

Maidstone  ...........  261 

Manchester  ...........  265 

Marlboro  ...........  269 

Middlebury  ...........  279 

Middlesex  ...........  283 

Milton  ............  287 

Monkton  ...........  291 

Moretown  ...........  295 

Mount  Tabor  ...........  299 

Newbury  ...........  303 

Newfane  ............  307 

New  Haven  ...........  315 

Norwich  ............  319 

Orwell  ............  323 

Panton  ............  327 

Pawlet  ............  331 

Peacham  ...........  335 

Peru  ............  339 

Pittsford  343 

Plymouth  ...........  347 

Pomfret  ............  351 

Poultney  ...........  355 

Pownal  ............  359 

Putney  ............  363 

Reading  ............  369 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


XV 


Readsboro  ...........  373 

Andrew  F.  Phillips  .........  373 

Robert  Rogers  ..........  376 

Rockingham  ...........  378 

Rupert  . . . . . . . . . . . . 382 

Rutland  ............  386 

Ryegate  ............  390 

Salisbury ............  394 

Sandgate  ...........  398 

Shaftsbury  ...........  402 

Sharon  ............  406 

Shelburne  ...........  410 

Sheldon  ............  414 

Sherburne  ...........  419 

Shoreham  ...........  423 

Shrewsbury  ...........  427 

Somerset  ...........  431 

Springfield  ...........  435 

St.  Albans  ...........  439 

St.  George  ...........  443 

Stamford  ...........  447 

Stockbridge  ...........  456 

Stowe  ............  461 

Strafford  ...........  465 

Stratton  ............  469 

Sudbury  ............  473 

Dunbar  ...........  477 

Sunderland  ...........  481 

Swanton  ............  485 

Thetford  ...........  489 

Tinmouth  ...........  493 

Topsliam  ...........  497 

Townshend  ...........  501 

Tunbridge  ...........  506 

Underliill  ...........  510 

Mansfield  ...........  514 

Wallingford  ...........  518 

Wardsboro  ...........  522 

John  Walker  ..........  522 

Waterbury  ...........  525 

Weathersfield  ...........  529 

Wells 533 

Westford  ...........  537 

Westminster  ...........  541 

Wey  bridge  ...........  546 

Whiting  ............  550 

Wdliston  ...........  553 


xvi 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


Wilmington 
Windsor  . 
Winhall  . 
Woodford 
Woodstock 
Worcester 


557 

566 

569 

573 

579 

583 


APPENDIX. 

Petitions  of  Inhabitants  of  New  Hampshire  Grants  to  the  King,  1766  589 

Historical  Notes  ..........  611 

Index. 


I 


GRANTS 

OF 

VERMONT  TERRITORY 

BY  THE 


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«•  BY  THE 

GOVERNMENT  OF  NEW  HAMPSHIRE. 


ADDISON. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire.  ^2-281 

Addison  GEORGE,  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britaia,  PYance  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  PMith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain 
Knowledge,  and  meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling 
a New  Plantation  within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice 
of  our  Trusty  and  Well-beloved  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our 
Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New- 
Hampshire,  in  New- England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Prov- 
ince; Have  upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after 
made,  given  and  granted,  and  by  these  presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs, 
and  Successors,  do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving 
Subjects,  Inhabitants  of  Our  said  Province  of  New- Hampshire^  and 
Our  other  Governments,  and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever, 
whose  Names  are  entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst 
them  into  Seventy  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  sit- 


I 


4 CHARTER  RECORDS. 

uate,  lying  and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  New-Ham'pshire^ 
containing  by  Admeasurement,  Twenty  Five  Thousand  Acres^  which 
Tract  is  to  contain  Something  more  than  Six  Miles  square,  and  no 
more;  out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and 
unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One 
Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey 
thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the 
Secretarj^’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as 
follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  the  North  West  Corner  of  Bridport  from 
thence  Runing  East  Seven  Miles  by  Bridport  to  the  North  East 
Corner  thereof  then  begining  at  the  First  bounds  Mentiond  & then 
running  down  Wood  Creek  or  (South  bay)  So  farr  as  to  make  it  Six 
Miles  on  a streight  Line,  from  thence  East  Seven  Miles,  from  thence 
Southerly  to  the  North  East  Corner  of  Bridport  aforesaid — And  that 
the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the 
Name  of  Addison  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter 
inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized 
with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities 
that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy: 
And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Fam- 
ilies resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding 
Two  Fairs.,  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the  annually,  which  Fairs  are 

not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective  follow- 
ing the  said  and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town 

*2-282  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be  ^opened 
and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be 
thought  most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first 
Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of 
our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  Last  Tuesday  in  November 
next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  M*"  Sam^  Seldon  who  is 
hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which 
he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our 
said  Province;  and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for 
the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Sec- 
ond Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said 
Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and 
Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  for- 
ever, upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 


ADDISON. 


5 


Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Suc- 
cessors, to  be  by  Us  or  them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as 
shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penal t}^  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  an}'  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof, 
the  Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day 
of  December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 

made  on  the  t wen  tv-fifth  Dav  of  December.  1762 

•/ 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.,  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December.,  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  Mllinf/ 
Proclamation  iMoney  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land;  which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
jnouth,  or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same;  and  this  is  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Henning  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
14“*  Day  of  October  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thous- 
and Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  One  And  in  the  First  Year  of  Our 
Reign. 

B Wentworth 


By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 
With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson 


/ 


6 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Province  of  New  Hamps’’  October  14,  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Origional  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’^^ 

*2-283  *The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Addison  (Viz) 


Simon  Ely 
John  M’Curdy 
Ezra  Selden 
Silvanus  Tinker 
Lemuel  Bushnell 
Isaac  Clark 
William  Bebe 
Hobard  Spencer 
George  Harris 
Eben"  Spencer 
Will™  Booge 
Matt^  Sears 
Sam^  Gates 
John  M’Call 
Sam^  Church 
Benadam  Gallop 
Nathi  Fisk 
Step“  Nott 
Dan^  Cone 
Pan^  Warner  Esq 
Geo:  Jaffery  Esq 


Joseph  Spencer 
John  Olmsted 
Christo*'  Holmes 
James  Olmsted 
NatlJ  Jones 
Samuel  Olmsted 
Jonah  Cone 
James  Booge 
EberP  Earns 
Jared  Spencer 
•Richard  Andrews 
James  Gates 
Will™  Steward 
Nath^  Spuroow 
Josiah  Cotton 
Jonas  Betton 
Stephen  Clerk 
John  Kirtland 


Richard  Mather 
Sam^  Selden 
John  Holmes 
Edward  Bull 
John  Beckwith 
Icha^^  Olmsted 
Joseph  Cone 
Aaron  Cleaveland 
Isaac  Spencer 
Benj**  Allcott 
MatF^  Smith 
Bezaleel  Gates 
James  Steward 
Green  Hungerford 
James  Sparrow 
Dudley  Woodbridge 
Daid  Williams 
Gideon  Waters 
Richard  Wibird  Esq 


Tho«  Fuller  2^ 

The:  Atkinson  Jun*'  Esq  Clement  March  Esq 
Rev^  Josiah  Cotton  Jos'*  Blanchard  Esq 
& Ja®  Stoodley 

His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain Five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B-W-  in  the  Plan  which  is  to 
be  Accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares,  One  Whole  Share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign 
Parts,  One  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Establish’d  One  Share  for  the  First  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  & 
One  Share  for  the  benefit  of  a School  in  said  Town — 

Province  of  New  Hamps**  Octo''  14,  1761 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Origional  Charter  of  Addison 
under  the  Province  SeaL 


Attested  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec'^ 


ANDOVER. 


7 


Province  of  New  Hampshire  October  14,  1761 
Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  of  Addison 
under  the  Province  Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  800*"^ 


ANDOVER. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire.  ^*2-277 

Andover  GEORGE,  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragment  of  settling  a Netv  Plan- 
tation within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our 
Trusty  and  Well-beloved  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Gov- 
ernor and  ('ommander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-IIamp- 
SHIRE  in  and  of  Our  Council  of  the  said  Province; 

Have  upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made, 
given  and  granted,  and  l>y  these  l^resents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and 
Successors,  do  give  and  grant  in  ecpial  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Sub- 
jects, Inhabitants  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  and  Our 


8 


CHAETEE,  EECOEDS. 


other  Governments,  and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose 
Names  are  entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them 
into  Seventy  Two  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  sit- 
uate, lying  and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  Neiv- Hampshire^ 
containing  by  Admeasurement,  Twenty  Three  Thousand  Five  Hun- 
dred Acres^  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Something  more  than  Six 
Miles  square,  and  no  more ; out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be 
made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds, 
Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  accord- 
ing to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Or- 
der, and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed, 
butted  and  bounded  as  follows,  Viz.  Begioing  at  the  South  West- 
erly Corner  of  Ludlow  from  thence  Runing  South  fifty  five  Degrees 
East  Six  Miles  by  Ludlow  to  the  North  Westerly  Corner  of  Flam- 
stead,  then  by  Flamstead  about  Six  Miles  to  the  South  West  Corner 
thereof,  thence  North  Sixty  Three  Degrees  West  Six  Miles  thence 
North  Thirty  Degrees  East  Six  Miles  & Three  Quar*'^  of  a Mile  to 
the  South  Westerly  Corner  of  Ludlow  the  Bound  begun  at — And 
that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the 
Name  of  Andover  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  in- 
habit the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized 
with  and  In  titled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities 
that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy: 
And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Fam- 
ilies resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding 
Tivo  Fairs.,  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the  annually,  which  h'airs 

are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective  following 

the  said  and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town 

*2-278  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be  ^opened 
and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be 
thought  most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first 
Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of 
our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  First  Tuesday  of  November 
next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  M^^  Nathaid  House  who 
is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting, 
which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs 
of  Our  said  Province ; and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  here- 
after for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on 
the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually,  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the 
said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges 
and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns 
forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 


ANDOVEU. 


9' 


I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  addi- 
tional Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or 
Share  in  the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  our  Subjects 
as  shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so 
doing  first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  ^Forfeiture  of 
the  Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our 
Heirs  and  Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of 
any  Act  or  Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shad  be 
Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof, 
the  Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annuall}^  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1762 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twen- 
ty-fifth Day  of  December.^  namel}’,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  Decem- 
ber^ which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling  Proc- 
lamation Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  pos- 
sesses, and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said 
Land;  which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  above- 
said,  their  1 1 eirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Dortsmoufh 
or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the 
same;  and  this  is  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  what- 
soever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Pro- 
vince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Benninc;  WENTWOiiTH,  Esq  ; 
Our  (iovernor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
13“*  Day  of  October  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  CmasT,  One  Thous- 


10 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


and  Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  One  And  in  the  First  Year  of  Our 
Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’’y 


Province  of  New  Hamps''  Octo'’  13  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Origional  charter  under  the  Province 
Seal 


Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’’y 


*2-279  *The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Andover  (Viz*) 


Nathan*  House 
Timoy  Wasburne 
James  Wright 
Nathan  Damman 
Elisha  Bill 
Eliphalet  House 
Gain  Miller 
Benj^  Little 
Simeon  Curtis 
Freman  Ellis 
Jessee  Townsend 
Cons*  Woodward" 
Orlando  Mack  Jun*^ 


Nathan*  Dunham 
John  Damman 
Jon^  S wetland 
Will“  Swetland 
Rufus  Rude 
Philip  Bell 
Nath*  White 
Joseph  Wright 
Tho^  Lyman 
David  Strong 
John  Nelson 
Bennony  Clark 
Robert  Hunter 
Sam*  Sprague 


Benajah  Bill 

Israel  Woodward  Jun‘’  John  Sprague 
John  Lossan  Aaron  Clark 

Joseph  Hibbard  Benj^  House 

Denison  Kingsbury  Steph^  Hutchinson 
Sam*  Fish  Israel  Woodward 

The^®  Atkinson  Esq  Peter  Easman 
Benj^  Emerson  Simon  Stevens 

Jacob  Sawyer  Peter  Mors 

His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B-W-in  the  Plan  which  is  to  be 
Accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares,  One  Share  for  the  Incorpor- 
ated society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts, 
One  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law  Es- 
tablished, One  share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospell  & 
One  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  a school  in  said  Town 


Asael  Clark 
JoiF  Brown 
Tho®  Perkins 
John  Gibbs  Jun'’ 

Will™  Hunt 
Stephen  Hunt  JuiP 
James  Simes 
Joseph  Loamer 
Will™  Downer 
Orlando  Mack 
David  Townsend 
Thomas  Lyman 
Robert  Benet 
Benony  Lomis 
Will™  Sims 
Benj^  Attwill 
Solo  man  Tupper 
Ezekel  Thomas 
Mark  ID  Wentworth  Esq 
John  Mills 
John  Rond 
Stephen  Emerson 


ARLINGTON. 


11 


Province  of  New  Hamps’’  Octo  : 13,  1761 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  of  Andover  un- 
der the  Prov®  Seal 

Attested  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec'^^ 


Prov®®  of  New  Ilamps''  Octo'"  13,  1761 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  of  Andover 
iinder^the  Prov®  Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^'y 


ARLINGTON. 

^Province  of  New-llampshire.  *2-81 

Arlington  GEORGE,  the  Tiiim), 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great—Hritain,  Prance  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Peraons  to  ivhom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge, 
and  meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New 
Plantation  within  our  sai<l  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of 
our  'I'nisty  and  Well-beloved  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq ; Our 


12 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  ^EW- 
Hampshire,  in  New-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Prov- 
ince ; Have  upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after 
made,  given  and  granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs, 
and  Successors,  do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving 
Subjects,  Inhabitants  of  Our  said  Province  of  Neiv- Hampshire^  and 
Our  other  Governments,  and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever, 
whose  Names  are  entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst 
them  into  Sixty  Eight  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land 
situate,  lying  and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  New- Hampshire^ 
containing  by  Admeasurement,  Twenty  Three  Thousand  & forty 
Acres^  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more; 
out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unim- 
provable Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One 
Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey 
thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the 
Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as 
follows.  Viz.  Beginning  at  A Stake  Six  Miles  due  North  of  the 
North  West  Corner  of  Bennington  From  thence  due  North  or  by  the 
Magnet  North  Ten  degrees  East  Six  Miles  from  thence  East  Ten 
degrees  South  by  the  Needle  Six  Miles  from  thence  South  Ten 
Degrees  West  by  the  Needle  Six  Miles  from  thence  West  Ten 
degi'ees  North  Six  Miles  to  the  Bounds  first  Mentioned — And  that 
the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the 
Name  of  Arlington  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter 
inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized 
with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities 
that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy  : 
And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty 
Families.resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  hold- 
ing Two  Fairs.,  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the 

annuall^q  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue 
longer  than  the  respective  following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall 
*2-82  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be  ^opened  and 
kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought 
most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting 
for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said 
Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  First  Wednesday  in  October  Next 
which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  Isaac  Searl  who  is  hereby 
also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is 
to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our 


ARLINGTON. 


13 


said  Province ; and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for 
the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second 
Tuesday  of  March  annually,  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract 
of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and  Ap- 
purtenances, to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever, 
upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  J^and  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Suc- 
cessors. to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as 
shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so 
doing  first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of 
the  Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs 
and  Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act 
or  Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors, 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof, 
the  bent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
JJecemher  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  C)ii  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  I>ecemher.  1762 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  ])ay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  Decemher^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
J)ecemhei\  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  l^ord  1772  One  shillm// 
Proclamation  Money,  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles 
or  possesses,  and  .so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of 
the  said  J>and;  which  Money  shall  be  })aid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  l^orfs- 
rnouth,  or  to  such  Oflicer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed. t<>  receive 
the  same;  and  this  is  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 


14 


charter  records. 


Ill  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
Day  of  July  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  one  And  in  the  First  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 


* 


John  Searl  Ebenez*'  Hunt 

DocP  Samuel  Mather  Noah  Parsons 


Province  of  New  Hamp*'  July  28^^  1761 

Recorded  from  the  Original  und  the  Province  Seal — 

^ Theodore  Atkinson  Sec'^ 

2-83  *The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Arlington  (Viz) 

Moses  Kingsley 
Ebenez’^  Clark 
Ephraim  Parsons 
Samuel  Janes 
Ebenez’*  Pomrv 
Caleb  Strong 
Israel  Rust 
Timothy  Wright 
Daniel  Hosford 
Hezekiah  Jones 
Hezzekiah  Jones 
John  S medley 
John  Beebee  Esq 
Abraham  Hollembeck 
John  Dean 


James  Lyman 
Elisha  Searl 
Nathan  Lyman 
Hezzekiah  Wright 
Ebenez*^  Strong 
Jonathan  Strong 
Isaac  Searl 
Abraham  Dibble 
David  Beebee 
Nehemiah  Smedley 
William  Warner 
Jedediah  Smedley 
Asael  Beebee 


Medad  Edwards 
John  Parsons 
Jon^  Basscomb 
Nathaniel  Searl 
Joseph  Allen 
Increes  Clark 
James  Searl 
Jeremiah  Hosford 
John  Landon 
Josiah  Hosford 
Samuel  Curtis 
William  Hosford 


James  Beebee 

Jonathan  Kilburne  Jonathan  Killburne  Jun*^  Benjamin  Culver 
Daniel  Cole  Daniel  Hosford  jun*^  Theodore  Atkinson  Esq 

Mark  Hunks  Wentworth  Esq 

Maj''  John  Wentworth  Sand^  Wentworth  Boston 
Penning  Wentworth  Wiseman  Clagget  John  George  Gregger 
Sam^^  Roberts  Henry  Borns  Peter  Lampson  & 

Henry  Young  John  Hosford  jun’’ 

One  Tract  of  Land  to  Contain  Five  Hundred  Acres  for  his  Excel- 
lency Benning  Wentworth  Esq  as  Marked  B:  W:  in  the  Plan  which 
is  to  be  Accounted  Two  of  the  within  Shares  one  whole  Share  for 
the  Incorporated  Society  for  Propagating  the  Gospel  in  foreign 
Parts  One  .whole  Share  for  A Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as 


ARLINGTON. 


15 


by  Law  Established  one  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the 
Gospel  & one  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  A School  in  Said  Town 

Province  of  New  Hamp^’  Jul}^  28^’^  1761 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Arlington 
under  the  Province  Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^'y 


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CHARTER  RECORDS. 


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AVERILL. 

*2-389  ^Province  of  New-Hampshire. 

Averill  GEORGE,  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britiaii,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
ineer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a Neiv  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our 
Trusty  and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq  ; Our  Gov- 
ernor and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hamp- 
shire in  New-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province ; 
Have  upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made, 
given  and  granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and 
Successors,  do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Sub- 
jects, Inhabitants  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  and  Our 
other  Governments,  and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose 
Names  are  entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them 
into  Seventy  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate, 
lying  and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  con- 
taining by  Admeasurement,  Twenty  Three  Thousand  & forty  Acres, 
which  Tract  is  to  contain  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more;  out  of 
which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable 
Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and 
Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by 
Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office, 
and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  follows,  Viz.  Begin- 
ing  at  the  Westerly  corner  Tree  of  Limington,  then  riming  by  Lym- 
ington  to  the  Northerly  corner  thereof  being  about  Six  Miles  & 
carrying  that  breadth  back  North  Westerly  between  the  Town  of 
Lewis  & ungranted  Lands,  so  far  as  that  a Parralell  Line  with  Lim- 
ington Line  aforesaid  will  Encompass  the  Contents  of  Six  Miles 
square — And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a 
Township  by  the  Name  of  Averill  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or 
shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be 
Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and 
Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exer- 
cise and  Enjoy : And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there 
shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the 


AVERILL. 


17 


Liberty  of  holding  Two  Fairs^  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 
following  the  said  and  that  as  soon  as  the  said 

Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be 
^opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  *2-390 
be  thought  most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also, 
that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to 
the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  Second  Tues- 
day in  August  next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  M*” 
Sam : Smith  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said 
first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the 
Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province ; and  that  the  annual 
Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Ofiicers  for  the 
said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually,  To 
Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  to- 
gether with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their 
respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions, 
viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  cul- 
tivate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every 
fifty  Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in 
said  Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by 
additional  Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant 
or  Share  in  the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs 
and  Successors,  to  be  by  Us  or  them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Sub- 
jects as  shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so 
doing  first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of 
the  Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs 
and  Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act 
or  Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  here- 
of, the  Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day 

II 


18 


CHAETER  RECORDS. 


of  Decemher  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  day  of  Decemher.  1763 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twen- 
ty-fifth Day  of  Decemher.  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  Decern- 
her.,  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1773  One  shilling  Proc- 
lamation Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportiton  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land ; which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  and  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth., or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same  ; and  this  is  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Pro- 
ince  to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness,  Penning  Wentworth, 
Esq ; Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province, 
the  29*^  Day  of  June  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thous- 
and Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  two  And  in  the  Second  Year  of  Our 
Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

T Atkinson  Jun’’  Sec^^ 


Prov®  of  New  Hamp*^  June  29-1762 
Recorded  According  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Prov®  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun"  Sec*^ 

*2-391  *The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Averill  (Viz) 


Daniel  Betts 
Steph“  Burr 
Steph^  Gold 
Seth  Sam  : Smith 
Joseph  Sanford 
James  Sanford 
Nathan  Sanford 
Sam  : Barlow 
Natffi  Barlow 
John  Sanford 


Benj^  Betts 
Hezekiah  Burr 
Philip  Burit 
Will™  Greene 
Zalmon  Read 
Steph“  Sanford 
Tho^  Perry 
James  Barlow 
SteplR^  Meade 
Lemuel  Sanford 
Ezekiel  Sanford 
Theo^^®  Hull 


Sam:  Hungerford 
Eben"  Williams 


Ephr™  Jackson  Nath  : Bartlett 
Gershom  Morhousej*’  Lemuel  Sanford 


David  Betts 
Seth  Sanford 
Sam^  Smith 
Eben'  Greene 
Joseph  Adams 
Jos^  Sanford  Jun*^ 
Rich‘S  Allison 
Jabez  Barlow 
Oliver  Sanford 
Sam  : Averill 
Hezekiah  Sanford 
Seth  Hull 
Tho®  Rouland 
Sam^  Cornwell 


AVERTLL. 


19 


Rich^  S6[iner 
Gurdon  Merchant 
Peter  Fairchild 
Reuben  Booth 
Joshua  Hall  JuiF 
Seth  Hall  Jun^ 


James  Hull 
David  Lyon 
Will”^  Hawley 
And'^  Fairchild 
Simon  Couch  Jun’^ 


Tho«  Gold 
And""  Pacthen 
Asa  Norton 
Joshua  Hall 
James  Gray 
Zalmon  Hill 


Benj''^  Fairchild 
Hon:  John  Downing  Esq  Hon:  John  Temple  Esq 
L G RiclH  Wibird  Esq  Jos:  Newmarch  Esq — 

His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain Five  Hundred  Acres  as  marked  B-  W-in  The  Plan,  which  is  to  be 
Accounted  two  of  the  within  shares,  one  whole  share  for  the  Incor- 
porated societ}^  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts, 
one  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law  Estab- 
lish’d, one  Share  for  the  first  settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  & one 
Share  for  the  benefit  of  a school  in  said  Town 


Prov®  of  New  Hamp'  June  29**^  1762 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  original  Charter  of  Averill  under 
the  Pro^  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun’^  Sec^'^ 


Prov®  of  New  Hamp*’  June  29^**  1762 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  original  Charter  of  averill  under 
the  Pro'^  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun"  Sec^^  * 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 

BARNARD. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire. 

GEORGE  THE  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britaiu,  France 
and  Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge, 
and  meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New 
Plantation  wdthin  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of 
our  Trusty  and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq ; Our 
Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New 
Hampshire  in  New-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Prov- 
ince; Have  upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after 
made,  given  and  granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs, 
and  Successors,  do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving 
Subjects,  Inhabitants  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  and 
Our  other  Governments,  and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever, 
whose  Names  are  entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst 
them  into  Sixty  Nine  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land 
situate,  lying  and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^ 
containing  by  Admeasurement,  twenty  Six  Thousand  Acres^  which 
Tract  is  to  contain  Six  miles  and  one  half  Mile  square,  and  no  more ; 
out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unim- 
provable Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thous- 
and and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof, 
made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secre- 
tary’s Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  follows, 
Viz.  Begining  at  the  North  East  Corner  of  Bridgwater  Which  is 
the  South  west  Corner  of  Pomfret,  from  Thence  North  Sixty  de- 
grees west  Six  miles  (by  Bridgwater)  to  the  Northwest  Corner 
Thereof,  from  Thence  North  thirty  two  degrees  East  Seven  miles, 
from  Thence  South  Sixty  degrees  East  Six  miles  to  the  Northwest 
Corner  of  Pomfret  from  Thence  by  Pomfret  to  the  first  Bounds 
mentioned — And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into 
a Township  by  the  Name  of  Bernard  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or 
shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be 
Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and 
Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise 
and  Enjoy:  Aud  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall 


20 


*2-73 

Bernard 


BARNARD. 


21 


be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Lib- 
erty of  holding  Tivo  Fairs^  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer 
than  the  respective  following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall 
consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be  ^opened  and  *2-74 
kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought 
most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting 
for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said 
Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  first  Tuesday  of  September  Next 
which  said  fleeting  shall  be  Notified  by  William  Story  who  is 
hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which 
he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of 
Our  said  Province ; and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter 
for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the 
Second  Tuesday  of  Mai'ch  annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said 
Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and 
Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  for- 
ever, upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  cul- 
tivate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every 
fifty  Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in 
said  Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  ad- 
ditional Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or 
Share  in  the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs 
and  Successors,  to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Sub- 
jects as  shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  do- 
ing first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Sj)ace  of  ten  Years,  to  be  comj)uted  from  the  Date  hereof, 
the  Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 


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CHARTER  RECORDS. 


December  annually,  if  lawfull}^  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  day  of  December.  1762 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  day  of 
December^  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said 
Land ; which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  above- 
said,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth 
or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  * 
same;  and  this  is  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Pro- 
vince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq ; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
Seventeenth  Day  of  July  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One 
Thousand  Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  one  And  in  the  first  Year  of 
Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^ 

Province  of  New  Hampshire  July  17*^  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  under  the  Province  Seal 

^ Theodore  Atkinson  Sec'^ 

*2-75  *The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  the  Township  of  Bernard  * 


William  Story 

Boston 

Josiah  Fairfield 

Wenham 

Francis  Bernard  Esq 

Boston 

John  Ruddock 

Boston 

John  Bernard 

D° 

Elisha  Story 

D° 

Abiel  Ruddock 

D° 

William  Sloan 

D^^ 

Jarathmiel  Converse 

D*^ 

Francis  Bernard  jun’’ 

D° 

Story  Daws 

D« 

W“  Daws  jun*’ 

D« 

Thomas  Anderson 

D« 

Jeremiah  Saintfair 

D° 

Jon^  M^far 

D° 

Jonas  Jonathan 

D« 

James  Hollowell 

D° 

Richard  Champny 

Boston 

Thomas  Bently 

D° 

Joshua  Bently 

John  Delarue 

Zebulon  Grice 

D° 

Ebenez’’  Pemberton 

Bost“ 

Icabod  Inkester 

D« 

Joel  Bellman 

Peter  Curtis 

D° 

Thomas  Kirk 

D« 

Joseph  Stoneham 

D° 

BARNARD. 


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W“  Dodge 

Ipswich 

W“  Dodge  jun'' 

Ipswich 

Isaac  Dodge 

D« 

Ismael  Tarbox 

D« 

Mathew  Fairfield 

Wenham 

Tobias  Fish 

Wenham 

Isacker  Fish 

D« 

Isaac  Longfellow 

Boston 

Robert  M^mellon 

Boston 

Isaac  Dickman 

D« 

Elias  Thompson 

D« 

Benj^  Fairfield 

Wenham 

Isaac  Bucknam 

Boston 

Benj^  Goldthwait 

Boston 

John  Box 

D° 

John  Box  jun’’ 

D« 

Partrick  Burt 

Boston 

Elisha  Hains 

DO 

John  Edward 

D« 

Joseph  Webb 

Do 

Arthur  Abbot 

D*^ 

John  Vaughan 

DO 

Joseph  New  march  Esq 

D« 

Daifi^  Warner  Esq 

Do 

Jonathan  Love  well  Esq 

Sam^^  Sherburne  Esq 

George  Jaffrey  Esq 

Rev*^  Anthony  Wibird 

Thales  Greenwood 

John  Wendall 

James  Macdonnough 

Hunking  Wentworth 

M'  Rich’^  Emery  & 

Sam^‘  Wentworth 

Boston 

His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  A Tract  as  marked  in 
the  Plan  B : W: — to  Contain  Five  Hundred  Acres  which  is  to  be 
Accounted  Two  of  the  within  Shares  One  whole  Share  for  the  Incor- 
porated Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  foreign  Parts 
One  whole  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  one 
Share  for  the  Benefit  of  A School  in  Said  Town  One  whole  Share 
for  A Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law  Established 

Province  of  New  Hamp"  July  17*^  1761 

Recorded  from  the  Original  under  the  Proviace  Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec'^ 


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CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Prov- 
ince Seal  this  17*^  July  1761 


Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 


BARNET. 

* Province  of  New-Harapshire. 

GEORGE,  THE  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  Ye,  that  We,  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  in 
New-E^igland  and  of  Our  Council  of  the  said  Province;  Have 
upon  the  Condition^  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  Us,  Our  Heirs,  and  Successors, 
do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhab- 
itants of  Our  said  Province  of  Neiv-Haynpshire^  and  Our  other  Gov- 
ernments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Sev- 
enty three  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Laud  situate, 
lying  and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  con- 
taining by  Admeasurement  23,040  Acres^  which  Tract  is  to  contain 
Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more  ; out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be 
made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds, 
Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  accord- 
ing to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s 
Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  an- 
nexed, butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  the  North 
Westerly  Corner  Bounds  of  y®  Town  of  Ryegate  & from  thence  Run- 
ing  South  Sixty  Eight  Degrees  East  by  Ryegate  to  the  North  East- 
erly Corner  Bounds  thereof  being  a Tree  Standing  on  the  Banks  of 
the  Westerly  Side  of  Connecticut  River  thence  up  the  said  River  as 
that  Tends  so  far  as  to  make  Six  Miles  on  a Streight  Line  thence 
Turning  off  & Runing  North  28  Degrees  West  so  far  a that, a 
Streight  Line  Drawn  from  that  Period  to  the  North  Westerly  Corner 
Bounds  of  Ryegate  the  Bounds  Began  at  shall  Include  the  Contents 


*3-54 

Barnett 


BARNET. 


25 


of  Six  Miles  Square — And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorpo- 
rated into  a Township  by  the  Name  of  Barnet  And  the  Inhabitants 
that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby 
declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the 
Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province 
by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy : And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as 
soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon, 
shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  tivo  Fairs^  one  of  which  shall  be 
held  on  the  And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Fam- 
ilies, a Market  may  be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  *3-55 
in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most  advantagious  to  the 
Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town 
Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on 
the  first  Tuesday  of  October  next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Noti- 
fied by  M'’  Simons  Stevens  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moder- 
ator of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern 
agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province ; and  that 
the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers 
for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  of  March  annually. 

To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed, 
together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their 
respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions, 
viz.  i 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every 
• fifty  Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in 
said  Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by 
additional  Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant 
or  Share  in  the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs 
and  Successors,  to  be  by  Us  or  them  Re-granted  to  such  of  our  Sub- 
jects as  shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

H.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 


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CHARTER  RECORDS. 


ship  as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty -fifth  Day  of  December.  1763 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December.,  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1773  One  shilling 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land ; which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Po7'ts- 
mouth.,  or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same ; and  this  is  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
16^^  Day  of  September  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thous- 
and Seven  Hundred  and  SixW  Three  And  in  the  Third  Year  of  Our 
Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

T Atkinson  Jun'"  Sec^^ 

Province  of  New  Hampshire  SepU  16*^  1763 

Recorded  from  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Province  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun*‘  Sec'^ 


*3-56  *The 
Simons  Stevens 
William  Jennisson 
Enos  Stevens 
Elijah  Williams 
Thomas  Furber 
Joseph  Stevens 
Nathan  Willard 
David  Stone 


Names  of  the  Grantees  of 
Abijah  Willard 
Sterns  Lemuel  Hastings 
John  Hastings 
Samuel  Stevens 
William  Grimes 
Samuel  How 
Phineas  Stevens 
Samuel  Hall 


Barnet  Viz 
Nathan  Baldwin 
Abel  Willard 
Levi  Willard 
Thomas  Sterns  Jun’’ 
David  Brewster 
Robert  Lavit  Fowle 
Henr}^  Quincy 
Daniel  Fowle 


BAENET. 


27 


Joshua  Willard 
Stephen  Jones 
Elijah  Alexander 
Timothy  Taylor 
Willard  Stevens 
Samuel  Marble 
William  Smeed 
Joseph  Hammond 
Benjamin  Melvin 
Abijah  Willard  Jon' 
John  Blunt 
Fairbanks  Moore 
John  Odiorne 


Joel  Stone 
Jonathan  Brewer 
John  Searls 
John  Ellis 
Ephraim  Adams 
John  Gould 
Mathew  Livermore 
John  Peirce 
Thomas  Sterns  Stevens 
Daniel  Jones 
Henry  Appleton 
Meshech  Bell  Sen*" 
Samuel  Hobart 


Elijah  King 
Joseph  Stevens  JuiP 
Thomas  Davis 
Samuel  White  more 
Thomas  Blanchard 
Jeremiah  Hall 
Simons  Stevens 
Jonathan  Hammond 
Oliver  Fairwell 
Benjamin  Hall 
Daniel  Odeorne 
Oliver  Willard 
Benjamin  Bell  Sen' 
John  Card 


The  Hon^^®  Theod'  Atkinson  Jun' 

NatK  Barrel!  & 

William  Temple 

His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq 
tain  five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B W in  the  Plan  which  is  to  be 
Accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares.  One  whole  Share  for  the  Incor- 
porated Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts. 
One  whole  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by 
Law  Established.  One  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gos- 
pel & One  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  a School  in  said  Town  for  Ever — 


I Esq'^ 

a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 


Province  of  New  Hamp'  Sept'  16*^  1763 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  charter  under  the  Prov- 
ince Seal 


T Atkinson  Jun'  Sec'^ 


28 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Province  of  New  Hamp'  SepP  16^^  1763 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Prov- 
ince Seal 


T Atkinson  Jun*"  Sec^^ 


BENNINGTON. 


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BENNINGTON. 

^Province  of  New  Hampshire  *1-47 

GEORGE  the  Second  by  the  Grace  of  God 
of  Great  Brittain  France  And  Ireland  King  Defender 
of  the  faith  &c^ — 

To  ALL  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  Shall 
Bennington  come,  Greeting 

Know  ye  that  We  of  our  Especial  Grace,  Certain  Knowl- 
edge & Mere  Motion  for  the  Due  Encouragement  of  Settling  A 
New  Plantation  within  Our  S*^  Province  By  and  with  the  Ad- 
vise of  Our  Trusty  & well  beloved  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  our 
Governour  & Com’ander  in  Chieff  of  our  Said  Province  of  New 
Hampshire  in  America  And  Of  Our  Council  of  the  Said  Province 
Have  upon  the  Conditions  & reservations  herein  after  made  Given  & 
Granted — And  by  these  Presents  for  us  our  heirs  & Successors  Do 
give  And  Grant  in  Equal  Shares  unto  our  Loveing  Subjects  Inhabi- 
tants of  our  Said  Province  of  New  Hampshire  And  his  Majesties 
Other  Governm^*  And  to  thier  heirs  and  Assignes  for  ever  whose 
names  Are  Entred  on  this  Grant  to  be  Divided  to  and  Amongst 
them  into  Sixty  four  Equal  Shares  All  that  Tract  or  Parcell  of  Land 
Scituate  Lying  & being  within  our  Said  Province  of  New  Hampshire 
Containing  by  Admeasurement  Twenty  three  thousend  & forty 
Acres  which  Tract  is  to  Contain  Six  Miles  Square  & no  more  Out  of 
which  An  Allowence  is  to  be  made  for  high  ways  & unimproveable 
Lands,  by  Rock,  Ponds  Mountains  & Rivers  One  thousend  And  forty 
Acres  free  According  to  A Plan  & Survey  thereof  made  by  our  Said 
Governour’s  order  by  Mathew  Clesson  Surveyer  returnd  into  the 
Secretarys  office  And  hereunto  Annexed  Butted  and  Bounded  as 
follows  Viz — Begining  at  A Crotched  Hemlock  Tree  Marked  W : W : 
Six  miles  Due  North  of  A White  Oak  Tree  Standing  in  the  Northern 
Boundary  Line  of  the  Province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  Twenty 
four  Miles  East  of  Hudsons  River  Marked  M : C : J : T : and  from  Said 
Hemlock  Tree  West  Ten  degrees  North  four  Miles  to  A Stake  & 
Stones  which  is  the  South  West  Corner  and  from  Said  Stake  & 
Stones  North  Ten  degrees  East  Six  miles  to  A Stake  & Stones  which 
is  the  North  West  Corner  and  from  Said  Stake  & Stones  East  Ten 
Degrees  South  Six  Miles  to  A Stake  & Stones  wliich  is  the  North 
East  Corner  And  from  thence  South  Ten  degrees  West  Six  Miles  to 


30 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


a Stake  & Stones  which  is  the  South  East  Corner  & from  thence 
West  Ten  degrees  North  two  Miles  to  the  Crotched  Hemlock  First 
mentioned — And  that  the  Same  be  & hereby  is  Incorporated 
*1-48  into  a Township  By  the  Name  of  ^Bennington  and  the 
Inhabitants  that  do  or  Shall  hereafter  Inhabit  the  Said 
Township  Are  hereby  Declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Inti- 
tuled to  All  & Every  the  Previledges  & Imunities  that  Other 
Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercize  & Enjoy  and  further 
that  the  Said  Town  as  Soon  as  there  Shall  be  fifty  families  resident 
And  Settled  thereon  Shall  have  the  Liberty  of  Holding  two  Fairs 
One  of  which  Shall  be  held  On  the  first  Monday  in  the  Month  of 
March  and  the  Other  on  the  first  Monday  in  the  Month  of  Septem- 
ber Annually  which  fairs  Are  not  to  Continue  And  be  held  Longer 
than  the  respective  Saturdays  following  the  Said  Mondays  And  that 
As  Soon  as  the  Said  Town  Shall  Consist  of  fifty  Families  A market 
Shall  be  Opened  & kept  one  or  more  Days  in  Each  Week  as  may  be 
tho^  most  Advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants  Also  that  the  first  Meet- 
ing for  the  Choice  of  Town  officers  Agreeable  to  the  Laws  of  Our 
Said  Province  Shall  be  held  on  the  Last  Wednesday  of  March  next 
which  Said  Meeting  Shall  be  notified  by  Coll  William  Williams  who 
is  hereby  also  Appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  Said  first  Meeting 
which  he  is  to  Notify  & Govern  Agreeable  to  the  Laws  & Custom  of 
our  Said  Province  And  that  the  Annual  Meeting  forever  hereafter 
for  the  Choice  of  Such  officers  for  the  S"^  Town  Shall  be  on  the  Last 
Wednesday  of  March  Annually — To  have  & to  hold  the  said  Tract 
of  Land  as  above  Expressd  togeather  with  All  Previledges  And 
Appurtenances  to  them  & thier  respective  Heirs  And  Assignes  for 
ever  upon  the  following  Conditions  Viz — 

Imprimis  That  every  Grantee  his  heirs  or  Assignes  Shall  Plant 
And  Cultivate  Five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  years  for 
Every  fifty  Acres  Contained  in  his  or  thier  Share  or  Proportion  of 
Land  in  Said  Township  And  Continue  to  Improve  & Settle  the  Same 
by  Aditionall  Cultivations  on  Penalty  of  the  forfieture  of  his  Grant 
or  Share  in  the  Said  Township  and  of  its  reverting  to  his  Majest}^  his 
hiers  & Successors  to  be  by  him  or  them  regranted  to  Such  of  his 
Subjects  as  Shall  Effectually  Settle  & Cultivate  the  Same 

Secundo  That  All  white  & other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said 
Township  fit  for  masting  our  Royal  Navy  be  carefullj^  Preserved  for 
that  Use  And  None  to  be  Cut  or  felld  without  his  Maj‘y^  Especial 
Lycence  for  So  doing  first  had  & Obtained  upon  the  Penalty  of  the 
forfeiture  of  the  right  of  Such  Grantee  his  hiers  or  Assignes  to  us 
our  hiers  or  Successors  as  well  as  being  Subject  to  the  Penalty  of 


BENNINGTON. 


31 


Any  Act  or  Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are  or  hereafter  Shall  be 
Enacted 

Tertio  That  before  Any  Division  of  the  Said  Land  be 
made  to  and  *Amoung  the  Grantees  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  *1-49 
the  Center  of  the  Said  Township  as  the  Land  will  admit  of, 

Shall  be  reserved  & Marked  Out  for  Town  Lotts  one  of  which  Shall 
be  Allotted  to  Each  Grantee  of  the  Contents  of  One  Acre — 

Quarto  Yielding  & Paying  therefor  to  us  our  Hiers  & Successors 
for  the  Space  of  Ten  Years  to  be  Computed  from  the  Date  hereof  the 
rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only  on  the  Twenty  fifth  Day  of 
December  Annually  if  Lawfully  Demanded  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  Twenty  fifth  Day  of  December  next  Ensueing  the  Date 
hereof — 

Quinto  Every  Proprietor  Settler  or  Inhabitant  Shall  Yield  & Pay 
unto  us  our  hiers  & Successors  Yearly  & every  Year  for  ever  from  & 
after  the  Expiration  of  Ten  years  from  the  Date  hereof  Namly  on  the 
Twenty  fifth  Day  of  December  which  will  be  in  the  year  of  Our 
Lord  1760 — One  Shilling  Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred 
Acres  he  So  Owns  Settles  or  Possesses  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a 
greater  or  A Lesser  Tract  of  the  Said  Land  which  monev  Shall  be 
paid  by  the  Respective  Persons  above  S^  thier  hiers  or  Assignes  in 
our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth  or  to  Such  officer  or  officers  as 
Shall  be  Appointed  to  receive  the  Same  and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all 
other  rents  or  Services  whatsoever 

In  Testamony  w'hereof  We  have  Caused  the  Seal  of  our  Said  Pro- 
vince to  be  hereunto  Affixed  Wittness  Penning  Wentworth  Esq  our 
Governour  & Com’ander  in  Chieff  of  our  Said  Province  the  Third 
Day  of  January  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  Christ  One  thousand  Seven 
hundred  & forty  Nine  and  in  the  Twenty  third  Year  of  Our  Reign — 

B Wentworth 

By  his  Excelencys  Comand 
with  Advice  of  the  Council 

Theod'  Atkinson  Sec'^ 


Record  the  11^^  of  Jan"^  1749 


Theodore  Atkinson  Sec'^ 


William  Williams 
Ezeck  Johnson 
David  Pixley 
Benj"  Dreadnot 
John  S*  Clair 
Edward  Longstaff 


Names  of  the  Grantees 


Hugh  Morrison 
John  McHarris 
Samuel  Kingston 
Jacob  Cooper 
Symon  Diamond 
Eph™  Williams  Jun" 


John  Clearing 
Josiah  Williams 
Elijah  Williams  jun' 
Samuel  Robinson 
Josiah  Williams  jun' 
W“*  Williams  jun^ 


32 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Nath^^  Sparhawk  Simon  Sharp 

John  Hamond  Sam^^  Taylor  Tho®  Chelters 

John  Perkins  Timothy  Knox  Michael  Colbey 

*1-50  Thomas  Williams  Thomas  Walkup*Soloman  Williams  jun" 
Israel  Williams  Joseph  Patterall  ^ Joseph  Wood 


Nahum  Humphreys  jun*'  John  Legonier 


Aron  Wire 
Sam^‘  Stanfast 
Charles  Doolittle 
John  Calhoori 
Richard  Wibird 
Sampson  Sheafte 


William  Sabens 
Fortunatus  Hunt 
Thomas  George 
Peter  Diamond 
Sam^^  Smith 


Ministers 

Penning  Wentworth  Penning  Wentworth 
John  Wentworth  George  Walton 

Clern^  March  Thomas  Pell 

Richard  Jennes  John  Gage 

Attest'  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec'^ 


John  Williams 
John  Putterworth 
Thomas  Rich 
Theodore  Atkinson 
John  Downing 
School 

Joseph  Simpson 
Foster  Wentworth 
John  M^murphy 
Thomas  Walingsford 


Entred  & recorded  According  to  the  Original  this  11**^  Jan'^  1749 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec'^ 

A Plan  of  A Township  in  his  Majesties  Province  of  New  Hamp- 
shire on  Melloomscock  River  Tw^enty  miles  East  of  Hudson’s  River  & 
Six  miles  North  of  the  Province  Line — 


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A Plan  of  a Town  Ship  of  Six  mile  Square  Lying  in  his  Majesties 
Province  of  New  Hampshire  Laid  Out  by  Mathew  Clesson  Surveyer 
Abraham  Pass  John  Hooker  Ezekail  Foster  & Sam'^  Calhoon  Chain- 


BENNINGTON. 


33 


men  in  Pursuance  of  an  order  from  his  Excelency  Benning  Went- 
worth Esq  Governour  of  Said  Province  to  Coll  William  Williams 
Lying  Six  miles  North  of  the  Province  Line  that  was  run  by  IVP 
Richard  Hazzen  between  Said  Government  and  the  Province  of  the 
Massachusetts  Bay  and  Twenty  Miles  East  of  Hudsons  River  (Viz) 
begining  at  a Crotched  Hemlock  Tree  Marked  W : W : Six  miles 
Due  North  or  at  a Right  Augle  from  S*^^  Province  Line  Said  Angle 
Comenceing  at  a White  Oak  Tree  in  Said  Line  Marked  M : C : J : T : 
which  Tree  is  Twenty  four  Miles  East  from  Hudsons  River  Allowing 
one  Chane  in  Thirty  for  Swagg  (which  Allowence  is  made  thrd  the 
whole  following  Survej^)  and  from  Said  Hemlock  Tree  W : 10*^  North 
four  Miles  to  A Stake  & Stones  and  from  Said  Stake  & Stones 
North  East  Six  Miles  to  a Stake  & Stones  *from  thence  *1-51 
E:  10'^  South  Six  miles  to  A Stake  & Stones  and  from  thence 
South  10^  West  to  A Stake  & Stones  and  from  thence  West  10^^ 
North  Two  Miles  to  the  Hemlock  first  Mentioned  which  Survey 
was  made  November  1749 

Mr  Mathew  Cleson  Survey’* 

Hamp"  ss  October  30^'^  1749  Mathew  Cleson  Survey"  John  Taylor 
Ezekiel  Foster  & W™  Williston  Chain  men  & on  Nov:  3^^  1749  John 
Hooker  Abraham  Bass  & Sam’^  Cal  boon  were  all  Sworne  to  the  faith- 
full  Performances  of  thier  respective  Services  afore  Said  and  for  the 
above  Survey 

Coram  Timothy  Dwight  Jus^  Pac® 

A Plan  of  the  Township  of  Bennington  Granted  by  his  Excelency 
Benning  Wentworth  Esq  Governour  &c^  and  the  Hon^‘®  His  Maj^y® 
(’oiincil  of  New  Ham[)shire  in  America  unto  Coll  W™  Williams  & 
Cithers  Jan’y  3‘^  1749  As  it  is  to  be  Plotted  by  a Surveyer  & Chaiji 
men  upon  Oath  unto  Each  Proprietor  or  Grantee  in  Equal  Shares  be 
thier  Lotts  better  or  worse  (Excepting  the  four  Lotts  next  the  Town 
Plott  or  Scite  which  are  Sixteen  Acres  Less  Measure  than  the  other 
Lotts)  as  they  were  Drawn  by  the  Agents  for  the  Proprietors — In 
Portsmouth  Jan'y  10^**  1749  and  were  Entred  by  the  Secretary  of  Said 
Province  upon  this  Plan  Each  Man  takeing  his  Chance  whose  Name 
Stands  in  the  Schedule  Annexed  to  the  Grant  of  s'*  'rownship 

III 


34 


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Foster  Wentworth 
W“  Williams 
Entred  And  Recorded  this  Day  of  Jan^y  1749 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*’> 


Agents  for 
j®  Grantees 


BERLIN. 


35 


BERLIN. 


* 


Province  of  Ne vV-Hampshire. 


^2-473 


P : S : 


Berlin  GEORGE,  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  ivhom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Onr  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a Neiv  Planta- 
tion within  onr  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  onr  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq ; Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire,  in 
New-Encjland^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province ; Havt:, 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors, 
do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabi- 
tants of  Our  said  Province  of  Nenv-Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Govern- 
ments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Seventy 
equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and 
being  within  our  said  Province  of  New-P[ampshire^  containing  by 
Admeasurement  23040  Acres^  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Six  Miles 
square,  and  no  more;  out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for 
High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains 
and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan 
and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and 
returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted 
and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  the  North  Easterly  Corner 
of  Moretown  at  the  southerly  side  of  Onion  or  French  River,  from 
thence  Easterly  u])  said  River  & bounding  on  the  same  so  far  as  to 
make  six  Miles  on  a streight  Line  allowing  the  same  to  be  Perpen- 
dicular with  the  Easterly  Line  of  said  Moretown,  from  thence  South- 
erly a Parralell  Lino  with  the  Easterly  Line  of  said  Moretown  Six 
Miles,  from  thence  Westerly  about  six  Miles  to  the  southerly  corner 
of  Moretown  from  thence  Northerly  by  said  Moiet<nvn  six  Miles  to 
the  said  River  the  j)lace  begun  at  And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby 
is  Incorporated  into  a 4’ownshi})  by  the  Name  of  Berlin  And  tlie 
Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  rownship,  are 
hereby  declared  to  be  iMifranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every 
the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other  4\)wns  within  Our  Prov- 


86 


CHARTER  RECOHDS. 


ince  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy:  And  further,  that  the  said  Town 
as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon, 
shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Tivo  Fairs^  one  of  which  shall  be 
held  on  the  And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said  and  that 

as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a 
*2-474  Market  may  be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each 
Week,  as  may  be  thought  most  advantageous  to  the  Inhabi- 
tants. Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers, 
agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  19^^ 
July  next  which  said  meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  Theodore  Van 
Wyck  Esq*"  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said 
first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the 
Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province;  and  that  the  annual  Meet- 
iiTg  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said 
Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have 
and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together 
with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtances,  to  them  and  their  respective 
Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  tive  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Success- 
ors, to  be  by  Us  or  them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectuall}^  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Townshin, 

A. 

fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 


BERLIN. 


37 


December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  day  of  December.  1763 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.,  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December^  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1773  One  shilling 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land;  which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth^ or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same ; and  this  is  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
Eighth  Day  of  June  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  three  And  in  the  Third  Year  of  Our 
Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

T Atkinson  Juir  Sec*^ 


Province  of  New  Hanq/  June  8*^  1763 

Recorded  according  to  the  original  Charter  under  the  Pro''  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun"  Sec'^ 

*2-474  *The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Berlin  (Viz) 


Rev'^  D'  Chauncy  Graham  Jacob  Griffin 
Matthew  Brett  John  Sheerar 

John  Sheerar  Jun  Henry  Ter  Bos  Jun 
Cornelius  Van  Wyck  Gabriel  Many 
Will™  Laurence  John  J Laimdon 

Aaron  Brown  Isaac  'rdler  Jun 

C'harles  Platt  Tho*  Sheerar 


Matthias  Horton 
David  Love 
John  Baily  Jun'' 
Wines  Many 
Matt'"  Allen 
Jere''*'  Teller 
Will'"  Sheerar 


Benj''  Roe 


Theodorus  \bin  ^Vvck  Juifi  David  Sheerar 


Theodorns  \"an  Wyck  Peter  Horton 
Simeon  Smith  (’ap‘  Jac(fi)us  Swartwo 

Chauncy  (irahain  Jnn"  Joscj)h  Dorlin 
Francis  Way  DaiJ  Lightheart 

John  \*an  Wyck  Benj"  Sontliard 


Isaac  Adriance 
Rob^  Sheerarnt 
(ieo:  Isaac  Brinckerhoff 
Will'"  \'an  Wyck 
Jonas  CannilT 


(’ap*  Cornelius  Swartwout  Jacobus  Swartwout  Jnn'  »lonas  Southard 


38 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


John  Cooke 
Benj^  Haasbrook 
Cornelius  Osburn 
Hendrick  Brewoort 
Sam^  Averill 


Will*“  Van  tine 
Nath’  Sackett 
Daniel  Haasbrook 
Isaac  Hodge 

ColD  John  Brinckerhoff 


James  Wiltsie 
Andrew  Bracestead 
John  Haltstead 
John  Montross 
Patrick  M®Key 
Daniel  Sawyer  Jun^ 

Hon:  John  Temple  J Will™  Temple  ) 

Theo  Atkinson  : > Esq’"®  John  Nelson  > Esq"® 

Hs  Wentworth  ) Theo:  Atkinson  Jun"  ) 

His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq"  a Tract  of  Land  to 
Contain  Five  Hundred  Acres  as  marked  B-W  in  the  Plan,  which  is 
to  be  Accounted  two  of  the  within  shares,  One  whole  Share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign 
Parts,  One  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Establish’d,  One  Share  for  the  first  settled  Minister  of  the  Gospell  & 
One  Share  for  the  benefit  of  a School  in  said  Town — 


Prov®  of  New  Hamp"  June  8^^ — 1763 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  original  Charter  of  Berlin  under 
the  Pro^  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun"  Sec"^ 


Province  of  New  Hamp"  June  8 — 1763 


Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  original  Charter  of  Berlin  under 
the  Pro^  Seal 


T Atkinson  Jun"  Sec"^ 


BLOOMFIELD. 


39 


BLOOMFIELD. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire.  ^2-377 

Minehead  GEORGE,  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britaiii,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c. 

To  all  Pe^'sons  to  tvhom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
nicer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq  ; Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
New-England.  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province ; Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors, 
do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabi- 
tants of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  and  to  Our  other  Gov- 
ernments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  im  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into 
Seventy  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying 
and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  Neiv- Hampshire^  containing  by 
Admeasurement  Twenty  Three  Thousand  & forty  Acres,  which  Tract 
is  to  contain  Six  Miles  sciuare,  and  no  more  : out  of  which  an 
Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by 
Rocks,  Ponds,  ^Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty 
Acres  free,  according  to  a plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our 
said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and 
hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begining 
at  the  most  Easterlv  Corner  of  Brunswick  at  a Tree  marked  Stand- 
ing  on  the  Westerly  side  of  Connecticut  River  at  a place  called  the 
upper  Co’os  thence  North  Easterly  iqi  Connecticut  River  bounding 
uj)Oii  said  River  so  farr  as  to  make  Six  Miles  u[)on  a Streight  Line, 
thence  carrying  that  breadth  of  six  Miles  North  ^\T^sterly  so  farr  as 
that  a Parralel  line  with  the  streight  Idne  afores'‘  will  make  the  (Con- 
tents of  Six  Miles  S(puire — And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is 
Incorporated  into  a 'Fownship  by  the  Name  of  Minehead  And  the 
Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are 
hereby  declared  to  be  lAifranchized  with  and  Intillcd  to  all  and 
every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other  d'owns  within  Our 
Province  by  Law  t^xercise  and  ICnjoy:  And  fnrthei’,  that  the  said 


40 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled 
thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Two  Fairs,  one  of  which 
shall  be  held  on  the  And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue 
longer  than  the  respective  following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist 
'*2-378  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be  ^opened  and  kept  one 
or  more  Da}'S  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most  advan- 
tagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice 
of  Towm  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be 
held  on  the  Second  Thursday  in  August  which  said  Meeting  shall  be 
Notified  by  M*^  Sam  : Averill  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Mod- 
erator of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern 
agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province ; and  that 
the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers 
for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annu- 
ally, To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  ex- 
pressed, together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and 
their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Condi- 
. tions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Towmship,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Success- 
ors, to  be  by  Us,  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  wdthin  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or  Acts 
of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  l^and  be  made*to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  and  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out 
for  Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 


BLOOMFIELD. 


41 


December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
■on  the  twenty -fifth  Day  of  December.  1763 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pa}^ 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  day  of 
December^  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1773  One  shilling 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land ; which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth, or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same ; and  this  is  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq  ; 
Oiir  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
29‘^  day  of  June  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  two  And  in  the  Second  Year  of  Our 
Reign . 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

T Atkinson  Juifi  Sec"^ 


Province  of  New  Hamij'  June  29‘^‘  1762 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Pro’^  Seal 

T Atkinson  JuiP  Sec*^^ 


*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Minehead  Viz  ^'2-379 


Rev^Noah  Waddams  Rev^^  Elijah  Sill 
Rev^^  Silvanus  Osburn  Auger  .ludson 
Elisha  Mills  Sand  .Jones 

David  Doldwin  Jun’’  Medad  Wri<dit 


Nathan  Beardslee 
John  Hains 
Israel  .Johnson 
.loseph  Davis 
Heath  Garlick 
Dan’  Bostwick 
.Joseph  Whelen 
( ’aj)‘  Nath  : Boswicl 
David  Hawley 
IClias  Keene 
Zaclr'’’‘  Nobles 


Brewster  Dayton 
Tho*’  Wooster 
Sam’  (’athlield  J" 
Sam  : Nichols 
Reuben  Booth 
Dan’  Beckitt 
Samuel  Malleiy 
V Dan’  Averill 
.losiah  ('as well 
Sle|)h"  Nobles 
Morgin  Nobles 


Rev^^  Joel  Bordwell 
Beach  Thomlinson 
Sam’  Hurd 
Ephr"^  Beers 
Steph"  Frost 
.loseph  Holbrook 
Wooster  Twichell 
Benj^  Benitt 
Mark  Langdon 
Sam’  ('aniield 
Steph"  Moreshouse 
Moses  Averill 
Dan  : Keene 
Isra(*l  Nobles 
Zephan“’‘  Branch 


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CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Butler  Mallery 
Aaron  Phelps  Jiin*’ 
John  Marsh  Portsm® 
David  Calhovvn 
Sam  : Averill 


Benj^  Mallery  Sarn^  Mallery 

Cap^  Elipha*  Whitelsey  Tho**  Beeman 
Sam^  Prindle  Cap^  Nathan  Hicok 

Joseph  Calhown  James  Calhown 

John  Calhown  Will:  Cogswell 

Hon  Theo  : Atkinson  Esq  Will : Temple  Esq  RiclH  Wirbird  Esq 

Dan  : Warner  Esq 

His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq.  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain Five  Hundred  Acres  as  marked  B-W-  in  the  Plan  is  to  be 
Accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares  one  whole  share  for  the  Incor- 
porated Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts, 
one  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law  Estab- 
lish’d, one  Share  for  the  first  settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  & one 
Share  for  the  Benefit  of  a school  in  said  Town — 


Pro^  of  New  Hamp’’  June  29^^*  1762 

recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Carter  of  Minehead  under 
the  Pro'^  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun"  Sec"-'" 


Prov®  New  Hamp’'  June  29^^  1762 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Minehead 

T Atkinson  Jun"  Sec'^' 


BOLTON. 


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BOLTON. 

^Province  of  New-Hainpshire.  *2-437 

Bolton  GEORGE,  the  Third 

By  tlie  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britian,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  health,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  xvhom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Onr  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
nieer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq  ; Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
Neiv-England^  and  of  onr  Council  of  the  said  Province  ; Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do 
give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabi- 
tants of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Guv- 
ernments,  and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Sev- 
enty two  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying 
and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  containing  by 
Admeasurement,  23040  Acres^  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Six  Miles 
square,  and  no  more ; out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for 
High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains 
and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan 
and  Survey"  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  re- 
turned into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and 
bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  the  South  East  Corner  of  Jer- 
ico  on  the  Northerly  side  of  Onion  River  (so  called)  from  thence 
Easterly  runing  up  said  River,  so  far  as  to  make  six  Miles  on  a Line 
Perpendicular  with  the  South  Easterly  Line  of  said  Jerico,  from 
thence  Huning  Six  Miles  Northerly  upon  a Parralell  Line  with  the 
line  on  the  Easterly  side  of  Jerico,  from  thence  Runing  Westerly 
about  six  Miles  to  the  North  Easterly  corner  of  said  Jerico,  from 
thence  Southerly  by  Jerico  to  where  we  began — And  that  the  same 
be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Townsliij)  by  the  Name  of  Bol- 
ton, And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said 
Townshi}),  are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled 
to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other  4\)wns 
within  Our  Province  by  Law  I^xercise  and  Enjoy:  And  further,  that 
the  said  'Fown  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and 
settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Ttvo  Fairs^  one  of 


44 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


which  shall  be  held  on  the  And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Tairs  are  not  to  continue 
longer  than  the  respective  following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall 
*2-438  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be  ^opened  and 
kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought 
most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting 
for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said 
Province,  shall  be  held  o:i  the  27^^  Day  of  July  next  which  said 
Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  M*'  Tho®  Darling  who  is  hereby  also  ap- 
pointed the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify 
and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province; 
and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of 
such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of 
March  annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as 
above  expressed,  to  gether  with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances, 
to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the 
following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Suc- 
cessors, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as 
shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefulh^  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1763 


BOLTON. 


45 


V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  onr  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twen- 
ty-fifth Day' of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December^ 
which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1773  One  Hliilling  Proclama- 
tion Money  for  every  Hundred  x\cres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses, 
and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land; 
which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their 
Heirs  or  ^Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Port%mouth^  or  to  such 
Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same ; and  this 
to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Pro- 
vince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
Seventh  Day  of  June  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Chkist,  One  Thou- 
sand Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  three  And  in  the  Third  Year  of  Our 
Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

T Atkinson  JuiP  Sec^y 


Prov®  New  Hamp"  June  7-1763 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  under  the  Prov®  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun’’  Sec'^ 

*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Bolton  (Viz)  *2-439 


George  Bunnell 
John  Bonnell 
Tho^  Darling 
Bethuel  Person 
Israel  Ward 
David  Ward 
Nathan  Wilkison 
Stephen  Tuttle 
Daniel  4'uttle 
Tho*  Kiney 
Philli])  Hathaway' 
Benj*'  Coe 
Eben"  Haulbert 
Elisha  Fra  zee 
.John  Macgilura 
Steplien  Day 
William  Darling 


Josiah  Broad  will 
Alex"  Sim];son 
Isaac  Clarke 
Ezekiel  Johnson 
Jacob  Morrell 
Tho^  Millidge 
Alex"  Carmicheal 
JoiP  Wilkison 
Tho*’  Osborne 
John  Johnson 
Tho®  Throope 
Ei)en"  (’oe 
Sand  Ilaimls 
Natld  C'ogswill 
Enocli  Beach 
George  Day 
4'homas  Day  Es(p 


Nath^  Bonnell 
Will"^  Broad  will 
Henry  Broad  will 
Joel  Osborn 
Lawrence  Wilson 
Stephen  Moore 
Isaac  Tuttle 
Christ®  Wood 
Gil m on  Freeman 
Ephr"'  Hayward 
Elisha  Wick 
Seth  Babbit 
Wilber  (Mark 
Daid  (’ogswill 
r’rowell  Wilkerson 
Setli  (h’owell  4un" 
Paul  Day 


46 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Matthias  Clark 
David  Samson 


Rich‘S  Min  thorn 
Joseph  Winget 
Timothy  Day 
The  Hon.  Rich^  Wibird 


Benj^  Day 
Joseph  Ward 

Sam^  Averill  Patridge  Thatcher 
CoD  Joseph  Smith  ( ^ Zebulon  Giddings  John  Downing  \ Esq^' 
Peter  Gilman  j ^ Daniel  Warner  ) 

His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq*"  a Tract  of  Land  to 
Contain  Five  Hundred  Acres  as  marked  B.  W in  the  Plan  which  is 
to  be  Accounted  two  oft  he  within  shares,  One  whole  share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign 
Parts,  One  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Establish’d,  One  Share  for  the  first  settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel, 
& One  Share  for  the  benefit  of  a School  in  said  Town 


Province  of  New  Hamp''  June  7-1763 

Recorded  According  to  the  Back  of  the  original  Charter  Bolton 
under  the  Pr*’  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun’’  Sec'J" 


BRANDON. 


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Pro^  of  New  Hamp’’  June  7-1763 

Recorded  from  the  Plan  of  the  original  Charter  of  Bolton  und"  the 
Pro^  Seal 

^ T Atkinson  Jun’'  Sec"^ 


BRANDON. 


*2-325 

Neshobe 


^Province  of  New-Hampshire. 


GEORGE,  THE  Third, 

. . By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 

) / Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c. 

) I To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 

^ V — . — ^ j Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a JTeiv  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  wich  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq ; Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hamrshire  in 
Xeiv-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province  ; Have, 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors, 
do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabi- 
tants of  Our  said  Province  of  New- Hamp  shire,  and  Our  other  Govern- 
ments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Sev- 
enty Two  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  l3ung 
and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire,  containing  by 
Admeasurement  About  Twenty  Three  Thousand  Acres,  which  Tract 
is  to  contain  About  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more;  out  of  which  an 
Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by 
Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Fort\' 
Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our 
said  Governor’s  ( )rder,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Ollice,  and 
hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  follows,  \"iz.  Begining  at 
the  North  W'esterly  Corner  of  Pittsford  a Town  lately  Granted 
within  this  Province  & from  thence  Riming  North,  Four  Degrees 
West  Six  Miles,  thence  Riming  East  Five  Deg'*  South  Six  Miles, 
thence  South  Four  Deg"  East  Six  Miles  to  the  North  Easterly  Corner 
of  Pittsford  afores'*  thence  West  Five  Di;g*  North  Six  Miles  b}'  Pitts- 
ford Afores'*  to  the  North  Westerly  Corner  theivof  thii  Bounds  begun 
at  And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a 4'own- 
ship  b}'  the  Name  of  Neshobe  .\nd  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall 


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CHARTER  RECORDS. 


hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be 
Enfranchized  witli  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and 
Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise 
and  Enjoy:  And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall 
be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty 
of  holding  Two  Fairs^  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 
And  the  other  on  the  annually,  which  Fairs  are  not 

to  continue  longer  than  the  respective  . following 

the  said  and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town 

shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be  ^opened  *2-326 
and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be 
thought  most  advantagions  to  tlie  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first 
Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of 
our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  Last  Tuesday  of  November 
next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  Cap^  Josiah  Powers 
who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting, 
which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs 
of  Our  said  Province;  and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  here- 
after for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on 
the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the 
said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges 
and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns 
forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us.  our  Heirs  and  Success- 
ors, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so 
doing  first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of 
the  Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs 
and  Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act 
or  Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 


BRANDON. 


49 


IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof, 
the  Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  onl}^,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December,  1762 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,*and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December,,  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land;  which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth,, or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same;  and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
Twentieth  Day  of  October  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One 
Thousand  Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  One  And  in  the  First  Year  of 
Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec'^ 


Province  of  New  Hamps'  Nov’’  3,  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Origional  Charter  under  the  Province 
seal 


Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^y 


*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Neshobe  Viz  *2-327 


Josiah  Powers 
David  Powers 
Jonathan  Read 
Levi  Farr 
Nath”  Fan- 
Waiter  Powers 
Edward  P>rown 
Ezekiel  Wright 
John  (biin’ing 

IV 


William  Kyes 
I>enj“  Shattock  juir 
John  Fox 
Aaron  Davis 
Ste})hen  Ib-own 
.Joseph  Fuller 
David  Veners 
John  Larnpson 
Daniel  Pond 


Boaz  Brown 
Silas  VVetherbee 
William  Farr 
Samuel  Pool 
David  Munro\v 
Phinehas  Wilder 
Nehemiah  Fuller 
Aaron  Hrown 
Amos  Laiiqison 


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CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Silas  Lan]])soii 
Elipbalet  Fales 
Peter  Wright 
Eph”^  Brown 
Josiali  I m wood 
Aaron  Brown 
Benj^  Robins 
Benj^  Powers 
Ezekiel  Powers 
Titus  Salter 
Thomas  Gibbs 
Benjamin  Read 
Timothy  Hale 


Nath"  Fellows 
Nathan  Chase 
Joshua  Wright 
Nath^^  Russell  Esq 
Thomas  Sawyer 
Elijah  Powers 
David  Spafford 
David  Fales 


Josiah  Powers  jun'’ 
Asa  Holyest 
Tilly  Wilder 
William  Russell 
William  Frye 
Aaron  Brown  jun’’ 
Ezekiel  Powers 


Silas  Brown 

Theodore  Atkinson  Esq  Joseph  Newmarch  Esq 
Eph™  Sherman  Eph*"  Sherman  jun" 

William  Shattock  Jon^  Hartwell 

Joseph  Read  Thomas  Munrow 

Thomas  Barret  Timothy  Fox 

His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain Five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B-  W-  in  the  Plan  which  is  to 
be  Accounted  Two  of  the  within  shares,  One  whole  Share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign 
Parts,  One  Share  for  a Glebe  for ’the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Established,  One  Share  for  the  First  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospell 
& One  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  a school  in  said  Town — 


Province  of  New  Hampshire  Nov"  3.  1761 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  of  Neshobe  under 
the  Province  Seal — 


Attested  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec"^ 


BKATTLEBOROUGH. 


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Province  of  New  Haraps'  Nov*'  3,  1761 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Neshobe  under 
the  Province  Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Se'’^ 


BKATTLEBOROUGH. 


*1-181 


Province  of  New  Ilainpsliire 

George  the  Second  by  the  Grace  of  God  of 
Great  Britain  France  & Ireland  King  Defender  of  the 
Faith  &c‘'^ 

To  All  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  Shall  come 
P>rattleborrough  Greeting 

See  Page  (223)  Know  Ye  that  We  of  onr  Sj)ecial  (irace  certain 

more  Time  given  Knowledge  & mere  motion  for  the  Due  Encour- 

agement of  Settling  A New  JMantation  within  our  Said  Province  liy 
& with  the  advice  of  our  d rusty  vfc  well  beloved  Benning  \\  entworlh 
l^S(j  our  Governour  and  Com’ander  in  Chieff  of  our  Said  Province 


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CHARTER  RECORDS. 


of  New  Hampshire  in  America  and  of  our  Council  of  the  Province 
Have  upon  the  Conditions  & Reservations  hereafter  made  Given  & 
Granted  & by  these  Presents  for  us  our  heirs  & Successors  Do  Give 
& Grant  in  Equal  Shares  unto  our  Loving  Subjects  Inhabitants  of 
our  Said  Province  of  New  Hampshire  and  his  Majestys  Other  Gov- 
ernments and  to  their  heirs  & assigns  for  Ever  whose  Names  Are 
Entered  on  this  Grant  to  be  Divided  to  & Amoungst  them  into  fifty 
Six  Shares  (Two  of  which  Shares  to  be  Laid  out  in  one  Tract  of  the 
Contents  of  Eight  Hundred  Acres  for  his  Excellency  Penning  Went- 
worth Esq  and  is  in  full  for  his  Two  Shares  hereof  which  Tract  is 
bounded  as  follows  Viz  begining  at  the  rocks  at  the  upper  End  of  the 
Fort  meadow  so  called  up  Connecticut  River  two  hundred  & forty 
Rodds  & to  Carry  that  Breadth  back  West  ten  degrees  North  So  far 
as  to  Contain  Eight  Hundred  Acres)  All  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of 
Land  Scituate  Lying  & being  within  our  Province  of  New  Hampshire 
Containing  by  Admeasurement  Nineteen  thousend  Three  hund^^  & 
Sixty  Acres  which  Tract  is  to  Contain  five  miles  & one  half  mile 
square  & no  more  out  of  which  an  allowence  is  to  be  made  for  high- 
ways & unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks  Mountains  Ponds  & Rivers  One 
thousend  & forty  acres  free  According  to  A Plan  thereof  made  & Pre- 
sented by  our  Said  Governours  orders  and  hereunto  Annexed  Butted 
and  Bounded  as  followeth — Viz — begining  at  the  mouth  of  Venters 
Brook  So  called  where  it  Empties  it  self  into  Connecticut  River  and 
runs  from  thence  six  miles  or  thereabouts  to  the  South  East  Corner 
of  Marlebrough  thence  five  miles  North  Ten  degrees  East  by  Marle- 
brough  aforesaid  to  A Stake  & Stones  in  Said  Line  thence  East  Ten 
degrees  South  to  Connecticut  River  aforesaid  then  Down  Said  River 
to  the  Bounds  first  mentioned  at  Venters  brook  Except  A Tract  of 
Land  Lying  in  the  Said  East  Corner  of  the  said  Township  Contain- 
ing about  Two  hundred  Acres  as  the  same  is  now  fenced  in  & 
Improved  which  is  hereby  Granted  & Assigned  to  Oliver  Willard 
& to  his  heirs  And  Assignes  One  of  the  within  Grantees  He 
^1-182  having  ^heretofore  Cleared  and  Improved  the  Said  Tract 
and  is  to  be  in  full  for  his  Share  & Proportion  of  the  said 
Township  Said  Two  hundred  Acres  are  Bounded  as  followeth  Viz  Be- 
gining At  Venters  Brook  and  runs  West  10^  North  Sixty  Rods  to  a 
Hill  & then  runs  under  the  Hill  round  as  the  Hill  runs  to  the  rocks 
at  the  upper  End  of  the  meadow  called  fort  meadow  thence  Down 
the  river  to  Venters  Brook — And  that  the  Same  be  and  is  incorpo- 
rated into  a Township  by  the  Name  of  Brattleburough  And  that  the 
Inhabitants  that  do  or  Shall  hereafter  inhabit  Said  Township  Are 
hereby  Declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  & Entituled  to  all  & every 
the  Previledges  & Imunitys  that  other  Towns  within  our  s'*  Province 


BK  ATTLEBOROUGH . 


53 


by  Law  Exercise  & Enjoy  and  further  that  the  Town  as  soon  as 
there  shall  be  fifty  familys  resident  & Settled  thereon  Shall  have  the 
Liberty  of  holding  Two  fairs  one  of  which  Shall  be  held  on  the  first 
Thursday  in  October  Annually  and  the  Other  on  the  first  Thursday 
in  Feb'^  Annually  which  Fairs  Are  not  to  Continue  & be  held 
Longer  than  the  Respective  Saturdays  following  the  s'^  Respective 
Thursdays  And  As  Soon  as  the  Said  Town  Shall  Consist  of  fifty  fam- 
ilys A Market  Shall  be  Opened  & kept  one  or  more  Days  in  Each 
Week  as  may  be  tho^  most  Advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants  Also 
that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  officers  Agreable  to 
the  Laws  of  our  Said  Province  Shall  be  held  on  the  fifteen  Day  of 
Jan^y  next  which  Meeting  Shall  be  Notifyed  by  Josiah  Willard  Esq 
who  is  hereby  also  Appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting 
which  he  is  to  Notify  & Govern  Agreable  to  the  Laws  & Customs  of 
our  Said  Province  And  that  the  Annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter 
for  the  Choice  of  Such  officers  of  Said  Town  Shall  be  on  the  first 
Wednesday  in  March  Annually  To  have  & to  hold  the  Said  Tract 
of  Land  as  above  Expressed  togeather  with  All  the  Previledges  & 
Appurtenances  to  them  & their  respective  heirs  And  Assignes  for 
ever  Upon  the  following  Conditions — Viz — That  every  Grantee  his 
heirs  or  assignes  Shall  Plant  or  Cultivate  five  Acres  of  Land  within 
the  Term  of  five  years  for  every  fifty  Acres  Contained  in  his  or  their 
Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said  Township  And  Continue  to  Im- 
prove & Settle  the  Same  by  Aditional  Cultivation  on  Penalty  of  the 
forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in  the  Said  Township  and  its  revert- 
ing to  his  Majesty  his  heirs  & successors  to  be  by  him  or  them  Re- 
granted to  such  of  his  Subjects  as  Shall  Effectually  Settle  & Culti- 
vate the  Same  That  all  white  & other  Pine  Trees  within  the  Said 
Township  fit  for  Masting  our  Royal  Navy  be  carefully  Pre- 
served for  *that  Use  and  none  to  be  Cut  or  felled  without  *1-188 
his  Majestys  Especial  Lycence  for  So  doing  first  had  & Ob- 
taind  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  forfeiture  of  the  Right  of  Such  Grantee 
his  heirs  or  assignes  to  us  our  heirs  & Successors  as  well  as  being  subject 
to  the  Penalty  of  Any  Act  or  Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are  or 
hereafter  Shall  be  Enacted  also  his  Maj®ys  fort  Dum’er  & A Tract 
of  Land  of  fifty  rods  Square  round  it — Viz — fifty  rods  West  Twenty 
five  Rods  South  & Twenty  five  Rods  North  of  said  Fort — That  before 
Any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  And  Amoungst  the  Grantees  A 
Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Center  of  the  Townshif)  as  the  Land  will 
Admit  of  Shall  be  reserved  & marked  Out  for  Town  Lotts  one  of 
which  Shall  be  allotted  to  Each  Grantee  of  the  Contents  of  one 
Acre  Yeilding  & Paying  therefor  to  us  our  heirs  & successors  for  tlie 
Space  of  Ten  years  to  be  Computed  from  the  Date  hereof  the  Rent 


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CHARTER  RECORDS. 


of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only  on  the  first  day  of  January  Annually 
if  Lawfully  Demanded  the  first  Payment  to  be  made  on  the  first  Day 
of  January  after  the  first  of  January  next  Ensueing  the  Date  hereof 
and  every  Proprietor  Settler  or  Inhabitant  Shall  Yeild  & Pay  unto  us 
our  heirs  & successors  Yearly  & Every  year  for  ever  from  & after  the 
Expiration  of  the  Ten  years  from  the  Date  hereof  Namely  on  the  first 
Day  of  January  which  will  be  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  Christ  one 
thousend  Seven  hundred  & sixty  four  One  Shilling  Proclamation 
money  for  every  hundred  Acres  he  so  owns  Settles  or  Possesses  and 
So  in  Proportion  for  A Greater  or  Lesser  Tract  of  the  Said  Land 
which  money  Shall  be  paid  by  the  Respective  Persons  abovesaid their 
heirs  or  assigns  In  our  Council  Chamber  In  Portsmouth  or  to  such 
officer  or  officers  as  Shall  be  Appointed  to  Receive  the  Same  and  this 
to  be  in  Lieu  of  All  Other  Rents  & Services  whatsoever  in  Testi- 
mony hereof  We  have  Caused  the  Seal  of  our  Said  Province  to  be 
hereunto  affixed  Wittness  Penning  Wentworth  Esq  our  Governour 
& Commander  in  Chieff  of  our  Said  Province  the  Twenty  sixth  Day 
of  December  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  Christ  1753  And  in  the  Twenty 
seventh  year  of  Our  Reign 

B Wentworth 

By  his  Excellencys  Comand  with 
Advice  of  Council 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec'^ 

Entred  & recorded  According  to  the  Original  Under  the  Prov  Seal 
this  27^^  Day  of  December  1753 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec  ^ 


Name's  of  the  Grantees  of  Brattleburough-Viz — 

William  Brattle,  Jacob  Wendell,  James  Read, 

Isaac  Bradish,  Owen  Warland,  William  Lee, 

Ebenezer  Smith,  William  Gamage,  John  Hicks, 
*1-184  *Ebenezer  Bradish,  James  Whitemore,  William  Manning, 
Thomas  Sherren,  Thomas  Hastings,  Jonathan  Sprague, 


John  Warland, 
William  Bowls, 
Oliver  Willard, 
Sampson  French, 
Stephen  Palmer, 
Daniel  Printice, 


Benjamin  Lynde,  Andrew  Oliver  jun', 
Cornelius  Woodbury,  William  Willard, 


Samuel  Allen, 

Joseph  French, 

Stephen  Pal m er  jun^ 

Caleb  Prentice, 

Edward  Marritt  jun’’,  Abner  Hasey, 

Thomas  Blanchard,  Thomas  Blanchard  jun",  Jacob  Fletcher, 
Samuel  Searles,  Samuel  French,  • Sampson  Willard, 


Moses  Wright, 
William  Fessenden, 
William  Barrett, 
Ebenezer  Stedman, 
Benjamin  French, 


BKATTLEBO HOUGH. 


55 


Oliver  Coleburoe,  Jeremiah  Colebiirne,  Peter  Powers, 

Stephen  Powers,  Daniel  Emerson,  William  Laurence, 

Abel  Laurence,  Mathew  Livermore,  Theodore  Atkinson, 

his  Excellency  Penning  Wentworth  Esq  A Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain Eight  hundred  Acres  which  is  to  be  Accounted  Two  of  the 
within  mentioned  Shares  & Laid  out  & Bounded  as  within  mentioned 
One  whole  Share  for  the  Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of 
the  Gospel  in  forreign  Parts  one  whole  Share  for  the  first  Settled 
Minister  of  the  Gospel  in  Said  Town,  One  whole  Share  for  a Glebe 
for  the  Ministry  of  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law  Established — 
Also  his  Maj^ys  Fort  Dummer  and  a Tract  of  Land  of  Fifty  rods 
Square  round  it  Viz — 50  rods  West  Twenty  five  rods  South  & 
Twenty  five  rods  North  of  said  fort 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Charter  for  Brattleburongh  the 
27tb  ])^y  Qf  December  1753 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec'^ 


Taken  from  the  Plan  on  the  Back  of  the , Charter  of  Brattlebur- 
ough  this  27^^‘  of  December  1753 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec'^ 


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CHARTER  RECORDS. 


[Brattleboro  Charter  Renewed,  1760.] 


*1-223  *ProviDce  of 
New  Hainp" 
Brattlebiirougli 
LeDgtbned  Out  &c^ 


'I 

Prov  Seal  )> 

j 


) George  the  Second  by  the  Grace  of  God  of 
) Great  Britain  France  & Ireland  King  De- 
fender of  the  Faith  &c^ 

To  All  People  to  whom  these  Presents  Shall 
come  Greeting 

Whereas  We  of  our  Special  Grace  & mere 
Motion  for  the  due  Encouragement  And  Set- 
tling of  a New  Plantation  within  our  Province 

-V of  New  Hampshire  by  Oui-  Letters  Patent 

See  (181)  or  Charter  under  the  Seal  of  Our  Said  Prov- 

ince Dated  the  26*^  Day  of  December  in  the  Twenty  Seventh  year 
of  Our  Reign  Granted  a Tract  of  Land  equal  to  Six  Miles  Square 
bounded  as  therein  expressed  to  a Number  of  Our  Loyal  Sub- 
jects whose  Names  are  Entred  on  the  Same  to  Hold  to  them  their 
Heirs  & Assigns  on  the  Conditions  therein  declared  to  be  a Town 
Corporate  by  the  Name  of  Brattleburough  as  by  referrence  to  the 
sd  Charter  may  more  fully  Appear — 

And  Whereas  the  Said  Grantees  have  represented  that  by  the  In- 
tervention of  an  Indian  Warr  Since  the  making  of  said  Grant  it  has 
been  Impracticable  to  Comply  with  and  fulfill  the  Conditions  afore- 
said & Humbly  suplicated  us  not  to  take  advantage  of  the  Breach 
of  said  Conditions  but  to  Lengthen  out  & Grant  them  some 
reasonable  Term  for  the  Performance  thereof  after  the  Said  Impedi- 


ment shall  cease 

Now  Know  Ye  that  We  being  Willing  to  Promote  the  End  Pro- 
posed have  of  our  Further  Grace  & Favour  suspended  our  Claim  of 
the  Forfeitures  which  the  said  Grantees  may  have  incurrd  and  by 
these  Presents  do  Grant  unto  the  Said  Grantees  their  Heirs  & As- 
signs the  Term  of  One  Year  for  Promoteing  & Fullfilling  the  Condi- 
tions Matters  & Things  by  them  to  be  done  which  Term  is  to  be 
renewd  Annually  until  His  Maj’*^^  Plenary  Instructions  Shall  be 
received  relative  to  the  Incident  that  has  Prevented  A Complyence 
wdth  the  Charter  according  to  the  True  Intent  & Meaning  thereof — 
In  Testimony  whereof  We  have  caused  the  Seal  of  Our  Said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed  Wittness  Penning  Wentworth  Esq  our 
Governour  & Com’ander  in  Chieff  the  Eleventh  Day  of  June 
Annoq  Domini  1760 

B Wentworth 


By  his  Excellencys  Com’and 
with  Advice  of  Council 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’’^ 


BRATTLEBOROUGH. 


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Frov  of  New  Hamp’’ 

Recorded  according  to  the  Original  under  the  Province  Seal  the 
12‘^  Day  of  June  1760 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’^y 


[Brattleboro  Charter  Renewed,  1761.] 


Province  of  New  Hampshire 


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Brattleburough  George  The  Third  by  the  Grace  of  God  of 

. Great  Britain  France  & Ireland  King  Defender  of  the 
/ faith  &c- 

~ i To  all  whom  these  Presents  shall  come  Greeting 
^ Whereas  our  Late  Royall  Grandfather  King 
George  the  Second  of  Glorious  Memory  did  of  his  Special  grace 
and  mere  motion  for  the  Encouragement  of  setting  a New  Plantation 
within  our  said  Province  of  New  Hampshire  by  his  Letters  Patient 
or  Charter  under  the  Seal  of  our  said  Province  dated  the  26“'  day  of 
Decemb''  1753  & in  the  27“^  Year  of  his  Majestys  Reign  Grant  a 
Tract  of  Land  equal  to  five  & i Miles  square  Bounded  as  therein 
Expressed  to  a Number  of  our  Loyal  Subjects  whose  Names  are 
Entered  on  the  same  to  hold  to  them  their  Heirs  or  Assigns  on  the 
Conditions  therein  Declared  to  be  a Town  Corporate  by  the  Name  of 
Brattlebourough  as  by  Reference  to  the  said  Charter  may  more  fully 
appear 

And  whereas  the  said  Grantees  have  Represented  that  by  the 
Intervention  of  an  Indian  Warr  since  making  y®  said  Grant  it  has 
been  Impracticable  to  comply  with  and  fulfill  the  Conditions  A hum- 
bly Sup]dicated  us  not  to  take  Advantage  of  the  Breach  of  said  Con- 
ditions but  to  Lengthen  out  & Grant  them  some  Reasonable  time  for 
Performance  thereof  after  the  said  Impediment  shall  Cease 

Now  Know  Ye  tliat  we  being  willing  to  Promote  the  End  Proposed 
have  of  our  Further  Grace  & Favour  Susf)ended  our  Claim  of  the 
forfeiture  which  the  said  Grantees  may  have  Incurred  & by  these 
Presents  do  grant  unto  the  said  Grantees  their  Heirs  & Assigns  the 
Term  of  one  Year  for  Performing  & Fulfilling  tlie  Conditions  Mat- 
ters A:  things  by  them  to  be  done  wliich  'rerm  is  to  be  Benewed  An- 
nually if  the  same  Impediment  Remains  untill  our  Plenaiy  Instruc- 
tions shall  be  Iteceived  Relating  to  the  Incident  that  has  Prevented 
a Compliance  with  the  said  Charter  According  to  the  Intent  A; 
meaning  of  the  same 

In  'Pestiinony  whereof  we  have  Caused  the  Seal  of  our  said 
Province  to  be  hereunto  Allixed  Witness  lienning  Wentworth 


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CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Esq"  our  Governour  aiul  Commander  in  Cheif  of  our  Province  afore- 
said the  day  of  July  iu  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ  1761  and  in 
the  first  Year  of  his  Majestys  Reign 

B Wentworth 

By  his  Excellency’s  Command 
with  Advice  of  Council 

Theod"  Atkinson  Se"y 

Prov®  of  New  Hamp’^  1761 

Recorded  from  the  original 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec"^ 


BRIDGEWATER. 

■^Province  of  New-IIainpshire. 

GEORGE  THE  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  ivliom  these  Presents  shall  comey 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge, 
and  ineer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New 
Plantation  within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of 
our  Trusty  and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq  ; Our 
Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New- 
Hampshire  in  New-Englanch  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Prov- 
ince; Have  upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after 
made,  given  and  granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs, 
and  Successors,  do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving 
Subjects,  Inhabitants  of  Our  said  Province  of  Neiv-Hampshire^  and 
Our  other  Governments,  and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever, 
whose  Names  are  entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst 
them  into  Sixty  Seven  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land 
situate,  lying  and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  New- Hamp shir ey 
containing  by  Admeasurement,  twenty  Eight  Thousand  AcreSy  which 
Tract  is  to  contain  Somthing  then  Six  miles  and  one  halt  Mile 
square,  and  no  more;  out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for 
High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains 
and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan 
and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  re- 
turned into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and 
bounded  as  follows.  Viz,  Begining  at  the  North  west  Corner  of 


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Bridgewater 


BRIDGE  WATER. 


50 


Reading  from  Thence  North  Sixty  four  degrees  west  Six  miles  by  the 
North  Line  of  Saltash  from  Thence  North  thirty  two  degrees  East 
Eight  miles,  from  Thence  South  Sixty  two  Degrees  East  Six  miles 
from  Thence  South  thirty  two  Degrees  West  Seven  miles  and  one 
half  mile  to  the  first  Bounds  Mentioned — And  that  the  same  be,  and 
hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the  Name  of  Bridgwater 
And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Town- 
ship, are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all 
and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within 
Our  Province  b}’  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy:  And  further,  that  the 
said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled 
thereon,  shall  have  the  Libert}^  of  holding  Two  Fairs^  one  of  which 
shall  be  held  on  the  And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer 
than  the  respective  following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall 
consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be  ^opened  and  *2-66 
kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought 
most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting 
for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said 
Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  Last  thursday  of  August  Next 
which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  Oliver  Willard  who  is 
hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which 
he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of 
Our  said  Province ; and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter 
for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the 
Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually,  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said 
Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and 
Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  for- 
ever, upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  cul- 
tivate five  Acres  of  I^and  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every 
fifty  vVcres  contained  in  his  or  their  Shai-e  or  Pr(>portion  of  Land  in 
said  'rownshij),  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  ad- 
ditional Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or 
Share  in  the  said  d'ownshi]),  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs 
and  Successors,  to  be  l)v  Us  or  Them  Ke-<xraiited  to  such  of  our  Sub- 
jects  as  shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

H.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  'frees  within  the  said  'fownship, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  torso  do- 
ing first  had  and  obtained,  u|)on  the  I’enalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Bight  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 


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CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted*  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof, 
the  Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfull}^  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December,  1762 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December^  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said 
Land ; which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  above- 
said,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portmiouth,, 
or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the 
same ; and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Pro- 
vince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
Tenth  Day  of  July  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  one  And  in  the  first  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec'^ 

Prov®  N Hamp’’  July  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Pro'^  Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^ 


^2-67  *The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Bridgwater — viz 


Seth  Field 
Rufus  Field 
Stephen  Pomroy 
James  Harwood 
Thomas  Sargents 


Orlando  Bridgman 
Thomas  Emmons 
Timothy  Herrington 
Andrew  Harwood 
Elijah  Williams 


John  Bridgman 
Quartus  Pomroy 
Joseph  Burt 
Isaac  Parker 
Oliver  Field 


BRIDGE  WATER. 


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Oliver  Warner  ' Elijah  Alexander  John  Hart 
Benning  Wentworth  Rev^  M"  ^HClentock  & Mesheck  Weare  Esq 


Samuel  Mattoon 
Samuel  Johnson 
Josiah  Lock 
Moses  Evanes 
Asa  Baldwin 
Samuel  Smith 


Andrew  Locker 
Cut  Shannon 
Caleb  Willard 
Edward  Houghton 
Nath^  Hovey 
John  Sargents 


Sam^  Wentworth  Boston  Rev^^  M' Chase 


Ezra  Robinson 
Joseph  Field 
Joel  Smith 
Timothy  Lull 
Abel  Emmon 
Thomas  Wiggins 


Jonathan  Hilldreth 
Helkiah  Grout 
Aaron  Nash 
William  Moore 
John  Downing  Esq 


William  Green 
James  Bunde 
Zur  Evans 
Ephraim  Baldwin 
Israel  Calki  ns 
William  Cumings 
John  Billings 
Abiel  Chamberlin 
Smith  Ingram 
Timothy  Herrington 
Seth  Field 
Sampson  Sheaf  Esq 
Abel  Morse 


William  Richarson 
The  Rev^^  M*-  Baley  H Falls— 

His  Excellency  Bening  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain five  Hundred  acres  as  Marked  on  the  Plan  B W Which  is  to  be 
Accounted  two  of  the  wdthin  Shares,  one  Whole  Share  for  the  So- 
ciety for  the  Propegation  of  the  Gosple  in  Forren  Parts — one  Whole 
Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law  Estab- 
lished one  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gos})le  one  Share 
for  the  Benefit  of  a School  in  Said  Town 


Province  of  New  Hamp''  July  10^^  1761 — 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  in  the  Book  of 
Charters 


Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^y 


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CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Province  of  New  Hamp*’  July  10^^‘1761 
Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec'^ 


BRIDPORT. 

*2-237  ^Province  of  New-Hampshire. 

Bridport  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  eome^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Penning  VV ent worth.  Esq ; Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire,  in 
Neu'-Emjland^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province;  Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors, 
do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects, 
Inhabitants  of  Our  said  Province  of  Neiv-Hainpshire^  and  Our 
other  Governments,  and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose 


BRIDPOET. 


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Names  are  entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst 
them  into  Seventy  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land 
situate,  lying  and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  New-IIamp- 
sJiire^  containing  by  Admeasurement,  Twenty  Five  Thousand 
Acres,  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Something  more  than  Six  Miles 
square,  and  no  more ; out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for 
High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains 
and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan 
and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and 
returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted 
and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  the  North  Westerly  Corner 
of  Shoreham  from  thence  Riming  Northerly  by  the  Wood  Creek 
Waters  so  far  as  to  make  up  Six  Miles  on  a Streight  Line  from  said 
C'orner,  from  thence  East  Seven  jMiles,  from  thence  Southerly  to  the 
North  East  Corner  of  Shoreham  from  thence  West  by  Shoreham 
to  the  bounds  first  ^Mentioned  iVnd  that  the  same  be,  and  hereb}' 
is  Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the  Name  of  Bridport  And  the 
Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are 
hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  andintitled  to  all  and  every 
the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our  Prov- 
ince by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy:  And  further,  that  the  said  Town 
as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon, 
shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Two  Fairs,  one  of  which  shall  be 
held  on  the  And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  whicli  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said  and  that 


as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a 
M arket  may  be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  ^2-238 
Week, as  may  be  thought  most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabi- 
tants. Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Offi- 
cers, agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on  the 
which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by 
who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said 
first  Me<*ting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the 
Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Pj*ovince;  and  that  the  annual  Meet- 
ing for  ever  hereafter  for  the  (^hoice  of  such  Oflicers  for  the  said 
d'own,  shall  be  on  the  Second  'ruesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have 
and  to  Hold  the  said  d’ract  of  I>and  as  above  expressed,  together 
with  all  Privileges  and  Ap])urt[inces,  to  them  and  their  res[)cctive 
Heirs  and  Assigiis  forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  d'hat  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  d'erm  of  live  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 


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CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Success- 
ors, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectuall}^  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  tor  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Lleirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1762 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearl}-,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December.,  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land;  which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Fleirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth., or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same ; and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
9^^  Day  of  October  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  One  And  in  the  First  Year  of  Our 
Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec'^ 


BRTDPORT. 


65 


Province  of  New  Hamps*'  Octo'  10^^  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Origional  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal 

19  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^ 


*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Bridport  (Viz) 


*2-239 


Ebenez'  Wiswall 
James  Carlyle 
Elisha  Smith 
James  Brown 
Luke  Brown 
Thomas  Stearns  Jun 
Edward  Payment 
Ephraim  Wheeler 
Arch^^^  Campbell 
James  Tilford 
Joseph  Bill 
John  Fisk  2^ 

Jacob  Smith 
Ty  rus  Rice 
Samuel  Rice 
Benj''^  Fisk 
Nathan  Perry 
Samuel  Rice 
Elijah  Morton 
Ephraim  Doolittle 
Thomas  Watson 


Joseph  Wiley 
Henry  Ward 
Ebenez’’  Stearns 
Jonath^  Rolf 
Sam^  Brown 
Simon  Stevens 
David  Moore 
Henry  Quincy 
John  Dennie 
Peter  Jones 
Jon^  Ozling 
Nathan  Baldwin 
Peter  Goulding 
Richard  Stowers 
Joseph  M’Crackin 
Ignatius  Goulding 
Josiah  Perry 
NatlJ  Moore 


Will™  M’Farland 
Adonijah  Rice 
Joseph  Hastings 
Nath*  Haring  ton 
Thomas  Stearns 
Elisha  Smith 
Nath*  Stearns 
Alexand’’  Campbell 
Johnson  Jackson 
Duncan  Campbell 
Joseph  Blair 
Will™  Crawford 
Nath*  Green 
Noah  Jones 
Nahum  Willard 
Samuel  Brewer 
Jacob  Hemingway 
Timothy  Heald 
Abel  Goulding 


Palmer  Goulding 

Joseph  Newmarch  Esq  James  Nevin  Esq 
John  Wason  JuiT  Dan*  Tilton  & 

Joseph  Tilton 

His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to 
Contain  Five  Hundred  Acres  as  marked  B-W  in  the  Plan,  & is 
to  be  Accounted  two  of  the  within  shares,  One  whole  Share  for  the 
Incorporated  society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospell  in  Foreign 
Parts,  One  share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Established,  One  share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospell  & 
One  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  a School  in  said  Town — 

Province  of  New  Hamps’’  Octo"  10,  1761 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  of  Bridport  under 
the  Prov^^*  Seal 


Attested  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec'^ 


66 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Province  of  New  Hamps’’  Octo'  10^^  1761 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  of  Bridport  under 
the  Province  Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson 


BRISTOL. 

*2-373  ^Province  of  New-Hampshire. 

Pocock  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britian,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  ivhom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  Ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowl- 
edge, and  meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a 
New  Plantation  within  our  Said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Ad- 
vice of  our  Trusty  and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of 
New-Hampshire,  in  New-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said 


BRISTOL. 


67 


Province ; Have  upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after 
made,  given  and  granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs, 
and  Successors,  do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving 
Subjects,  Inhabitants  of  Our  said  Province  of  New- Hampshire^  and 
Our  other  Governments,  and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever, 
whose  Names  are  entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst 
them  into  Seventy  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land 
situate,  lying  and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^ 
containing  by  Admeasurement,  Twenty  Three  Thousand  Six  Hun- 
dred Acres^  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Something  more  than  Six 
Miles  square,  and  no  more;  out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be 
made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds, 
Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  accord- 
ing to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s 
Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  an- 
nexed, butted  and  bounded  as  follows,  Viz.  Begining  at  the  North 
Easterly  Corner  of  New  Haven  from  thence  South  six  Miles  by  New 
Haven  afores^^  to  the  south  Easterly  Corner  thereof,  then  turning  off 
& runing  East,  four  Miles  & one  half  Mile  to  a marked  Tree,  then 
turning  off  & runing  North  Eight  Miles  & one  half  Mile  to  another 
marked  Tree,  then  turning  off  & runing  West  four  Miles  to  the 
Easterly  side  Line  of  Monkton,  then  South  by  Monkton  about  half 
a Mile  to  an  Angle  thereof,  then  West  by  Monkton  afores^  about 
two  Mile  to  another  angle  thereof,  then  South  by  Monkton  afores^ 
420  Rods  to  the  Northerly  side  Line  of  New  Haven,  then  South  70 
Deg®  East,  one  Mile  & 190  Rods  by  New  Haven  to  the  North  East- 
erly Corner  thereof  being  the  bounds  begun  at — 

And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Town- 
ship by  the  Name  of  Pocock  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall 
hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be 
Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges 
and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law 
Exercise  and  Enjoy : And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as 
there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have 
the  Liberty  of  holding  two  Fairs^  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on 
the  And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 
following  the  said  and  that  as  soon  as  the 

said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be 
^opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  *2—374 
be  thought  most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also, 
that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable 
to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  first  Wednes- 


68 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


day  in  August  next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by 
John  Burling  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the 
said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to 
the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province;  and  that  the  annual 
Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the 
said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To 
Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed, 
together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their 
respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions, 
viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and 
cultivate  five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every 
fifty  Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land 
in  said  Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same 
by  additional  Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant 
or  Share  in  the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs 
and  Successors,  to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our 
Subjects  as  shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Towm- 
ship,  fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for 
that  Use,  and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence 
for  so  doing  first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the 
Forfeiture  of  the  Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to 
Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the 
Penalty  of  any  Act  or  Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  here- 
after shall  be  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  anv  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and 
among  the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said 
Township  as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked 
out  for  Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee 
of  the  Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty -fifth  day  of  December.  1762 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December^  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shil- 
ling Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns, 
settles  or  possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser 


BRISTOL. 


69 


Tract  of  the  said  Land ; which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respec- 
tive Persons  abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council 
Chamber  in  PorUmouih^  or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be 
appointed  to  receive  the  same ; and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all 
other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Pro- 
vince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Renting  Wentworth,  Esq: 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province, 
the  Day  of  June  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thous- 
and Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  two  And  in  the  Second  Year  of 
Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  his  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

T Atkinson  Jun'  Sec'^ 


Province  of  New  Hamp^  June  26*^^  1762 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  Charta  under  the  Province 
Seal 

T Atkinson  Juffi  Sec^^ 


*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Pocock  (Viz) 
Sam^  Averill  Sam^  Hungerford  James  Tripp 


*2-375 


Zeb"  Seaman 
Francis  Nash 
Albert  Baker 
John  Hallock 
Rob‘  Croocker 
Steph"  Field 
Benj'^  Clapp 
Elnathan  Hall 
Jos^  Cornwell 
Theo^‘*  Anthony 
James  Parsons 
James  Bowne 
James  Fairlee  Jun'^ 
Will'"  Field 
Wynant  Vanzandt 
John  Burling 
Edw''  Burling  Jun^ 
John  Parish 
Edw‘‘  Laurence 
Hon 


Sam^  Willis 
Jos^  Burr 
Uriah  Field 
Jos^  Sherwood 
John  Cornell 
John  Tripp 
Elias  Palmer 
Seth  Hall 
Rich*'  Titus 
John  Lawrence 
James  Fairlee 
Nich®  Anthony 
RoU  Fairlee 
Francis  Field 


Sam^  Lyon 
Josh^  Hutchings 
Edmond  Brown 
Will"'  Croocker 
Silas  Mead 
Daniel  Tooker 
John  Clapp 
John  Keese 
Sam^  Willets 
Jos’'  Underhill 
Sam’  Franklin 
Will'"  Kenedy 
Tho®  Franklin  Jun'' 
Will'"  Field  Jun'' 
Jos*'  Parsall 


Jos*'  Laurence 

Richardoon  Cornwell  Henry  Hedar 
Henry  Bogert  Daniel  Parish 

Towns'’  Parish  John  Franklin 

Caleb  Hyatt  Zeb"  Seaman 

Jos’*  Newrnarch  Esq  James  Nevin  Esq  Will'"  Temple  Esq 

Cap’  Geo:  Frost 


70 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain Five  Hundred  Acres  as  marked  B — W — in  the  plan,  which  is 
to  be  Accounted  two  of  the  within  shares,  one  whole  Share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign 
Parts,  one  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Established,  one  Share  for  the  first  settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel,  & 
one  Share  for  the  benefit  of  a school  in  s^  Town 

Province  of  New  Hamp’'  June  26  1762 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Pro- 
vince Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun’'  Sec*^^ 


U 

0 


Province  of  New  Hamp’^  June  26  1762 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Pro- 
vince Seal 


^ T Atkinson  Jun’^  Sec''^ 


BRUNSWICK. 


71 


BRUNSWICK. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire  *2-265 

Brunswick  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Planta- 
tio7i  within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New’'-Hampshire,  in 
New-England^  and  of  our  COUNCIL  of  the  said  Province  ; Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do 
give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabi- 
tants of  Our  said  Province  of  Neiv-Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Gov- 
ernments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into 
Seventy  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying 
and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  containing 
by  Admeasurement,  ab*^  Twenty  Five  Thousand  Acres^  which  Tract 
is  to  contain  Something  more  than  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more ; 
out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unim- 
provable Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thou- 
sand and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof, 
made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secre- 
tary’s Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  follows, 
viz.  Begining  at  the  most  Easterly  Corner  of  Maidstone  from 
thence  North  Easterly  up  Conneticut  River  so  far  as  to  make  Six 
Miles  upon  a Streight  Line  thence  from  said  River  North  West  Six 
Miles  and  One  half  Mile,  from  thence  South  Westerly  on  a Parralel 
Line,  with  that  on  the  River  to  the  Northerly  Corner  of  Maidstone 
afores'*,  from  thence  South  East  by  Maidstone  aforesaid  to  Conneti- 
ciit  River  to  the  bounds  first  above  Mention’d  And  that  the  same 
be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the  Name  of 
Brunswick  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit 
the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with 
and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that 
other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy: 
And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Fam- 


72 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


ilies  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding 
Two  Fairs,  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the  annually, 

which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said  and  that  as  soon  as 

the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market 
*2-266  may  be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week, 
as  may  be  thought  most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants. 
Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers  agrea- 
ble  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  Fourth 
Tuesday  in  Nov^  Next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  M^ 
Sam^  Averhill  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the 
said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Jsh)tify  and  Govern  agreable  to 
the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province  ; and  that  the  annual 
Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said 
Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have 
and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together 
with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective 
Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every 
fifty  Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in 
said  Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  addi- 
tional Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or 
Share  in  the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs 
and  Successors,  to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Sub- 
jects as  shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Town- 
ship, fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that 
Use,  and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so 
doing  first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of 
the  Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs 
and  Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act 
or  Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  onl}%  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December,  1762 


BRUNSWICK. 


73 


V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twen- 
ty-fifth Day  of  December,  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  Decem- 
her.,  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling  Proc- 
lamation Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land ; which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth.,  or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same  ; and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Pro- 
vince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth, 
Esq ; Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province, 
the  IS***  Day  of  October  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thous- 
and Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  one  And  in  the  First  Year  of  Our 
Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^y 


Province  of  New  Hamps’’  Octo*"  13,  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Origional  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal 


Theodore  Atkinson  Sec'^ 


*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Brunswick  (Viz)  *2-267 


Stephen  Noble 
Abijah  Hubbell 
John  Bostwick 
David  Calhown 
Natffi  Slicock 
Daniel  Terrell 
Reed  Ferriss 
Jesse  Bastwick 
Eliphalet  Whittlesey 
Zadock  Clark 
Benj“  Seeley 
Will"'  Barns 
Isaac  Bold  win 
Abell  ('amp 
James  Barns 


Jabez  Warner 
Jethro  Hatch  ■ 
John  Brinsmead 
Jacob  Kene 
Sam^  Shelton 
John  Barns 
Israel  Noble 
Natlfi  Bosworth 
Beuj'^  Farriss  Jun*' 
Natlfi  Brown 
Aaron  Prindle 
Will"'  Vaugham 
Heath  Garlick 
Aell  Gillitt 
Edmund  Haws 


Azariah  Pratt 
Ezra  Gere 
Daniel  Averhill 
Will"'  Cogswell 
George  Stillman 
Jonah  Camp 
Morgan  Noble 
John  Gurne}’^ 
Seth  Sherwood 
James  Potter 
Asael  Tryon 
Jonah  Todd 
NatlJ  Ruggl  es 
Steph"  Barns 
William  Kenedy 


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CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Alex*^  Steward 
Isaac  Buck 
Elias  Lord 
Nath^  Sherburne 
John  Downing  Esq 
Ephriam  Gutherie 


Elijah  Sill  Dan  Towner 

Benj^  Hallock  Sam^  Averill 

Thomas  Kenne  Moses  Averill 

John  Whittelsey  Mark  Hunk®  Wentworth  Esq 
Park  Beeman  Nathan  Hawley 

Joseph  Calhoon  Timothy  Hatch  & 

Seth  Kent 

His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Contain 
Five  Hundred  Acres  as  marked  in  the  Plan  B — W — which  is  to  be 
Accounted  two  of  the  within  shares,  One  whole  Share  for  the  Incor- 
porated society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts, 
One  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law  Estab- 
lished, One  Share  for  the  First  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospell  & One 
Share  for  the  Benefit  of  a School  in  Said  Town 


Province  of  New  Hamps*^  Octo’^  13,  1761 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  of  Brunswick 
under  the  Prov®  Seal 

Attested  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec"^^ 


Province  of  New  Hamps^^  Octo  13,  1761 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  of  Brunswick 
under  the  Prov®  Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’^^ 


BURLINGTON. 


75 


BURLINGTON. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire.  *2-405 

Burlington  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  P resent shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq,  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
New-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province;  Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors, 
do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabi- 
tants of  Our  said  Province  of  Neiv-Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Gov- 
ernments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Seventy 
two  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lyiug  and 
being  within  our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  containing  by 
Admeasurement,  23,040  Acres^  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Six  Miles 
square,  and  no  more  ; out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for 
High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains 
and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan 
and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  re- 
turned into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted 
and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  at  the  Southerly  or  South  Westerly 
Side  of  French  or  Onion  River  so  called  at  the  Mouth  of  Said  River 
thence  runing  up  by  Said  River  until  it  comes  to  A Place  that  is 
Ten  Miles  upon  a Strait  Line  from  the  Mouth  of  the  River  afore 
Said  then  runs  upon  A Line  Perpendicular  to  the  afore  Said  Ten 
Miles  Line,  Southerly  so  far  as  that  A Line  to  Lake  Champlain  Par- 
rellel  to  the  Ten  Miles  Line  afore  Said  will  within  the  Lines  and  the 
Shore  of  the  Said  Lake  Contain  Six  Miles  Square 

And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incor])orated  into  a Township 
by  the  Name  of  Burlington  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall 
hereafter  inhabit  the  said  4’ownship,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  En- 
franchized with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Im- 
munities that  other  Towns  within  Our  ITovince  by  Law  Exercise  and 
Enjoy  : And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty 
Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  hold- 
ing Two  Fairs.,  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the  And 


76 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


the  other  on  the  annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  con- 
tinue longer  than  the  respective  following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall 
*2-406  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be  ^opened  and 
kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought 
most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting 
for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said 
Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  Eighteenth  of  July  next  which  said 
Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  M^  Sam^  Willis  who  is  hereby  also 
appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to 
Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said 
Province ; and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the 
Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second 
Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract 
of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appur- 
tenances, to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever, 
upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Suc- 
cessors, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as 
shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  pa^^ment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1763 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 


BURLINGTON. 


77 


from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twen- 
ty-fifth Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  Becem- 
which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1773  One  shilling  Procla- 
mation Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land;  which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth^ or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same;  and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Pro- 
vince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
Seventh  Day  of  June  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  three  And  in  the  Third  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

T Atkinson  Jun^  Sec^ 


Province  of  New  Hamp’' 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Prov  Seal 

^ T Atkinson  Jun^  Sec^’^ 


*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of 


Samuel  Willis 
John  Willis  y®  3'^ 
Thomas  Cheshire  jun’’ 
Thomas  Young 
Zebulon  Seaman  juffi 
Joseph  Udill 
Minne  Suydam 
Nicholas  Townsend 
Thomas  Alsop 
Thomas  Frost 
Zebulon  Frost 
Harman  Lefford 
John  Wright 
George  Pearsall 
John  Birdsall  Jun'’ 
Laurence  Fish 
Rich'*  Searnon 
Nathan  Seaman  JuiU 
Israel  Seaman 
Rich'*  Ellison  jun*^ 


Tunis  Wortman 
Stephen  Willis 
John  Birdsell 
Samuel  Jackson 
John  Whitson 
John  Wright  juiT 
Jacobus  Suydam 
Samuel  Van  Wyck 
Thomas  Pearsall  jun’’ 
William  Frost  juiU 
William  Cook 
Thomas  Jackson 
Daniel  Voorhers 
John  Wortman  jun*' 
Jacob  Kerbee 
John  Whitson  the  3'* 
Morris  Searnon 
Rich'*  Jackson  juiU 
Jacob  Seaman  SeiF 
Rich'*  Ellison  the  3'* 


Burlington  Viz  *2-407 
Thomas  Dickinson 
Daniel  Bowne 
Benj"^  Townsend 
Gilbert  Weekes 
William  Kerbee 
Abraham  Van  Wick 
Edmond  Weekes 
John  Willis  Jun”' 

Will"*  Frost  Sen*" 

Penn  Frost 
Thomas  Van  Wyck 
Thomas  Udell 
Joseph  Denton 
15011]*^  Birdsall 
Benj"  Fish 
Nathan  Fish 
John  Pratt 
Solomon  Seam’an 
Jacob  Seaman 
Sam*  Averhill 


78 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Hon : John  Temple  Eleazer  Russell 

Theo:  Atkinson  ^ Andrew  Clarkson 

H®  Wentworth  > Esq*"® 

Henry  Sherburne  ) 

His  Excellency  Benuing  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain Five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B — W — in  the  Plan  which  is  to 
be  accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares  One  Whole  Share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  foreign 
Parts,  One  Share  for  A Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Established — One  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospell 
& one  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  A School  in  Said  Town 

Province  of  New  Hamp’^ 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Province  Seal. 

T Atkinson  Jun’^  Sec’^^ 


CASTLETON. 


79 


ProYince  of  New  Hamp’^ 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Prov^ 
Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun’^  Sec’^y 


CASTLETON. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire.  *2-205 

Castleton  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  2,  New  Plantation 
within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty  and 
Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq  ; Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire,  in 
New~England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province  ; Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors, 
do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabi- 
tants of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Gov- 
ernments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Sev- 
enty equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and 
being  within  our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  containing  by 
Admeasurement,  Twenty  three  thousand  & forty  Acres^  which  Tract 
is  to  contain  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more  ; out  of  which  an  Allow- 
ance is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by 
Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty 
Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our 
said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and 
hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at 
the  North  West  Corner  of  Poultney  from  Thence  runing  Due 
North  Six  Miles  then  Turning  off  at  Right  Angles  and  runing 
Due  East  Six  Miles  then  Turning  off  at  Right  Angles  again  & 
runing  due  South  Six  Miles  to  the  North  East  Corner  of  Poultney 
aforesaid  thence  runing  due  West  by  Poultney  Six  Miles  to  the 
North  West  Corner  thereof  being  the  Bounds  began  at — 


80 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township 
by  the  Name  of  Castleton  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall 
hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be 
Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and 
Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise 
and  Enjoy  : And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall 

be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the 
Liberty  of  holding  Two  Fairs^  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 
following  the  said  and  that  as  soon  as  the  said 

Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be 
*2-206  ^opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may 
be  thought  most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also, 
that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to 
the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  Third  Tues- 
day in  October  Next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  M^ 
Samuel  Brown,  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the 
said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the 
Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province ; and  that  the  annual  Meet- 
ing for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said 
Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have 
and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together 
with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective 
Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Suc- 
cessors, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as 
shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  or  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and 
among  the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said 
Township  as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked 


CASTLETON. 


81' 


V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December^  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles 
or  possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of 
the  said  Land;  which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports 
mouthy  or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same ; and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentwokth,  Esq ; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
22'^  Day  of  September  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thou- 
sand Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  one  And  in  the  First  Year  of  Our 
Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’’^ 


Province  of  New  Hampshire  SepP  22^^  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal 

AttesP  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 
*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Castleton  Viz — *2-207' 


Samuel  Brown 
John  Willard 
Josiah  Jones 
Eli  jail  Williams 
Jacob  Cooper 
Isaac  Brown 
Isaac  Vanduson 
Josiali  Jones  jun’’ 
Israel  Dewej* 


Timothy  Wood  bridge  Stephen  Nash 


John  Taylor 
Joseph  Wood  bridge 
James  Willson 
Isaac  Gorfield 
Elijah  Willson 
Benj’^  Willard 
iVIathew  Cadwell 
Will'"  Kennedy 


Samuel  Brown  jun''  Hendrick  Burgot 
Daniel  Haymond  Abel  Rowe 
Samuel  Lee  Jonathan  Nash 

Isaac  Laurence  jun''  Josefih  Allen 


Elijah  Prown 
Jose[>h  Pattinson 

VI 


Azaiiah  Williams 


Elihu  Parsons 
David  Pixley 
Stejihen  West 
Isaac  Davy 
Coffe  Van  can  k 
J()se})h  Willard 
Aaron  Sheldon 
Jon'^  Pixly 
John  Chamberlain 
Abner  C’laj)p 
Daniel  Allen 
Solomon  Glesson 
Moses  Pigsley 


'rim"  Woodbridge  jun' Ste|)hen  Nash  jun' 


82 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


John  Chadwick 
Sam^^  Jackson 
Samuel  Robinson 
Benj''^  A Ward 
M H Wentworth 
Wiler  Davidson 


Isaac  Davis 
Benj"^  Warren 
Zach:  Foise 
Caleb  Blodget 
Esq  Will"'  Thornton 
John  Davidson 
Mathew  Thornton 


Joshua  Warren  juiE 
John  Burgot 
Thomas  White 
Joseph  Newmarch  Esq 
James  Eurguson 
James  Thornton 


One  Tract  for  his  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  to  Con- 
tain five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B:  W:  in  the  Plan  which  is  to 
be  Accounted  Two  of  the  within  Shares  one  whole  Share  for  the  In- 
corporated Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  foreign 
Parts  one  Share  for  A Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
established  one  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel 
and  one  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  a School  in  Said  Town 


Province  of  New  Hampshire  Septemb'^  22'^  1761 
Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Castleton 
under  the  Pro^  Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec''^ 


Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  original  Charter  of  Castleton 
under  the  Pro’^  Seal 


Theodore  Atkinson  Sec'"^ 


CAVENDISH. 


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CAVENDISH. 


Cavendish 


^Province  of  New-Hampshire. 
GEORGE,  THE  Third, 


"^2-253 


p s 


By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britian,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  }^e,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
Meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Plan- 
tation within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
Neiv- England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province;  Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do 
give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabi- 
tants of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Gov- 
ernments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
eutred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Sev- 
enty two  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying 
and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  containing 
by  Admeasurement,  Twenty  Five  Thousand  Acres^  which  Tract  is  to 
contain  Something  more  than  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more;  out  of 
which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable 
Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and 
Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by 
Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office, 
and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begin- 
ing  at  the  North  Easterly  Corner  of  Flanistead  from  thence  Riming 
North  Twenty  Nine  Deg^  East  something  more  than  A Mile  to  the 
south  Westerly  Corner  of  Weathers  Field  then  by  Weathers  Field 
North- Thirteen  Degrees  East  Six  Miles  to  the  South  Easterly  corner 
of  Reading,  thence  North  Seventy  Four  Degrees  West  by  Reading 
Six  Miles  to  the  North  Easterly  Corner  of  I>/udlow  then  south  Eight 
Degrees  West  Seven  Miles  & One  half  mile  by  Ludlow  to  the  North- 
erly Side  Line  of  Flamstead  then  South  Eighty  Degrees  East  live 
Miles  to  the  First  bounds  above  Mentioned — And  that  the  same  be, 
and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a 'Fownship  by  the  Name  of  Cavan- 
dish  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhal)it  the  said 
Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled 
to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other  d’owns 
within  Our  ITovince  l>y  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy:  And  further,  that 


84 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and 
settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Two  Fairs,  one  of 
which  shall  be  held  on  the  And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 
following  the  said  and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town 

*2-254  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be  ^opened 
and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be 
thought  most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first 
Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of 
our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  Third  Wednesday  of  Novem- 
ber next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  M'^  Amos  Kimball 
who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting, 
which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs 
of  Our  said  Province;  and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  here- 
after for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on 
the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually,  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the 
the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privi- 
leges and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and 
Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  addi- 
tional Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or 
Share  in  the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs 
and  Successors,  to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Sub- 
jects as  shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so 
doing  first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of 
the  Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs 
and  Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act 
or  Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Towm- 
ship  as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annuall}^  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1762 


CAVENDISH. 


85 


V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenU^-fifth  Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December,  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling 

Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land ; which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
above  said,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth^ or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same  ; and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentwokth,  Esq  ; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
IQth  q£  October  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  One  And  in  the  First  Year  of  Our  Reign. 
Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkin.son  Sec’’^ 


Province  of  New  Hamps’^  Octo^  12,  1761 
Recorded  According  to  the  Origonal  Charter  under  the  Province  Seal. 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec"^^' 


*The  Names  of  the  Grantees 


Amos  Kimball 
Phineas  Steward 
Benj'^  Steward 
Will'"  Henderson 
Ej)h'"  Kimball 
Edward  Scott 
Eph'"  Whitney 
.Jacob  Gold 
Dan*  Steward 
Nehe"*'  Fuller 

Richard  Tavlor 

%/ 

.Jon"  I.,eavet 
David  Sterns 
.John  I.,eavet 
.John  Muzzy 
Mesliech  Weare  Esq 
David  Taylor 


Benj"  Whitcomb 
David  Goodridge 
Sam*  Hunt 
.John  Demary 
.Josiah  Bayly 
Timo^'  Bankrupt 
Ste))h"  Boynton 
Sam*  Read  .Jun'' 
Aaron  'I'aylor 
Abijah  Stearns 
.Jon"  Witherley 
Andrew  Spear 
(.’alel)  Willard 
7\nd"  Gardner 
.Jos*'  Webster 
.John  Ihirry  of  y®  I 
Caleb  How 


of  Cavendish  (Viz)  *2-255 
Tho®  Dutton 
Levi  Stiles 
William  Moffat t 
Peter  Page 
Simon  P)Uttler 
.Jon"  Willard 
Phillip  Goodrich 
.Jacob  Gould  .JuiU 
.James  Dascomb 
Nath*  Hastings 
Nath*  Hovey 
.John  .Jennison 
.James  Hovey 
.John  Webster 
I.(evi  \\T*l)sler 
Mains  .Josiah  Webster 
Oliver  Willard 


86 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


The:  Atkinson  Esq’^  Joseph  Nevvmarch  Esq  Henry  Hilton 

John  Muzzy  Jun’^  Tho®  Muzzy  Dan^  Fowle 

Sam^  Evans  John  Fowle  Jacob  Kent 

John  Noble  Sam^  Plummer  Benj^  Heath 

James  Emerson  William  Marshall  & Moses  Kimball 


His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain Five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B — W — in  the  Plan  which  is  to 
be  Accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares,  One  Share  for  the  Incorpo- 
rated Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts, 
One  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law  Estab- 
lished One  Share  for  the  First  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  & One 
Share  for  the  Benefit  of  a School  in  said  Town — 


Province  of  New  Hamps^  Octo’^  12,  1761 

Eecorded  According  to  the  Origional  Charter  of  Cavendish  under 
the  Pro®  Seal 

Attested  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*'^ 


Ss 


r* . 
(A 


CHARLOTTE. 


87 


Province  of  New  Hampshire  Octo^  12*^^  1761 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  of  Cavendish 
under  the  Province  Seal — 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*^^ 


CHARLOTTE. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire.  ’^2-353 

Charlotta  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a Neiv  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  WelFbeloved  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
Nexv-Enrjland^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province;  Have, 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do 
give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabi- 
tants of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Kam'psh%re^2iwiS.  Our  other  Govern- 
ments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Sev- 
enty One  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate, 
lying  and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  con- 
taining by  Admeasurement,  Twenty  Three  Thousand  & Sixty  Acres^ 
which  Tract  is  to  contain  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more;  out  of 
which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unim[)rovable 
Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and 
Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by 
Our  said  (governor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretarv’s  Ollice, 
and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  follows,  \lz.  Bigining 
at  a Marked  'Free  standing  in  tlie  Notherly  Side  Line  of  the  Town- 
ship of  Monkton  thence  riming  West  about  d’wo  Miles  A an  Half  by 
Monkton  to  the  Nortli  Westerly  Corner  thereof  which  is  also  the 
North  Easterly  (Joiner  of  Ferrissburg  A from  thence  about  Four 
Miles  by  Ferrissburg  aforesaid  to  Lake  C’hainplain  then  begining 
again  at  the  first  .Mentioned  Marked  'Free  A ruiiing  from  thence 


88 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


North  Six  Miles  to  A Marked  Tree,  thence  West  about  Six 
Miles  to  Lake  Champlain  afore  Said  then  as  the  Said  Lake  runs 
Sourtherly  to  the  North  West  Corner  Bounds  of  Ferrissburg 
aforesaid  And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into 
a Township  by  the  Name  of  Charlotta  And  the  Inhabitants  that 
do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared 
to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges 
and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exer- 
cise and  Enjoy:  And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there 
shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the 
Liberty  of  holding  Two  Fairs,  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 
following  the  said  and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town 

*2-354  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families, a Market  may  be  *openedand 
kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought 
most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting 
for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said 
Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  last  Thursday  in  July  next  which  said 
Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  M"^  Benj'^  Farriss  who  is  hereby  also 
appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to 
Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said 
Province;  and  that  the  annual  IMeeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the 
Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second 
Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract 
of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appur- 
tenances, to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever, 
upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  b}^  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Suc- 
cessors, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as 
shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II,  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 


CHARLOTTE. 


89 


III.  That  before  auy  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  wdiich  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1763 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twen- 
ty-fifth Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Daj^  of  December., 
which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1773  One  shillmg  Proclama- 
tion Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  posseses, 
and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land; 
which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their 
Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth.,  or  to  such 
Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same;  and  this 
to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  wdiereof  w^e  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Province 
to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq  ; Our 
Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  our  said  Province,  the  2T^ 
Day  of  June  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand  Seven 
Hundred  and  Sixty  Tw'o  And  in  the  Second  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

T Atkinson  JuiU  Sec'"^ 


Province  of  New  Hamps*'  June  2T^ 

Recorded  According  to  the  Origional  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal — 

T Atkinson  JuiP  Sec''^' 


*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Charlotta  *2-35d 


Benj'^  Eerriss 
Josiah  Akin 
Lott  J'rip 
John  Cromwell 
John  Wing 
Wing  Kelly 
Anth*'  'rrip[) 
Sam*  Coe 


Jon“  Akin 
Daniel  Wing 
David  Akin  JuiU 
John  Iloag  Merch* 
Reed  Eerriss 
Nehe"*'  Merritt 
Elias  Palmer 
(ieorge  Soule 


Benj“  Eerriss  Jun'^ 
Elihu  Wing 
Tim"  Dakin 
John  Hoag  the  2'* 
Zeb"  Eerri.ss 
Abr'"  Jliomas 
David  Palmer 
Idijah  Doty 


90 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Peter  Palmer 
John  Hitchcock 
Jedediah  Dow 
Nath^  Potter  Jnn’^ 
Daniel  Merritt 
Dobson  Wheeler 
Will”*  Field 
John  Burling 
Tho®  Franklin  JuiF 
Isaac  Corsa 
Joseph  Ferriss 
Dark  Chase 


Josiah  Bull 
John  Brown  son 
Enoch  Hoag 
Rob‘  Southgate 
Nehe‘*^  Merritt  J*^ 
Sam^  Browne 
Isaac  Martin 
John  Franklin 
Sam^  Franklin 
Elijah  West 
Joseph  Ferriss  Jun* 


Josiah  Bull  Jun*" 
JoiP  Dow 
Steward  Southgate 
John  Southgate 
Steph”  Noble 
Joshua  Del  apian  e 
John  Laurence 
Walter  Franklin 
James  Franklin 
Rob*^  Caswell 
David  Ferriss 
Tho®  Darling 


Patrick  Thacher 

Hon:  John  Temple  Esq  L:  G Theodore  Atkinson  Esq 
Mark  H®  Wentworth  Esq  John  Nelson  Esc{  George  Frost 

His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain Five  Hundred  Acres  as  marked  B — W — in  the  Plan  which  is  to 
be  Accounted  two  of  the  within  shares,  One  whole  share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign 
Parts,  one  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Establish’d,  One  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  & 
one  Share  for  the  benefitt  of  a School  in  s*^  Town — 

Province  of  New  Hamps*’  June  24 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  of  Charlotta, 
under  the  Prov:  Seal — 

T Atkinson  Jun*^  Sec*’^ 


CHESTER. 


91 


Province  of  New  Hamps’’  June  24,  1762 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  of  Charlotta 
under  the  Province  Seal — 

T Atkinson  Jun^  Sec’^^ 


CHESTER. 


Trovince  of  New  Hampshire. 


*1-198 


Flamstead  George  the  Second  by  the  Grace  of  God  of 
. . Greate  Britain  France  & Ireland  King  Defender  of 

\ / the  faith  &c^ 

) ’ I To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  Shall  Come 

^ ' Greeting 

Know  Ye  that  We  of  our  Especial  Grace  Certain  Knowledge  & 
mere  motion  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  Settling  a New  Planta- 
tion within  our  Said  Province  by  & with  the  Advice  of  our 
Trusty  & well  beloved  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  our  Governor 
& Com’ander  in  Chieft  of  our  Said  Province  of  New  Hampshire 
in  America  and  of  our  Council  of  the  Said  Province  Have  upon 
the  Conditions  & Reservations  hereafter  made  Given  & Granted 
and  by  these  Presents  for  us  our  heirs  & Successors  Do  give  & Grant 
in  Equal  Shares  unto  our  Loving  Subjects  Inhabitants  of  our  Said 
Province  of  New  Hampshire  Maj*^-'®  other  Governments  and  to  their 
heirs  and  assigns  forever  whose  Names  are  Entred  on  this  Grant  To 
be  Divided  to  and  Amoungst  them  into  Sixty  four  Equal  Shares  All 
that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  Situate  Lying  and  being  within  our 
Province  of  New  Hampshire  Containing  by  Admeasurement  Twenty 
three  thousand  & forty  Acres  which  Tract  is  to  Contain  Six  miles 
S(piare  & no  more  out  of  which  an  allowence  is  to  be  made  for  high- 
ways and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks  mountains  Ponds  & Rivers 
One  thousand  & forty  Acres  free  According  to  A Plan  thereof  made 
& Presented  by  our  said  Governors  Orders  and  hereunto  Annexed 
P)Utted  A bounded  as  follow’s  (Vuz)  Begining  at  the  North  Westerly 
Corner  of  Rockingham  a Townshii)  Lately  Granted  A Lying  on  the 
West  side  of  C4)nnecticut  River  and  from  said  North  Westerly 
Corner  to  Extend  Due  West  Six  Miles  from  thence  to  run  North 
4'en  Degrees  East  Six  Miles  and  then  to  'rurn  off  and  run  due  East 
Six  miles  Then  to  Turn  off  again  Run  South  4'en  Degrees  West 


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six  miles  to  the  North  West  Corner  of  Rockingham  afores'^  and 
that  the  Same  be  & hereby  is  incorporated  into  A Township  by  the 
Name  of  Flainstead  and  that  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  Shall  here- 
after inhabit  said  Township  Are  hereby  Declared  to  be  Enfranchized 
With  & Entituled  to  all  & everv  the  Previledges  & Immunities  that 
Other  Towns  within  our  Said  Province  by  Law  Exercise  & Enjoy 
and  further  that  the  Said  Town  as  Soon  as  there  Shall  be  fifty  famil- 
ies resident  & settled  thereon  A Market  Shall  be  Opened  and  kept 
one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week  as  may  be  tho*^  most  Ad- 
*1-194  vantagious  *to  the  Inhabitants  Also  that  the  first  meeting 
for  the  Choice  of  Town  officers  Agreable  to  the  Laws  of 
our  Said  Province  Shall  Be  held  on  the  third  Wednesday  in  March 
next  which  Meeting  Shall  be  Notifyed  by  Palmer  Goulding  who  is 
herebj’  Also  Appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  Said  first  Meeting  which 
he  is  to  Notify  & Govern  Agreable  to  the  Laws  & Customs  of  our 
sd  Province  And  that  the  Annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the 
Choice  of  Such  Officers  of  said  Town  Shall  be  on  the  Third  Wednes- 
day in  March  Annually  To  have  & to  hold  the  said  Tract  of 
Land  as  above  Expressed  togeather  with  all  Previledges  and  appur- 
tenances to  them  & their  Respective  heirs  & assigns  for  ever  upon 
the  following  Conditions  (Viz)  That  every  Grantee  his  heirs  or 
Assigns  Shall  Plant  or  Cultivate  five  Acres  for  every  fifty  Acres  Con- 
tained in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  Said  Township 
and  Continue  to  Improve  & Settle  the  same  by  Additional  Cultiva- 
tions on  Penalty  of  the  forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in  the  Said 
Township  and  its  reverting  to  his  Majesty  his  heirs  & Successors  to 
be  by  him  or  them  Regranted  to  Such  of  his  Subjects  as  Shall  Effect- 
ually Settle  & Cultivate  the  Same — That  all  white  & other  Pine 
•/ 

Trees  within  the  s‘^  Township  fit  for  his  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy  be 
carefully  Preserved  for  that  use  and  none  to  be  Cut  or  Felld  with- 
out his  Majesty’s  Especial  Licence  for  so  Doing  first  had  & obtaiud 
upon  the  Penalty  .of  the  forfeiture  of  the  right  of  Such  Grantee  his 
heirs  or  assigns  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act 
or  Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are  or  hereafter  Shall  be  Enacted — 
That  before  Any  Division  of  the  Said  Lands  be  made  to  & Amoungst 
the  Grantees  A Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Center  of  the  Township  as 
the  Land  will  admit  of  Shall  be  reserved  and  Marked  out  for  Town 
Lotts  one  of  which  Shall  be  allotted  to  Each  Grantee  of  the  Contents 
of  one  Acre  Yeilding  & Paying  there  for  to  us  our  heirs  & Successors 
for  the  Space  of  Ten  years  to  be  Computed  from  the  Date  hereof  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only  on  the  first  Day  of  January 
Annually  if  Lawfully  Demanded  the  first  Payment  to  be  made  on 
the  first  day  of  January  next  Ensueing  the  Date  hereof  and  every 


CHESTER. 


/ 


9B 


Proprietor  Settler  or  Inhabitant  Shall  Yeild  & Pay  unto  ns  our  heirs 
& successors  Yearly  & and  Every  Year  for  ever  from  and 
After  ^the  Expiration  of  the  ten  years  from  the  Date  here-  *1-195 
of  namely  on  the  first  Day  of  January  which  will  be  in  the 
year  of  our  Lord  Christ  One  thousend  Seven  hundred  & Sixty  four 
One  Shilling  Proclamation  money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so 
owns  Settles  or  Possesses  And  so  in  Proportion  for  A Greater  or 
Lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land  which  money  Shall  be  paid  by  the  Re- 
spective Persons  above  said  their  Heirs  or  Assigns  in  our  Council 
Chamber  in  Portsmouth  or  to  Such  officer  or  Officers  as  Shall  be  Ap- 
pointed to  receive  the  same  and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents 
& Services  whatsoever  In  Testimony  hereof  We  have  Caused  the 
Seal  of  our  Said  Province  to  be  hereunto  affixed  Wittness  Benning 
Wentworth  Esq  our  Governor  and  Com’ander  in  Chieff  of  our 
Said  Province  the  Twenty  Second  Day  of  EeD’^'  in  the  year  of  our 
Lord  Christ  one  thousend  Seven  hundred  & fifty  four  and  in  the 
Twenty  Seventh  year  of  our  reign — 

B Wentworth. 

By  his  Excellencys  Com’and 
with  xVdvice  of  Council 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*^^ 


Entred  & recorded  According  to  the  Original  under  the  Province 
Seal  the  23'^  Day  of  Feb’’^  1754 — 


Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’^^ 


Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Flamstead — Viz — 


John  Baldridge, 
Luke  Brown, 
Samuel  Dunkin, 
James  Hambleton, 
Jacob  Holms, 
JerenY  Rice, 

Isaac  Sterns, 
Cornelius  Stowell, 
Ebenezer  Sterns, 
Jonas  Bice, 

John  Bickey, 
Jeremiah  Beath, 
John  Starns, 

James  Carlile, 
James  Stoodley, 
Daniel  Haywood  j 


Ebenez/  Carlile, 
Alexander  Clark, 
William  Clark, 

David  Bellows, 
Mathias  Stone, 
Benjamin  Flagg, 

Sam^*^^  Clark  Pain, 
Moses  Peters, 

Thomas  Wheeler, 
Charles  Daven])ort  jun 
William  Johnson, 
Thomas  Cowden, 

Isaac  Morse, 

John  Kelsow, 

Daniel  Haywood, 
un'',  *Nathaniel  Adams, 


Charles  Davenport, 
Francis  Smith, 

Francis  Smith  juiE, 
Israeli  Jennison 
John  Waters, 

Palmer  Goulding, 
Abraham  Wheeler 
Charles  Adams, 

Jacob  Smith, 

',  William  Mahan, 
Nathaniel  Child, 
Ebenezer  Wissall 
John  Boberts, 

Bichard  Ward, 

Abel  Haywood, 

Mathew  Livermore 

*1-190 


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CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Thomas  Bell,  Samuel  Smith,  John  Downing, 

Richard  Wibird,  Samuel  Solley,  Sampson  Sheaffe, 

Daniel  Warner,  Theodore  Atkinson,  Jonathan  Gates, 

John  Wentworth, 

one  Share  His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  Two  Shares 
which  Three  Last  mentioned  Shares  Are  to  be  Laid  out  togeather  in 
one  Tract  on  the  East  Side  of  the  Said  Town  to  begin  four  hundred 
and  Eighty  Rods  North  Ten  degrees  East  of  the  South  East  Corner 
of  the  Said  Township  and  Measure  these  Two  hundred  & forty  rods 
& Carry  that  breadth  Back  West  Seven  hundred  & Twenty  Rods 
one  whole  Share  for  the  Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation 
of  the  Gospel  in  forreign  Parts,  one  whole  Share  for  the  first  Settled 
Minister  of  the  Gospel  in  Said  Town  One  Share  for  A Glebe  for  the 
Ministry  of  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law  Established — 


Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Charter  of  Flamstead  this  23'^  Day 
of  Feb^>’  1764 


Theodore  Atkinson  Se’^^ 


Taken  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Flamstead  & 
Recorded  here  the  23*^  of  Feb’'^'  1754 

Theodore  Atkinson  SeC’"^ 


CHESTER. 


95 


[Chester  Regeant,  1761.] 

^Province  of  New-Hampsbire.  ^2-321 

New  Flamstead  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c. 

To  all  Persojis  to  whom  tltese  Presents  shall  eome^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  ^lotion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New  Hampshire  in 
New-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province  ; Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors, 
do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabi- 
tants of  Our  said  Province  of  Netv-Hamjyshire^  and  Our  other  Gov- 
ernments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Sev- 
enty four  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate, 
lying  and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  New -Hampshire^  con- 
taining by  Admeasurement,  23,040  Acres,  which  Tract  is  to  contain 
Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more  ; out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be 
made  for  High  Ways  and  unim])rovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds, 
Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  accord- 
ing to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s 
Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretarj^’s  Office,  and  hereunto 
annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  the 
North  Westerly  Corner  of  Rockingliam  A Townshif)  formerly 
Granted  Lying  on  the  West  Side  of  Conneticut  River  from 
said  North  Westerly  Corner  to  Extend  due  West  Six  Miles,  from 
thence  to  Run  North  Ten  Degrees  East  Six  Miles,  then  to  Turn 
off  Bun  due  East  Six  Miles,  then  to  Turn  off  again  Run  Soutii 
Ten  Deg”  West  Six  Miles  to  the  North  West  Corner  of  Rockingham 
afores'' — 

And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a 'Fownship 
by  the  Name  of  New  Flamstead  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or 
shall  hereafter  irdiabit  the  said  4'ownship,  are  hereby  declared  to  be 
Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and 
Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise 
and  Enjoy  : And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall 


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CHARTER  RECORDS. 


be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty 
of  holding  Two  Fairs^  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the  annually,  which 

Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said  and  that  as  soon  as  the  said 

*2-322  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families  a Market  may  be  ^opened 
and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be 
thought  most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first 
Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of 
our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  Third  Tuesday  in  December 
which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  M^’  Luke  Brown  who  is 
hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which 
he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of 
Our  said  Province ; and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter 
for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the 
Second  Tuesday  of  3Iarch  annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the 
said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges 
and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns 
forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  cul- 
tivate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  Five  Years  for  every 
fifty  Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in 
said  Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  addi- 
tional Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or 
Share  in  the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs 
and  Successors,  to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Sub- 
jects as  shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  Ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof, 
the  Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1761 


CHESTER. 


97 


V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  Ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December^  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1771  One  shilling 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land ; which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth^ or  to  such  Ofificer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same ; and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq  ; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
3*^  Day  of  November  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thou- 
sand Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  One  And  in  the  Second  Year  of  Our 
Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theod*"  Atkinson  Sec^^ 


Province  of  New  Hamps’^  Nov^  3,  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Origional  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal— 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 

*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  New  Flamsted  *2-323 


Dan*  Haywood 
Asa  Moore 
Eph"™  Doolittle 
Nathan  Baldwin 
Peter  Brooks 
Ephraim  Stearns 
Tyrus  Rice 
Jacob  Holmes  Jun*^ 
Charles  Devenport 
Israel  Jenison 
Jacob  Smith 
Palmer  Goulding 
Ignatus  Goulding 
John  Green 
Will*"  Oaks 

VII 


Abiel  Haywood 
Silas  Moore 
Benj*^  Willard 
Aaron  Kimball 
Benj^^  Winchester 
John  Fisk 
David  Moore 
Solomon  Woodward 
Charles  Devenport  J*" 
Isaac  Stearnes 
Eben*"  W is  wall 
Jun*"  John  Goulding 
Peter  Goulding 
Ephraim  Curtis 
John  Moors 


Jeremiah  Beath 
Cornelius  Stowell 
Noah  Brooks 
Joseph  Willard  Jun*" 
Robert  Gray 
Berzillai  Rice 
Jacob  Holmes 
Jon**  Gates 
Sam*  Dunkin 
Charles  Addams 
Palmer  Goulding 
Windsor  Goulding 
Abel  Goulding 
Naham  Willard 
Hezekiah  Stowell 


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CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Benj‘'*^  Whitney  Jun"^  John  Stowell  Adonijah  Rice 

Benj^  Richardson  Jabez  Sergant  Joseph  Rugg 

WilP  Crawford  John  Brooks  John  Davis 

Matt"’  Livermore  Esq  Theod*^  Atkinson  Esq  Richard  Wibird  Esq 

Simon  Davis  Simon  Davis  Jun*’  Luke  Brown 

Theo’^®  Atkinson  Jun^  Ephraim  Brown  Edward  Brown 

Tho®  Barret  James  Barret  Sam^  Brown  & 

Sam^  Brooks — 

His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain Eight  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B — W — in  the  Plan  which  is 
to  be  Accounted  three  of  the  within  Shares,  One  whole  Share  for 
the  Incorporated  society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospell  in 
Foreign  Parts,  One  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as 
by  Law  Establish’d  One  Share  for  the  First  Settled  Minister  of  the 
Gospel  & One  share  for  the  Benefit  of  a School  in  said  Town — 

Province  of  New  Ramps’^  Nov^'  3*^ — 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  of  New  Flam- 
stead  under  the  Province  Seal 

Attested  Theod^  Atkinson  Sec^^ 


Province  of  New  Hamps’’  Nov’'  3,  1761 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  of  New  Flam- 
sted  under  the  Province  Seal 


Theodore  Atkinson  Se’’^ 


CLARENDON. 


99 


CLARENDON. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire.  *2-165 

Clarendon  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
Neiv-Englancl^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said'  Province ; Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors, 
do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabi- 
tants of  Our  said  Province  of  Netv-Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Gov- 
ernments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into 
Seventy  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying 
and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  containing  by 
Admeasurement,  about  Twenty  three  thousand  Six  Hundred  Acres^ 
which  Tract  is  to  contain  Something  more  than  Six  Miles  square, 
and  no  more ; out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High 
Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and 
Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan 
and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and 
returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted 
and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Beginning  at  the  South  Westerly  Cor- 
ner of  Shrewsbury  thence  North  five  degrees  East  Six  Miles  by 
Shrevvsbury  to  the  North  West  Corner  thereof  thence  West  five 
degrees  North  Six  Miles  & Three  quarters  of  a mile  thence  South 
four  Degrees  East  Six  Miles  thence  East  five  degrees  South  Six 
Miles  to  the  South  West  Corner  of  Shrewsbury  the  Bound  first 
Mentioned  And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a 
Township  l)y  the  Name  of  Clarendon  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or 
shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Townsliip,  are  hereby  declared  to  be 
Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and 
Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise 
and  Enjoy  : And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall 


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CHARTER  RECORDS. 


be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty 
of  holding  Two  Fairs^  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 
And  the  other  on  the  annually,  which  Fairs  are 

not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said  and  that  as  soon  as  the  said 

Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be 
*2-166  ^opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may 
be  thought  most  ^advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also, 
that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to 
the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  First  Wednesday 
in  October  Next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  Josiah  Wil- 
lard Esq  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first 
Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and 
Customs  of  Our  said  Province ; and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for 
ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town, 
shall  be  on  the  of  March  annually,  To  Have 

and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together 
with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective 
Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  addi- 
tional Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or 
Share  in  the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs 
and  Successors,  to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Sub- 
jects as  shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so 
doing  first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of 
the  Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs 
and  Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any 
Act  or  Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  En- 
acted. 

III.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 


CLARENDON. 


101 


December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December,  1762 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December,,  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December^  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land;  which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth^ or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same ; and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Pro- 
vince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
fifth  Day  of  September  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thous- 
and Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  one  And  in  the  First  Year  of  Our 
Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 

Province  of  New  Hamp’’  September  5*^  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 


*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Clarendon  Viz — *2-167 


Caleb  Willard 
John  Searl 
Elijah  Arms 
Timothy  Ta}dor 
Mark  Gould 
Timothy  Pain 
Abner  Ilawkes 
William  Heaton 
Seth  Chase 
Benjamin  Melvin 
Orlando  Bridgman 
Zadock  Hawkes 
Ebenezer  Barnard 


Josiah  Willard  juffi 
Caleb  Stone 
Jon'^  Oaks 

Robert  Fletcher  Juffi 
Gamaliel  Bradford 
Samuel  Frink 
John  Frink 
Ephraim  Butterfield 
Tliomas  Frink  JuiF 
Josiah  Willard 
Enock  Baudwell 
Hilkeah  Grout 
Daniel  Arms 


Sampson  Willard 
Timothy  Whitney 
Ebenezer  Alexander 
Phineas  Wait 
Thomas  Frink 
Ezra  Taylor 
James  Scott 
Thomas  Butterfield 
Oliver  Ashley 
Thomas  Bridgman 
Gideon  P>audwell 
Samuel  Wellds 
William  Arms 


102 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


John  Mackard 
Alexander  Gordon 
Robert  Willson 
John  Waldo  Wood 
Samuel  Marble 
David  Stone  Jun^ 
Theodore  Atkinson 
Simon  Chamberlain 


Daniel  Murry 
Alexander  Murry 
Joshua  Willard 
Samuel  Gates 
Ephraim  Dorman 
Phinehas  Stevens 


Samuel  Simpson 
Edward  Selfredge 
Silvanus  How 
Jeremiah  Whittemore 
Robert  Fletcher 
Ephraim  Stone 


Esq^  M Wentworth  Esq^  CoP  John  Hart 
John  Cass  Benning  Wentworth 

& John  Wentworth  Esq’^ 


His  Excellenc}^  Benning  Wentworth  Esq*’  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain Five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B — W — in  the  Plan  which  is 
to  be  Accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares,  One  whole  Share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  foreign 
Parts,  One  Share  for  the  First  settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel,  One 
Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law  Established, 
& One  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  a School  in  said  Town — 


Province  of  New  Hamps*’  Sep*’  1761 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Origional  Charter  of  Clarendon 
under  the  Province  Seal — 

Attested  Theodore  Atkinson  Se*’^ 


COLCHESTER. 


103 


COLCHESTER. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire.  *2-425 

Colchester  GEORGE  The  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  tvhom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
ineer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
New-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province ; Have, 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors, 
do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabi- 
tants of  Our  said  Province  of  Netv-Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Gov- 
ernments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Seventy 
two  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and 
being  within  our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  containing  by 
Admeasurement,  23040  Acres^  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Six  Miles 
square,  and  no  more ; out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for 
High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains 
and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan 
and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  re- 
turned into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and 
bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  the  Northerly  or  North  East- 
erly side  of  French  or  Onion  River  (so  called)  at  the  mouth  of  said 
River  thence  Runing  up  by  said  River  untill  it  comes  to  a place 
that  is  six  Miles  upon  a streight  Line  from  the  Mouth  of  said  River 
(bounding  on  the  same)  thence  Runing  upon  a Line  Perpendicular 
to  the  aforesaid  Six  Mile  Line  Northerlv  Six  Miles  from  thence  run- 
ing  Westerly  a Parralel  Line  with  the  first  Mention’d  Line,  to  Lake 
Champlain,  thence  southerly  by  the  said  Lake  to  the  Mouth  of  the 
River  aforesaid  the  place  begun  at — And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby 
is  Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the  Name  of  Colchester  And  the 
Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are 
hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and 
every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our 
Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy:  And  further,  that  the  said 


104 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled 
thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Two  Fairs^  one  of  which 
shall  be  held  on  the  And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue 
longer  than  the  respective  following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall 
*2-426  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be  ^opened  and 
kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought 
most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting 
for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said 
Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  12‘^  Day  of  July  next  which  said 
Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  John  Bogart  Juffi  Esq^  who  is  hereby 
also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is 
to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our 
said  Province ; and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for 
the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second 
Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract 
of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appur- 
tenances, to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever, 
upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Suc- 
cessors, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as 
shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof, 
the  Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 


COLCHESTER. 


105 


December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1763 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twenty- 
fifth  Day  of  December.,  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.^ 
which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1773  One  shilling  Proclama- 
tion Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses, 
and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land ; ' 
which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid, 
their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth.,  or  to 
such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same; 
and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Province 
to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Es^;  Our 
Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
Seventh  Day  of  June  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  three  And  in  the  Third  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

T Atkinson  Jun’^  Se.c’^^ 


Province  of  New  Hamp*^  June  7-1763 

Recorded  According  to  the  original  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal 

T Atkinson  JuiT  Sec^^ 


*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Colchester  (viz)  *2-427 


Edward  Burling 
John  Lawrence 
Rich'^  Lawrence 
Joseph  Hanxhurst 
Will"*  Field 
John  Latham 
David  Latham 
P>erij*‘  Hildreth  Juffi 
Will"*  Keese 
Edw'‘  Agar 
John  Burling  Jun*' 
Sam*  Burling 
Tho*  Burling 
Thomas  Dobson 
John  J Bofjert 


John  Burling 
Effingham  Lawrence 
Will"*  Hanxhurst 
Sampson  Hanxhurst 
Peter  Dobson 
Thomas  Latham 
Lancaster  Burling 
Theo*‘®  Anthony 
John  Butler 
Philip  Doughty 
Hugh  Ryder 
George  Richey 
Effingham  Lawrence 
John  Bogert  Jun*' 
Nich"  J Bogart 


Edward  Burling  Jun 
*^  Caleb  Lawrence 
Peter  Townsend 
Daniel  Hanxhurst 
Thomas  Dobson  JuiT 
Daniel  Latham 
Daniel  Latham  JuiT 
Benj"  Hildreth 
Will*"  Van  Wyck 
Alex'"  Litch  Aiiller 
Francis  Pan  ton 
Rich'*  Burling 
John  Godsands  Miller 
Sam*  Burling  JuiT 
James  Bogert  JuiT 


106 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Peter  J Bogart 
Joseph  Latham 
Petrus  Byvanck 
Wilh"  Mott 
John  M^^Creedy 

Hon:  John  Temple^ 
Theo : Atkinson 
M:  H:  Wentworth 


Henry  J Bogart 
Joseph  Latham  Jun’^ 
John  Cornell 
Sam^  Averill 
Cap^  Nehe^^^  Lovewell 


jEsq 


Cornelius  J Bogart 
Edw*^  Burling  New  York 
John  Latham 
Sam^  Willis 
Charles  M^Creedy 
Cap*  Tim°  Beedle 
Clem*  March  Esq*^ 


Henry  Sherburne 
His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq’^  a Tract  of  Land  to 
Contain  Five  Hundred  Acres  as  marked  B-W  in  the  Plan  which  is 
to  be  Accounted  two  of  the  within  shares,  One  whole  Share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign 
Parts,  One  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Establish’d,  One  Share  for  the  first  settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel,  & 
One  Share  for  the  benefit  of  a School  in  said  Town — 

Province  of  New  Hamp^  June  7**^  1763 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Prov- 
ince Seal 

W T Atkinson  Jun^  Sec’^y 


Province  of  New  Hamp^  June  7*^  1763 

Recorded  from  the  Plan  on  the  Back  of  the  original  Charter  of 
the  Town  of  Colchester 


T Atkinson  Jun’’  Sec’^^ 


CORINTH. 


107 


CORINTH. 

^Province  of  New  Hampshire.  *3-98 

■ Corinth  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  Ye,  that  We  of  Onr  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  Said  Province  of  New-H  amps  hire,  in 
New-England^  and  of  Our  Council  of  the  said  Province;  Have  upon 
the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and  granted, 
and  by  these  Presents,  for  Us,  Our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do  give 
and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabitants  of 
Our  said  Province  of  New- Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Governments, 
and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are  entred  on 
this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Seventy  Two 
equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and 
being  within  our  said  Province  of  Neiv-Hampshire^  containing  by 
Admeasurement,  24000  Acres^  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Six  Miles 
square,  and  no  more ; out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for 
High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains 
and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan 
and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned 
into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and 
bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  the  South  Westerly  Corner 
Bounds  of  the  Town  of  Newbury  thence  runing  South  Thirty  Two 
degrees  West  ab*  Six  Miles  & one  half  Mile  to  the  North  Westerly 
Corner  Bound  of  the  Township  of  Fairlee  thence  North  Sixty  one 
Deg  West  Six  Miles  then  North  Thirty  deg:  East  about  Six  Miles  to 
the  South  Westerly  Corner  Bounds  of  the  Town  of  Topsom  then 
South  Sixty  five  deg:  East  by  Topsom  aforesaid  to  the  Bounds 
begun  at  And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a 
Township  by  the  Name  of  Corinth  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or 
shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be 
Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and 
Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise 
and  enjoy:  And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be 
Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of 
holding  two  Fairs.,  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 


108 


CHARTER  RECOHDS. 


And  the  other  on  the  annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to 

continue  longer  than  the  respective  following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist 
*3-99  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  maybe  ^opened  and  kept  one  or 
more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most  advantagious 
to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town 
Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on 
the  first  Tuesday  in  March  next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified 
by  Jonathan  White  Esq  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator 
of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable 
to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province  ; and  that  the  annual 
Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said 
Town,  shall  be  on  the  first  Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have 
and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together 
with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective 
Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Suc- 
cessors, to  be  by  Us  or  them  Re-granted  to  such  of  our  Subjects  as 
shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  anj^  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  tw’enty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1764 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 


CORINTH. 


109 


from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twen- 
ty-fifth Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty -fifth  Day  of  December^ 
which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1774  One  shilling  Proclama- 
tion Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses, 
and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land ; 
which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their 
Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth^  or  to  such 
Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same ; and  this 
to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq  ; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
Fouth  Day  of  Feb*^  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  four  And  in  the  Fourth  Year  of  Our 
Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  jun^  Sec’^ 

Province  of  New  Hamp*’  Feb*^^'  4 — 1764 — 

Recorded  from  the  Original  under  the  Pro^  Seal 

T Atkinson  Juffi  Sec^^ 


*Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Corinth  *2-100 


Jonathan  White  Es 
Nathaniel  Hastings 
Isaac  Redington 
Barzillai  Willard 
Jon*  White  Juffi 
William  Clark 
Joseph  Chaplin 
Jon*  Willard 
Thomas  Carter 
Seth  Dodge 
Benj*  Goodridge 
Eldad  Worster 
William  Tuttle 
Oliver  Whiing 
John  Tapi  in 
Abel  Fox 
Peter  Evens 
Hilkiah  Grout 


Benj*  Redington 
Ezekiel  Wiman 
Phinehas  Hutchins 
Sam^^  Ward 
David  Sterns 
Elijah  Grout 
Eliphalet  Goodridge 
Israel  Wiman 
John  Fuller 
Jon*  Pirce 
Thomas  Wilder 
John  Mears 
Peter  Fox 
Benj*  Whiting 
Nathan  Bridgham 
Joseph  How 
Jon*  Hunt 
Joshua  Sawyer 


Joseph  Bellows 
James  Reed 
Timothy  Parker 
Jonas  Cuttler 
Joshua  Hutchins 
Jacob  Steward 
Caleb  Trobridge 
Simon  Butler 
Daniel  Astin 
Darius  Stoughton 
William  Worster 
Leonard  Whiting 
Timothy  Fox 
Sam“  Gilbert 
Sampson  Tuttle 
John  Evens 
Elijah  Alexander 
Benj*  Moors 


110 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Enoch  Bayley  Joseph  Wood  Jacob  Gould 

Jon^  Bradstreet  David  Chaplin  David  Taylor 

Rich^  Taylor  The  Hon^^®  Theod^  Atkinson  ^ 

Wentworth  ! 

Theod’^  Atkinson  jun’^  rEsq 

Nath“  Barrel!  J 

and  Amos  Moodey 

His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B W — in  the  Plan  which  is  to  be 
accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares  One  whole  Share  for  the  Incor- 
porated Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  foreign  Parts 
one  whole  Share  for  A Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Established  one  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  & 
one  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  A SchooHn  Said  Town  forever 

Prov®  of  New  Hamp’^  FeV^  4 — 1764 

Record  According  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Pro^  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun*"  Sec’'^ 


Province  of  New  Hamp’^  FeV^  4*^^  1764 — 

Recorded  from  the  Plan  on  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of 
Corinth 

T Atkinson  Jun  Sec^^^ 


CORNWALL. 


Ill 


CORNWALL. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire.  *2-309 

GEORGE  THE  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Plantation 
within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty  and 
Well-beloved  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq ; Our  Governor  and  Com- 
mander in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire,  in  New- 
England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province;  Have  upon 
the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and  granted, 
and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do  give  and 
grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabitants  of  Our 
said  Province  of  Neiv-Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Governments,  and 
to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are  entred  on  this 
Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Seventy  equal  Shares, 
all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and  being  within  our 
said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  containing  by  Admeasurement, 
About  25000  Ac7'es^  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Something  more  than 
Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more ; out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be 
made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds, 
Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  accord- 
ing to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s 
Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed, 
butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz,  Begining  at  A Tree  Standing 
on  the  Bank  of  the  Westerly  Side  of  the  Otter  Crick  so  called  which 
is  the  South  Easterly  Corner  of  Wey bridge  and  from  thence  riming 
West  by  Weybridge  about  four  Miles  & one  half  Mile  or  until  it 
Meets  with  A Township  lately  Granted  by  the  Name  of  Addison 
then  begining  at  the  first  Bound  & runing  up  the  Crick  afore  Said 
Southerly  til  it  comes  Opposite  to  the  South  West  Corner  of  Salis- 
bury then  Turning  off  & Runing  West  about  four  Miles  or  til  it  In- 
tersects the  Easterly  Side  Line  of  Bridport  A Town  also  lately 
Granted  & is  to  Contain  the  Land  between  the  Towns  of  Addison  & 
Bridport  and  Otter  Crick  afore  Said — And  that  the  same  be,  and 
hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the  Name  of  Cornwall 
And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Town- 
ship, are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all 
and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within 


Cornwall 


112 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy  : And  further,  that  the  said 
Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled 
thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Two  Fairs^  one  of  which 
shall  be  held  on  the  And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 
following  the  said  and  that  as  soon  as  the  said 

^2-310  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be  ^opened 
and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be 
thought  most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first 
Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our 
said  Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  First  Wednesday  of  Feb^^'  Next 
which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  Elias  Reed  who  is  hereby 
also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to 
Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said 
Province;  and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the 
Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second 
Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract 
of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appur- 
tenances, to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon 
the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  b}^  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  do- 
ing first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  oh  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 


CORNWALL. 


113 


December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1761 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.,  namely  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December,  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1771  One  shilling 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land  ; which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth^ or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same ; and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq  ; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the  3'^ 
Dav  of  Novemb*^  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  one  And  in  the  Second  Year  of  Our 
Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 

Province  of  New  Hamp*^  Novemb^  3*^  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Origional  Charter  under  the  Prov®  Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*'^ 


*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Cornwall 


M*’  Elias  Reed 
Samuel  Lee 
Ebenez"’  Fletcher 
Alexander  Gaston 
Timothy  Bronson 
Daniel  Cowles 
David  Averil 
James  Smith 
Jabez  Tuttle 
Beiij*  Srnally 
Joseph  Williams 
Phinehas  Holdwin 
Josiah  Heath 


Thomas  Chipman 
James  Nicholls 
Samuel  Keep 
George  Nicholls 
Andrew  Esquire 
Moses  Read  the  3'^ 
Amos  Chapman 
Samuel  Chipman 
Ste[)hen  Ponton 
John  Willoby 
James  Nicholls  JuiU 
Josiah  Willobv 
Samuel  Holbud 


Murry  Lester 
Jonah  Dean 
Roswell  Steal 
John  Judd 
Moses  Buck 
Zeriel  Jacobs 
Jabez  Williams 
Thomas  Tuttle 
Sarah  Nicholls 
Joel  Read 
Enoch  Slouson 
John  Skinner 
Hannah  Austin 


*2-311 


VIII 


114 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Rulluff  White 
Eleanor  Smith 
Benj^  Woodruff 
William  Read 
John  Evarts 
James  Landon  jun* 


William  Nicholls 
Solomon  Linsly 
Jon  a Sanford 
Nathan  Benton 
William  Trumball 
Ezekiel  Landon 


John  Hutchinson  Esq  William  Ham 
David  Stevens  Ricff^  Wibird  Esq 

Samuel  Beebe  and  Isaac  Benton 


Samuel  Judd 
Andrew  Bronson  \ one 
Jonathan  Schovil  j Right 
Abiel  Linsey 
James  Landon  Esq 
Thomas  Landon 
Daniel  Read 
Joseph  Newmarch  Esq 


His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain five  hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B W in  the  Plan  which  is  to  be 
Accounted  Two  of  the  within  Shares  One  Share  for  the  Incorporated 
Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  foreign  Parts  One  Share 
for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law  Established  one 
Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  & one  Share  for  the 
Benefit  of  a School  in  Said  Town, 

Province  of  New  Hamps^  Nov^’  3, 1'^'G! 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  of  Cornwell  under 
the  Prov®  Seal 

Attested  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^’^ 


Province  of  New  Hamps^  Nov^’  3 1761 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Oriw’ional  Charter  of  Cornwell 

o 

under  the  Prov®  Seal 


Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^^ 


DANBY. 


115 


DANBY. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire.  ^2-149 

GEORGE  THE  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  ivhom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Kno"Y  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
Neiv-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province ; Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors, 
do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabi- 
tants of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Gov- 
ernments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Sixty 
Eight  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying 
and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  Neiv-Hampshire^  containing  by 
Admeasurement,  Twenty  three  thousand  & forty  Acres^  which  Tract 
is  to  contain  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more ; out  of  which  an  Allow- 
ance is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by 
Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty 
Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our 
said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and 
hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at 
the  North  West  Corner  of  Dorsett  from  thence  runing  due  North 
Six  Miles  thence  due  East  Six  Miles  from  thence  Due  South  Six 
Miles  to  the  North  East  Corner  of  Dorsett  aforesaid  from  thence 
Due  West  by  Dorsett  afore  Said  Six  Miles  to  the  North  West  Cor- 
ner thereof  which  is  also  the  South  East  Corner  of  Pawlet — And 
that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township 
by  the  Name  of  Danby  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  here- 
after inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfran- 
chized with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immu- 
nities that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and 
Enjoy:  And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be 
Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty 
of  holding  Two  Fairs^  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 


Danby 


116 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


And  the  other  on  the  annually,  which  Fairs  are 

not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said  and  that  as  soon  as  the  said 

Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be 
*2-150  ^opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may 
be  thought  most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also, 
that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to 
the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  Fourth  Tuesday 
in  September  Next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  M^  Jona- 
than Willard  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said 
first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the 
Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province  ; and  that  the  annual  Meet- 
ing for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said 
Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually,  To  Have 
and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together 
with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective 
Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  addi- 
tional Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or 
Share  in  the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs 
and  Successors,  to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Sub- 
jects as  shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof, 
the  Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1762 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 


DANBY. 


JIT 


unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December^  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land ; which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth^ or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same;  and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the, Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Bekning  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
27‘^  Day  of  August  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thous- 
and Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  one  And  in  the  first  Year  of  Our 
Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

Witli  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^’^ 


Pro’^  of  New  Hamp’^  August  27‘^‘  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal 


Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’^^ 


*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Danby  *2-151 


Jon^  Willard 
Lawrence  Welsey 
Samuel  Hunt 
Moses  Kellog 
Israel  Waller 
Ruben  Napp 
Nathan  Weller 
Daniel  Ford 
Benj*'  Finch 
Nehemiah  Renalds 
Thomas  Brown 
John  Edmons 
John  Nellson 
Joseph  Stanton  jun’’ 
Jonathan  Oramsby 


Samuel  Rose 
Joseph  Marks 
John  Parti  to 
Daniel  Weller 
Stephen  Villitto 
Isaa  Fench 
Joseph  Alger 
Dan‘*  Dunham 
Noah  Pettebone 
Benj^  Palmer 
William  Kenady 
Rich'*  Joslen 
John  Sutherland  jun'' 
David  Weller 
(iideon  Orrnsby 


Mathew  Ford 
Asa  Aulger 
Sam^*  Aulger 
Sam“  Hunt  juiF 
Jon^  Weller 
Eliakim  Weller 
Lusas  Palmer 
Joseph  Brown 
John  Weller 
William  Barton 
Nath'*  Fellows 
James  Baker 
Iccousah  Palmer 
Jonathan  Palmer 
Joseph  Brown  jiin*^ 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


118 


Benj^  Hammon 
William  Sliaw 
Noah  Gillet 
John  Downing  Esq 
John  Willard 


Sam^^  Shepard  Eph*"  Renalds 

Joseph  Soper  Aaron  Buck 

William  Blunt  Sampson  Sheaffe  Esq 

Daniel  Willard  William  Willard 

Coll  Ebenez’^  Hindsdale  WilP"  Taylor  jun^  Boston 


Hugh  Hall  Wentworth  & Cap*  John  Chamberlain. 


His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  A Tract  to  Contain  five 
Hundred  Acres  of  Land  as  Marked  B:  W:  in  the  Plan  which  is  to 
be  Accounted  Two  of  the  within  Shares  one  whole  Share  for  the  In- 
corporated Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  foreign  Parts 
One  whole  Share  for  A Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Established  one  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  & 
one  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  A School  in  Said  Town 


Province  of  New  Hamp’^  August  27*^  1761 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Danby  under 
the  Seal  of  the  Prov® 

'^Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’^^ 


TTti^eS 


Province  of  New  Hamps^  August  27**^  1761 

Recorded  From  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Prov- 
ince Seal 


Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’^^ 


DORSET. 


119 


DORSET. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire.  *2-137 

Dorset  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  tvliom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Oar  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a I^ew  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
Neiv-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province ; Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do 
give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabi- 
tants of  Our  said  Province  of  Netv-Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Govern- 
ments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Sev- 
enty equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and 
being  within  our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  containing  by 
Admeasurement,  Twenty  Three  thousand  & forty  Acres^  which  Tract 
is  to  contain  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more;  out  of  which  an  Allow- 
ance is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks, 
Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free, 
according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s 
Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed, 
butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  At  the  North  West  Corner  of 
Manchester  from  thence  Due  North  Six  Miles  from  thence  due  East 
Six  Miles  from  thence  due  South  Six  Miles  to  the  North  East  Corner 
of  Manchester  aforesaid  thence  Due  West  by  Manchester  afore  Said 
to  the  North  West  Corner  thereof  being  the  Bound  first  began  at — 
And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township  by 
the  Name  of  Dorsett  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter 
inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized 
with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities 
that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy : 
And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Fami- 
lies resident  and  settled  theron,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Two 
Fairs^  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the  And  the 


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CHARTER  RECORDS. 


other  on  the  annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue 

longer  than  the  respective  following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist 
*2-138  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or 
more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most  advanta- 
gious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice 
of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be 
held  on  the  Fourth  Tuesday  in  November  Next  which  said  Meeting 
shall  be  Notified  by  Gideon  Lyman  Esq  who  is  hereby  also  appointed 
the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and 
Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province;  and 
that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such 
Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March 
annually,  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above 
expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them 
and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following 
Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Suc- 
cessors, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as 
shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the  Right 
of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors, 
as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or  Acts  of  Parlia- 
ment that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  onlj",  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1762 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 


DORSET. 


121 


unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twen- 
ty-fifth Day  of  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December^ 

which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling  Proclama- 
tion Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses, 
and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land ; 
which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their 
Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth^  or  to  such 
Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same  ; and  this 
to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Province 
to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq ; Our 
Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the  Day 
of  August  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand  Seven 
Hundred  and  Sixty  one  And  in  the  First  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellp:ncy’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Se’^^ 

Province  of  N Hamp^  August  20“^  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal— Page  137—138 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 


*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Dorsett  (Viz)  *2-139 


Gideon  Lyman  Esq  Cap*'  Benj*^  Sheldon 
Samuel  Hanscumjuffi  Phinehas  Lyman  Esq 
DocP  Job  Lvrnan  Oliver  Wendall 


John  Davison 
Caleb  Hall 
Elah  Southwell 
Joseph  Olvard 
Noah  Clark  jun’’ 
William  Lem’on 
Sand  Parsons 
Elijah  Lyman 
John  Miller 
Elisha  Strong 
Timothy  Lyman 
Eleazer  Burt 


Heman  Pomroy 
Samuel  Cutt 
Bildad  Wright 
Benj‘‘  Sheldon  jun'’ 
Gad  Lyman 
Eph"‘  Wright 
Joseph  Olvard 
Natld  Day 
John  Hall  Esq 
lliomas  Hubbard 
Quartus  Pomroy 
Caj)*  William  Lyman 


Phineas  Lyman  jun''  Philip  Clark 
Charles  Chauncy  Kittry  l^hilip  Hubbard 


Will"*  Taylor  juiY  Bost" 
Gideon  Lyman  jun*^ 
Elnathan  Wright 
Gideon  Lyman  Esq 
Simeon  Person 
Eleaz*^  Pomroy 
Noah  Clark 
Elias  Lyman 
Elijah  Lymon 
Simeon  Parsons 
Medad  Olvard 
Stephen  Olvard 
Joseph  Olvard 
Tim"  Ruggles  jun'' 

Selah  Wright 
Tim"  Clark 
Sampson  Sheaffe 


122 


charter  records. 


Joseph  Newmarch  Joseph  01  vard  Isaac  ParsoDS 

Ezra  Clark  John  Miller  Timothy  Ruggles  Jun*^ 

Job  Lyman  Elnathan  Wright  Noah  Clark 

Joel  Lyman  Cap*  William  Lyman  John  Lyman  jun"" 

& Gideon  Lyman  Esq 

His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B W : in  the  Plan  which  is  to  be 
Accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares  one  whole  Share  for  the  incor- 
porated Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  foreign  Parts 
one  Share  for  A Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law  Estab- 
lished One  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  and  one  Share  for  the 
Benefit  of  A School  in  S^*  Town 

Province  of  New  Hampshire  August  20**^  1761 
Recorded  according  to  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  for  Dor- 
sett  under  the  Prov®  Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’'^ 


Province  of  New  Hamp’^  August  20*^  1761 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Dorsett  under 
the  Pro'^  Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’^^ 


DOVER. 


123 


DOVER. 

[Grant  to  Peter  Brown,  1764.] 

* George  the  Third  By  the  Grace  of  God  of  Great  *1-276 
Lieu‘s  Peter  Britain  France  & Ireland  King  Defender 
Brown  of  the  Faith 

To  all  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come — 

Greeting — 

Whereas  we  have  tho*^  fit  by  our  Proclamation 
given  at  James’s  the  7^^  Day  of  October  in  the  3*^ 
Year  of  Our  Reign  Annoq  Domini  1763  amongst  other  things  to 
Testify  by  our  Royal  Seiice  & approbation  of  the  Conduct  & Bravery 
of  the  officers  & Soldiers  of  our  Armies  and  Signify  our  Desire  of 
Rewarding  the  Same  & have  therein  Com’anded  & Impowered 
our  Several  Governors  of  our  Respective  Provinces  on  the  Conti- 
nent of  America  to  grant  without  Fee  or  Reward  to  Such  Reduced 
officers  as  have  Served  in  North  America  during  the  Late  Warr 
and  to  such  Private  Soldiers  as  have  or  Shall  be  disbanded  there  & 
Shall  Personally  apply  for  such  Quantities  of  Land  Respectively  as 
in  & by  our  afores^  Proclamation  are  Perticularly  mentioned  subject 
Nevertheless  to  the  Same  Quit  Rents  & Conditions  of  Cultivations 
& Improvements  that  other  our  Lands  are  Subject  to  in  the  Province 
within  which  they  are  Granted  And  Whereas  Peter  Brown  Gen- 
tleman now  residing  at  Portsmouth  in  our  Province  of  New  Hamp- 
shire had  our  Appointment  as  Lieutenant  Fire  worker  of  Our  Royal 
Train  of  artilary  and  served  during  the  Warr  in  North 
America  and  is  now  ^Reduced  & having  ag^reable  to  our  *1-277 
aforesaid  Proclamation  Personally  Solicited  such  Grant 
Know  Ye  that  We  of  our  especial  Grace  certain  Knowledge  & mere 
Motion  & to  signify  our  approbation  as  aforesaid  & for  Encour- 
aging the  Settlement  & Cultivation  of  our  Lands  within  our 
Province  of  New  Hampshire  in  New  England  have  by  & with  the 
advice  of  our  Trusty  & well  beloved  Benning  Wentworth  Es(j[  Gov- 
ernor and  Coni’amP  in  Chieff  of  our  Said  Province  of  New 
Hampshire  & of  our  Council  for  Said  Province  agreable  to  our 
aforesaid  in  Part  recited  Proclamation  and  u[)on  the  Conditions  & 
Reservations  hereafter  mentioned  given  & granted  A by  these  Pres- 
ents for  us  our  heirs  & successors  Do  Give  & Grant  unto  the  s'* 
Peter  Brown  Gentleman  his  Heirs  & Assigns  forever  a Certain  Tract 
of  Land  containing  Two  Thousand  Acres  of  Land  lying  & being 
within  our  Said  Province  of  New  Hampshire  Butted  & Bounded  as 


124 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


follows, (Viz)begining  on  the  East  Side  of  Fane  & at  the  North  East 
Corner  of  Lands  Granted  to  Lieu^  James  Tiite  then  runing  West  Ten 
deg®  North  by  the  Needle  to  the  East  Side  of  Somerset  & at  the  North 
West  Corner  of  Lien‘s  James  Tutes  Grant  then  Northerly  by  Somersett 
Two  Hundred  & forty  Rodds  then  East  Ten  degrees  South  by  the  Nee- 
dle to  the  West  Side  of  Fane  then  Southerly  to  the  Bounds  first  men- 
tioned To  Have  & to  Hold  the  Said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed  to 
to  him  the  Said  Peter  Brown  Gentleman  & to  his  heirs  & assignes 
forever  upon  the  following  Conditions  & Reservations  Viz  First  that 
the  Said  Peter  Brown  Gentleman  his  Heirs  or  Assignes  shall  Plant  & 
Cultivate  five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  Five  Years  for  every 
Fifty  Acres  containd  in  this  his  Grant  & Continue  to  Improve  & 
Settle  the  Same  by  aditional  Cultivations  on  the  Penalty  of  the 
forfeiture  of  this  his  Grant  & of  its  reverting  to  us  our  Heirs  & 
Successors  to  be  by  us  or  them  Regranted  to  such  of  our  subjects  as 
shall  effectually  Settle  & Cultivate  the  same  Secondly  that  all  white 
& other  Pine  Trees  within  the  s^  Tract  fit  for  Masting  our  Royal 
Navy  be  Carefully  Preserved  for  that  Use  & none  to  be  Cut  or 
Fell’d  without  our  especial  Licence  for  so  doing  first  had  & obtaind 
on  the  Penalty  of  the  forfeiture  of  the  Right  of  the  Grantee  his  Heirs 
or  Assigns  to  to  us  our  Heirs  & Successors  as  well  as  being  subject  to 
the  Penalty  of  Any  Act  or  Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are  or  hereafter 
Shall  be  Enacted  Thirdly  Yielding  & Paying  therefor  to  us  our  Heirs 
& Successors  for  the  Space  of  Ten  Years  to  be  computed  from  the 
Date  hereof  the  rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only  on  the  25^^  day 
of  December  Annually  if  Lawfull}^  Demanded — Fourthly  the  said 
Grantee  his  Heirs  & Assigns  shall  Yield  & Pay  unto  us  our  Heirs  & 
Successors  Yearly  & every  Year  for  ever  from  & after  the  expiration 
of  Ten  Years  from  the  above  Said  25^^  Day  of  December  Namely  on 
the  25*^^^  of  December  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  1774  one 
Shilling  Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns 
Settles  & Possesses  & so  in  proportion  for  A Greater  or  Lesser  Tract 
of  the  said  Land  which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  owner 
Settler  or  Possessor  as  aforesaid  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth in  the  Province  aforesaid  or  to  such  officer  or  officers  as  shall 
be  Appointed  to  receive  the  Same  and  this  being  in  Lieu  of  all  Other 
Rents  and  Services  whatsoever  In  Testymoney  whereof  We  have 
caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Province  to  be  hereunto 
*1-278  Affixed  Wittness  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  ^Governor  & 
Com’ander  in  Chieff  of  our  s^^  Province  the  4*^  Day  of 
July  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ  1764  and  in  the  Fourth  Year  of 
Our  Reign 


B Wentworth 


/ 


DOVER. 


125 


By  his  Excellencys  Comand 
with  Advice  of  Council 

Theod^  Atkinson  j*’  Sec’^^’ 

Province  of  New"  Hamp’^ 

I Do  hereby  acknowledge  to  have  recievd  a Grant  of  Two  thou- 
sand Acres  of  Land  as  by  the  above  Patent  will  appear  in  Virtue  of 
his  Maj*^'®  Proclamation  above  referrd  to  & I Do  hereby  Declare  that 
I never  have  receivd  any  satisfaction  of  any  of  his  Majestys  Gov- 
ernments before  Wittness  my  hand  this  July  1T64 — 

Peter  Brown 

Recorded  According  to  the  original  Patent  under  the  Province 
Seal  the  first  Day  of  November  1764 — 

T Atkinson  Jun  Sec^^ 


[Grant  to  Stephen  Holland,  1764.] 

^George  the  3'^  by  the  Grace  of  God  of  great  ^1-274 
Lieu‘  Hollands  Britain  France  & Ireland  King  Defender 
Grant  of  the  Faith  &c^ 

To  all  to  whom  these  Presents  Shall  come  Greet- 
ing 

Whereas  We  have  tho*^  fit  by  our  Proclamation 
given  at  S*^  James’s  the  Seventh  Day  of  October  in 
the  third  Year  of  our  Reign  Annoq  Domini  1763  amoung  Other  things 
to  Testify  our  Royal  Sence  & approbation  of  the  Conduct  & 
Bravery  of  the  officers  & soldiers  of  Our  Armies  and  to  Signify 
our  Desire  to  Reward  the  Same  & have  therein  Com’anded 
*And  Impowerd  our  Several  Governors  of  our  Respective  *1-275 
Provinces  on  the  Continent  of  America  to  grant  without 
Fee  or  reward  to  Such  Reduced  Officers  as  have  Served  in  North 
America  during  the  late  Warr  & to  such  of  our  Private  Soldiers  as 
have  been  or  Shall  be  disbanded  there  & Shall  Personally  Apply  for 
the  Same  such  Quantitys  of  Land  respectively  as  in  & by  our  Said 
Proclamation  are  Particularly  mentiond  Subject  nevertheless  to  the 
Same  quit  Rents  & Conditions  of  Culture  & Improvement  as  other 
our  Lands  are  Subject  in  the  Province  within  which  they  are  granted 
And  Whereas  Stephen  Holland  Fs(j^  of  Londonderry  in  the  Province 
aforesaid  had  our  appointment  as  first  Lieutenant  of  our  Corps 
of  Rangers  commanded  by  Major  Gorham  in  America  & Served  dur- 
ing the  Late  War  there  & is  now  Reduced  and  having  agreable  to 
our  afores'*  Proclamation  personally  Solicited  such  Grant — Know  Ye 
that  We  of  our  Esi)ecial  Grace  certain  knowledge  A;  mere  Motion  do 


126 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Signify  our  approbation  as  aforesaid  and  for  Encouraging  the  Settle- 
ment & Cultivation  of  our  Lands  within  our  Province  of  New  Hamp*^ 
in  New  England  Have  by  & with  the  advice  of  our  Trusty  & well 
beloved  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  Govern^  & Com’ander  in  Chieff 
of  our  said  Province  of  New  Hamp^  & of  our  Council  for  said  Prov- 
ince agreable  to  our  aforesaid  in  Part  recited  Proclamation  & upon 
the  Conditions  & Reservations  hereinafter  mentioned  given  & 
granted  & by  these  Presents  for  us  our  Heirs  & Successors  do  give 
& Grant  unto  the  said  Stephen  Holland  & his  Heirs  & assignes  forever 
a Certain  Tract  of  Land  containing  Two  Thousand  Acres  lying  & 
being  within  the  Said  Province  Bounded  as  follows  Viz  Begining  at 
the  West  Side  of  Fane  at  the  North  East  Corner  of  Lands  lately 
granted  to  Peter  Brown  then  Runing  West  Ten  degrees  North  by 
the  Needle  to  the  East  Side  of  Somerset  & to  the  North  West  Cor- 
ner of  Said  Browns  Lands  Then  due  North  on  the  Line  of  Somerset 
aforesaid  Two  Hundred  & thirty  Three  Rods  then  East  Ten  deg®  South 
by  the  Needle  to  the  West  line  of  Fane  thence  Southerly  by  Fane  to 
the  Bounds  first  mentioned  To  Have  & to  Hold  the  s^^  Land  as  above 
expressed  to  him  the  Said  Stephen  & to  His  Heirs  & Assignes  forever 
upon  the  following  Conditions  & Reservations  Viz — first  that  the  said 
Stephen  his  Heirs  & Assigns  sliall  Plant  & Cultivate  five  Acres  of 
Land  within  the  Term  of  Five  Years  for  every  Fifty  Acres  containd 
in  this  his  Grant  & to  Continue  to  Improve  & Settle  the  Same  by 
aditional  Cultivations  on  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  this  his 
Grant  & of  its  reverting  to  us  our  Heirs  & Successors  to  be  by  us 
or  them  regranted  to  such  of  our  Subjects  as  Shall  effectually  & Cul- 
tivate the  Same  That  all  White  & Other  Pine  Trees  within 

Said  Tract  fit  for  Masting  our  Royal  Navy  be  carefully  preserved  for 
that  Use  & none  to  be  cut  or  Felld  without  our  Especial  Lycence  for 
so  doing  first  had  & obtaind  under  Penalty  of  the  forfeiture  of  the 
Rights  of  the  Grantee  his  heirs  or  assigns  to  us  our  Heirs  & Succes- 
sors as  well  as  being  Subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or  Acts  of 
Parliament  that  now  are  or  hereafter  Shall  be  Enacted — Yield- 
ing & Paying  therefor  unto  us  our  heirs  & Successors  for  the  Space 
of  Ten  Years  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof  the  Rent  of 
One  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only  on  the  25^^  Day  of  December  annually 
if  Lawfully  Demanded  (T-  ) The  Said  Grantee  his  Heirs  or  Assigns 
Shall  Yield  & Pay  unto  us  our  Heirs  & Successors  Yearly  & every 
Year  for  ever  from  & after  the  Expiration  of  Ten  Years  from  the 
above  said  25^^  Day  of  December  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of 
our  Lord  1T74  One  Shilling  Proclamation  Money  for 
*1-276  *every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns  Settles  or  Possesses  and 
so  in  Proportion  for  A Greater  or  Lesser  Tract  of  the  Said 


DOVER. 


127 


Land  which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Owner  Settler  or 
Possessor  as  aforesaid  in  our  Council  Chamber  at  Portsmouth  in  the 
Province  aforesaid  or  to  such  officer  or  officers  as  Shall  be  appointed 
to  receive  the  Same  & this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  All  Other  Rents  & Ser- 
vices whatsoever  In  Testy  money  whereof  We  have  caused  the  Seal  of 
our  said  Province  to  be  hereunto  annexed  Wittness  Benning  Went- 
worth Esq  our  Governor  & Compandor  in  Chieff  of  our  s^^  Province 
the  Day  of  July  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ  1764  & in  the 
Fourth  Year  of  our  Reign 

B Wentworth 

By  his  Excellencys  Com^^ 
with  Advice  of  Council 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 

Province  of  New  Hamp^ 

I do  hereby  acknowledge  to  have  receiv^^  a Grant  of  Two  thousand 
Acres  of  Land  as  by  the  above  Pattent  will  Appear  in  Virtue  of  his 
Majestys  Proclamation  above  Referr’d  to  & I hereby  declare  that  I 
never  have  Recievd  any  Satisfaction  of  any  of  his  Gov- 

ernm^®  before  Wittness  my  hand  this  Day  of  July  1764 — 

Stephen  Holland 

Entered  & Recorded  according  to  the  Original  Pattent  under 
the  Prov®  Seal  this  19^^  Day  of  October  1764 — 

T Atkinson  Jun  Sec^^ 


[Grant  to  James  Tute,  1764.] 

^George  the  Third  by  the  Grace  of  God  of  great  *1-265 
Lieffi  Tute  Britain  France  & Ireland  King  Defender  of 
Grant  the  Faith  &c^ 

To  all  to  whom  these  Presents  Shall  come  Greeting 
Whereas  we  have  tho*'  Fit  by  our  Proclamation  given 
as  S^  James’s  the  7 Day  of  October  in  the  third  year  of 
our  Reign  annoq  Domini  1763  amoungst  other  Things  to 
Testify  Our  royal  Sence  & approbation  of  the  Conduct  & Bravery  of 
the  officers  & soldiers  of  our  armies  & to  Signify  our  Desire  of 
rewarding  the  Same  & liave  therein  Com’anded  & Impowered  our 
Several  Governours  of  Our  Respective  Provinces  on  the  Contenant 
of  America  to  grant  witliout  Fee  or  reward  to  Such  reduced  officers 
as  have  Servecl  in  North  America  during  the  late  War  & to  Such 
Private  Soldiers  as  have  been  or  Shall  be  disbanded  there  and  Shall 


128 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Personally  apply  for  Such  Quantities  of  Lands  respectively  as  in  & 
by  our  afore  said  Proclamation  are  Perticularly  mentioned  Subject 
Nevertheless  to  the  Same  Quit  Rents  & Conditions  of  Cultivations 
& Improvements  that  other  our  lands  are  Subject  to  in  the  Province 
within  which  they  are  Granted  And  Whereas  James  Tute 
^1-266  Esq  of  Deerfield  in  the  Province  of  the  * Massachusetts 
had  our  appointment  as  first  Lieutenant  of  his  Maj*^^®  Corps 
of  Raingers  commanded  by  Maj'^  Gorham  & Served  during  the  late 
War  in  North  America  and  is  now  reduced  and  having  agreable  to 
our  afore  Said  Proclamation  Personally  Solicited  Such  Grant  Know 
Ye  that  We  of  Special  Grace  certain  Knowledge  & Mere  Motion  do 
Signify  our  approbation  as  afore  said  and  for  Encouraging  the  Settle- 
ment and  Cultivation  of  our  Lands  within  our  Province  of  New 
Hamp^  in  New  England  have  by  & with  the  advice  of  our  Trusty  & 
beloved  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  Governour  & Com’ander  in 
Chieff  of  our  Said  Province  of  New  Hampshire  & of  our  Council  for 
Said  Province  agreable  to  our  aforesaid  in  Part  recited  Proclamation 
and  upon  the  Conditions  & reservations  here  after  mentioned  Given 
& Granted  and  by  these  Presents  for  us  our  Heirs  & Successors  Do 
Give  & Grant  unto  the  said  James  Tute  Esq  his  Heirs  & assigns  for 
ever  A Certain  Tract  of  Land  containing  Two  Thousand  Acres  of 
Land  Lying  & being  within  the  s'^  Province  of  New  Hampshire  afore 
said  Butted  and  Bounded  as  follows  Viz  begining  on  the  West  Line 
of  Fane  at  the  North  East  Corner  of  Lands  lately  granted  to  Nathan 
Whiting  Esq  then  runing  West  Ten  Degrees  North  by  the  Needle  to 
the  North  West  Bounds  of  Said  Whiting  Land  in  the  East  Line  of 
Somersett  then  due  North  along  Said  Somersett  Line  Two  hundred 
& fifty  rods  then  East  10*^  South  to  the  West  Line  of  Fane  then 
Southerly  by  Fane  to  the  Bounds  first  Mentioned  To  Have  & to 
Hold  the  s‘^  Tract  of  Land  as  above  Expressed  to  him  the  said  James 
Tute  & to  his  Heirs  & assigns  for  ever  upon  the  following  Conditions 
& Reservations  Viz  First  that  the  said  James  Tute  Esq  his  Heirs  & 
assigns  Shall  Plant  & Cultivate  five  acres  of  Land  within  the  Term 
of  five  Years  for  every  fifty  Acres  contained  in  this  his  Grant  & Con- 
tinue to  Improve  & Settle  the  Same  by  additional  Cultivations  on 
Penalty  of  A Forfeiture  of  this  his  Grant  and  of  its  reverting  to  us 
our  Heirs  & Successors  to  be  by  us  or  them  regranted  to  such  of  our 
subjects  as  shall  effectually  Settle  & Cultivate  the  Same  2'^^^ — That 
all  White  & other  Pine  Trees  fit  for  Masting  our  Royal  Navy  be 
carefully  Preserved  for  that  use  & none  to  be  Cutt  or  Felld  without 
our  Special  Licence  for  so  doing  first  had  & obtaind  upon  the  Pen- 
alty of  the  forfeiture  of  the  Right  of  the  Grantee  his  Heirs  & assigns 
to  us  our  heirs  & Successors  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty 


DOVER. 


129 


of  any  Act  or  Acts  of  Parliani^  that  now  are  or  hereafter  shall  be 
Enacted  3*^^^  Yealding  & Paying  there  for  to  us  our  heirs  & Succes- 
sors for  the  Space  of  Ten  Years  to  be  Computed  from  the  Date  here- 
of the  Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only  on  the  25  Day  of  December 
Annually  if  Lawfully  Demanded — — The  s^  Grantee  his  Heirs  or 
assigns  Shall  Yield  & Pay  unto  us  our  Heirs  & Successors  Yearly  & 
every  Year  for  ever  from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  Ten  Years 
from  the  above  said  25‘^  day  of  December  namely  on  the  25*^^  Day  of 
December  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  1774  one  Shilling 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns  Settles  & 
Possesses  & so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said 
Land  which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  Respective  owners  Settlers 
or  Possessors  as  aforesaid  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth  in 
the  Province  afore  s*^^  or  to  such  officer  or  officers  as  Shall  be  ap- 
pointed to  receive  the  Same  & this  being  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents 
& Services  whatever  in  Testimony  whereof  We  have  caused  the  Seal 
of  our  said  Province  to  be  here  unto  affixed  Wittness  Benning  Went- 
worth Esq  our  Governour  & Com’ander  in  Chieff  of  our  s*^  Province 
the  Day  of  July  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  Christ  1764  & in  the  4*^^ 
Year  of  our  Reign 

B Wentworth 

By  his  Excellencys  Command 
with  advice  of  Council 

*Prov^  of  New  Hamp®  July  1764  *1-267 

Recorded  According  to  the  original  Grant  under  the  Prov- 
ince Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun  Sec’’^' 

Province  of  New  Hamp^  July  6-1764 

I Do  hereby  acknowledge  to  have  received  a Grant  of  Two  Thous- 
and Acres  of  Land  as  by  the  above  Patent  will  appear  in  Virtue  of 
his  Maj^y®  Proclamation  above  referrd  to  & I Do  hereby  declare  that 
I never  have  Rec'^  any  Satisfaction  of  any  of  his  Maj‘^'®  Governments 
before  Wittness  my  Hand 

James  Tute 

July  6-1764 

Recorded  from  the  Bottom  of  the  original  & forgoing  Grant  Signed 
by  the  s‘^  James  Tute 

AttesP  T Atkinson  Jun  Sec*’^ 


» 


IX 


130 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


DUMMERSTON. 

*1-185  ^Province  of  New  Hamp*^ 

George  the  Second  by  the  Grace  of  God  of  Great 
Britain  France  & Ireland  King  Defender  of  the 
faith 

To  All  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  Shall  come 
Greeting 

Know  Ye  that  we  of  our  Special  Grace  Certain 
Knowledge  And  Mere  motion  for  the  Due  Encourage- 
ment of  Settling  A New  Plantation  within  our  Said  Province  by 
& with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty  & well  beloved  Benning 
Wentworth  Esq  our  Governour  & Commander  in  Chieff  of  our 
Said  Province  in  New  Hamp^  in  America  and  of  our  Council  of  the 
Said  Province  Have  upon  the  Conditions  & Reservations  herein 
After  made  Given  & Granted  & by  these  Presents  for  us  our  heirs 
& Successors  Do  give  & Grant  in  Equal  Shares  unto  Our  Loving 
Subjects  Inhabitants  of  our  Said  Province  of  New  Hampshire  &;  his 
Maj^^®  Other  Governments  and  to  their  heirs  & assigns  forever 
whose  names  Are  Entered  on  this  Grant  to  be  Divided  to  & 
Amoungst  them  into  fifty  Six  Shares  (Two  of  which  Shares  to  be 
Laid  out  in  one  Tract  of  the  Contents  of  Eight  hundred  Acres  for 
his  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  and  in  full  for  his  Two 
Shares  which  s^^  Tract  is  bounded  Viz  Begining  at  the  North  East 
Corner  of  this  Town  thence  running  Down  Connecticut  River  Two 
hundred  and  forty  Rods  thence  West  10*^  North  Carrying  that 
Breadth  back  till  Eight  hundred  Acres  are  Compleated)  All  that 
Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  Scituate  Lying  & being  within  our  Prov- 
ince of  New  Hamp^  Containing  by  Admeasurement  nineteen  thou- 
send  Three  hundred  & Sixty  Acres  which  Tract  is  to  Contain  five  & 
a half  miles  Square  and  no  more  out  of  which  an  allowence  is  to  be 
made  for  highways  & unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks  Mountains 
Ponds  & Rivers  One  thousend  & fortv  Acres  free  According  to  A 
Plan  thereof  made  & Presented  by  our  Said  Governours  orders 
& hereunto  Annexed  Buted  & bounded  as  follows  Viz — Begining 
at  A Stake  & Stones  on  the  bank  of  Connecticut  River  being  the 
North  East  Corner  of  Brattlebur rough  and  runs  West  10*^  North  on 
Said  Brattleburrough  to  Marlebrough  East  Line  thence  North  10*^ 
East  on  Said  Marlebrough  to  the  Line  of  Fane  thence  on  the  Line 
of  Fane  East  10*^  South  five  hundred  rods  thence  Northerly  on  Said 
Fane  four  miles  to  A Stake  & Stones  from  thence  East  10^^  South  to 
Connecticut  River  and  from  thence  Down  Said  River  to  the  Bounds 


Fullum 


See  Pa:  (225) 
Conditions 
Altered 


DUMMERSTON. 


131 


first  mentioned  And  that  the  Same  be  & Is  incorporated  into  A 
Township  by  the  Name  of  Fullum  and  the  Inhabitants  that  Do  or 
shall  hereafter  Inhabit  Said  Township  Are  hereby 
Declared  to  be  ^Enfranchized  with  & Intitled  to  all  & *1-186 

every  the  Previledges  and  Immunities  that  Other  Towns 
within  our  said  Province  by  Law  Exercize  & Enjoy  and  further  that 
the  Said  Town  as  Soon  as  there  shall  be  fifty  families  resident  & 
settled  thereon  Shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  two  fairs  one  of 
which  Shall  be  held  on  the  first  Thursday  in  May  Annually  and  the 
Other  on  the  first  Thursday  in  September  Annually  which  fairs  Are 
not  to  Continue  And  be  held  Longer  than  the  Respective  Saturday 
following  the  Said  Respective  Thursday  and  as  Soon  as  the  Said 
Town  Shall  Consist  of  fifty  famlys  A Market  Shall  be  Opened  & 
kept  one  or  more  Days  in  Each  Week  as  may  be  tho^  most  Advan- 
tagious  to  the  Inhabitants  Also  that  the  first  meeting  for  the  Choice 
of  Town  officers  Agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  Said  Province  Shall 
be  held  on  the  fifteenth  Day  of  January  next  which  Meeting  Shall 
be  Notif}^ed  by  Josiah  Willard  Esq  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the 
Moderator  of  the  Said  first  Meeting  which  he  is  to  Notify  & Gov- 
ern Agreable  to  the  Laws  & Customs  of  our  Said  Province  And 
that  the  Annual  Meeting  forever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  Such 
officers  of  Said  Town  Shall  be  on  the  first  Tuesday  in  March 
Annually  To  have  & to  hold  the  Said  Tract  of  Land  as  above 
Expressed  Togeather  with  all  the  Previledges  & Appurtenances  to 
them  and  their  Respective  heirs  & Assigns  forever  upon  the  follow- 
ing Conditions  (Viz)  that  every  Grantee  his  heirs  or  assigns  Shall 
Plant  or  Cultivate  five  Acres  of  Land  Within  the  Term  of  five  years 
for  every  fifty  Acres  Containd  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of 
Land  in  Said  Township  and  Continue  to  Improve  & Settle  the  Same 
by  additional  Cultivations  on  Penalty  of  the  forfeiture  of  his  Grant 
or  Share  in  the  Said  Township  and  its  Reverting  to  his  Majesty  his 
heirs  & successors  to  be  by  him  or  them  regranted  to  Such  of  his 
Subjects  as  Shall  Effectually  Settle  & Cultivate  the  Same  That  all 
white  & other  Pine  Trees  within  the  Said  Township  fit  for  Masting 
our  Royal  Navy  be  Carefully  Preserved  for  that  Use  & none  to  be 
Cut  or  felled  without  his  Majestys  Especial  Lycence  for  So  doing 
first  had  and  Obtained  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  Such  Grantee  his  heirs  or  assigns  to  us  our  heirs  and  Suc- 
cessors as  well  as  being  Subject  to  the  Penalty  of  Any  Act  or  Acts 
of  Parliament  that  now  are  or  hereafter  Shall  be  Enacted, 

That  ^before  Any  Division  of  the  Said  Lands  be  made  to  *1-187 

& Amongst  the  Grantees  A Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Center 

of  the  Township  as  the  Land  will  Admit  of  Shall  be  reserved  and  marked 


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CHARTER  RECORDS. 


out  for  Town  lotts  one  of  which  Shall  be  Allotted  to  Each  Grantee 
of  the  Contents  of  one  Acre  Yeilding  & Paying  therefor  to  us  our 
heirs  & Successors  for  the  Space  of  Ten  years  to  be  Computed 
from  the  Date  hereof  the  Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only  on 
the  first  Day  of  January  Annually  if  Lawfully  Demanded  the  first 
payment  to  be  made  on  the  first  Day  of  Jan’^^  after  the  first  of  Jan- 
uary next  ensueing  the  Date  hereof  And  Every  Proprietor  Settler  or 
Inhabitant  Shall  yield  & Pay  unto  us  our  heirs  & Successors  Yearly 
& Every  year  forever  from  and  After  the  Expiration  of  the  Ten 
years  from  the  Date  hereof  namely  on  the  first  Day  of  January 
which  will  be  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  Christ  One  thousend  Seven 
hundred  & Sixty  four  One  Shilling  Proclamation  money  for  every 
hundred  Acres  he  So  owns  Settles  or  Possesses  & So  in  Proportion 
for  A Greater  or  Lesser  Tract  of  the  Said  Land  which  money  Shall 
be  paid  by  the  Respective  Persons  abovesaid  their  heirs  or  assigns  in 
our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth  or  to  Such  officer  or  officers  as 
Shall  be  Appointed  to  Recieve  the  Same  And  this  to  be  In  Lieu  of 
All  Other  Rents  & Services  whatsoever  In  Testimony  hereof  We 
have  Caused  the  Seal  of  our  Said  Province  to  be  hereunto  affixed 
Wittness — Penning  Wentworth  Esq  our  Governour  & Com’and^  in 
Chieff  of  our  Said  Province  the  Twenty  Sixth  Day  of  December  in 
the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ  One  thousend  Seven  hundred  & fifty 
three  and  in  the  Twenty  Seventh  year  of  our  reign — 

B Wentworth 


By  his  Excellencys  Com’and 
with  Advice  of  y®  Council 

Theodore  Atkinson  Se''^ 

Entred  & recorded  According  to  the  Original  under  the  Province 
Seal  this  27^^  Day  of  December  1753 

“^Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*’^ 


Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Fullum  (Viz) 

Simeon  Stodard,  John  Franklin,  Anthony  Stodard, 

Martha  Holmes,  Thomas  Hubbard, 

Nathaniel  Perkins,  Thomas  Brumfield, 

Samuel  Watts,  John  Chandler, 

Benjamin  Lowder,  William  Lowder, 

Daniel  Oliver,  Gillum  Phillips,  John  Foy, 

*1-188  John  Foy  jun’',  *Ebenezer  Field,  Samuel  Hunt 

John  Powel,  Jeremiah  Powel,  Shrimptom  Hutchinson, 
Eliakim  Hutchinson,  Henry  Liddle,  William  Hutchinson, 

Robert  Jenkins,  Thomas  Amory,  Natffi^  Coffin 

Jonas  Muson,  Thomas  Scales,  Nicholas  Loreing, 


^ — — ^ 

Samuel  Holebrook, 

John  Cushing, 
Joseph  Royal, 
Solomon  Willard, 


DUMMERSTON. 


133 


Benj^  Hollowell, 
Samuel  Treet, 
David  Nevius, 
Elijah  Alexander, 
Daniel  Warner, 
Samuel  Solley, 


Henry  Brom field, 
Richard  Foster, 
James  Minot, 

John  Summers, 
Theodore  Atkinson, 


Wilh"  Phillips, 

Robert  Fletcher  juiP 
Jon^  Hubbard, 

John  Peirce, 

Richard  Wibird, 

His  Excellency  Benning 


Meshech  Wear, 

W^entworth  Esq  A Tract  of  Land  to  Contain  Eight  hundred  Acres 
which  is  to  be  Accounted  two  of  the  within  mentioned  Shares  and 
Laid  out  & Bounded  as  within  mentioned  One  whole  Share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  foreign 
Parts,  One  whole  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel 
in  Said  Town  One  whole  Share  for  A Glebe  for  the  Ministry  of  the 
Church  of  England  as  by  Law  Established  Also  Sampson  Willard — 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  for  Fullum  this 
27*^  Day  of  December  1753 — 

^ Theodore  Atkinson  Sec”'^ 


Taken  from  the  Plan  on  the  Back  of  the  Charter  of  Fullam  this 
Day  of  December  1753 — 


'^Theodore  Atkinson  Sec''^ 


134 


CHAKTER  RECORDS. 


[Dummerston  Charter  Renewed  1760.] 

^Province  of  New  Hamp^ 

George  the  Second  by  the  Grace  of  God  of  Great 
Britian  France  & Ireland  King  Defender  of  the 
Faith 

To  all  to  whora  these  Presents  Shall  come 
Greeting 

Whereas  We  of  Our  Special  Grace  & Mere  Motion 
for  the  due  Encouragement  & Settling  of  A New 
Plantation  within  Our  Province  of  New  Hamp’^  by 
our  Letters  Patent  or  Charter  under  the  Seal  of  Our  Said  Province 
dated  the  Day  of  December  in  the  Twenty  Seventh  Year  of  Our 
Reign  Granted  a Tract  of  Land  equal  to  Six  Miles  Square  Bounded 
as  therein  expressed  to  A Number  of  Our  Loyal  Subjects  whose 
Names  are  entered  on  the  Same  to  hold  to  them  their  heirs  & assigns 
on  the  Conditions  therein  declared  to  be  A Town  Corporate  by  the 
Name  of  Fullum  as  by  Referrence  to  the  Said  Charter  may  more 
fully  appear 

And  Whereas  the  s^  Grantees  have  represented  that  by  the  Inter- 
vention of  an  Indian  War  since  the  making  of  said  Grant  it  has  been 
impracticable  to  comply  with  & fullfill  the  Conditions  aforesaid  and 
Humbly  supplycated  us  not  to  take  advantage  of  the  Breach  of  Said 
Conditions  but  to  Lengthen  out  & Grant  them  Some  Reasonable 
Term  for  the  Performance  thereof  after  the  Said  Impediment  shall 
Cease 

Now  Know  Ye  that  We  being  Willing  to  Promote  the  End  Pro- 
posed Have  of  Our  Further  Grace  & favour  suspended  Our  Claim  of 
the  forfeitures  which  the  Said  Grantees  may  have  Incurrd  and  by 
these  Presents  do  Grant  unto  the  Said  Grantees  their  Heirs  & assigns 
the  Term  of  one  Year  for  Performing  & Fullfilling  the  Conditions 
Matters  & things  by  them  to  be  done  (which  Term  is  to  be  renewd 
annually  until  his  Maj‘^®  Plenary  Instructions  shall  be  recieved 
relative  to  the  Incident  that  has  Prevented  a Complyance  with  the 
Charter  according  to  the  True  Intent  & meaning  thereof 

In  Testimony  Whereof  We  have  caused  the  seal  of  Our  Said  Prov- 
ince  to  be  hereunto  affixed  Wittness  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  our 
Governour  & Commander  in  Chieffi  the  12*^  Day  of  June  in  the  33*^ 
year  of  Our  Reign  Annoq  Domini  1760 — 

B Wentworth 

By  his  Excellencvs  Command 

V %/ 

with  advice  of  Council 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^^ 


*1-225 

Full  am  CharP 
Lengthned  out 


r ^ ^ 

( Prov’^  Seal  > 


V " 

See  Page  (185) 
for  ye  Charter 


DUMMEKSTON. 


135 


Province  of  New  Hamp’^ 

Recorded  according  to  the  Original  under  the  Province  Seal  the 
Day  of  June  1760 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’’^ 


[Dummerston  Charter  Renewed,  1761.] 

^Province  of  New  Hamps^  *1-237 

Fullum  George  the  Third  by  the  Grace  of  God  of  Great 

Britain  France  and  Ireland  King  Defender  of  th'e 
Faith  &c 

To  all  whom  these  Presents  shall  Come  Greeting 
Whereas  our  LateRoyall  Grand  father  King  George 
the  Second  of  Glorious  Memory  did  of  his  Special  Grace  & mere 
motion  for  the  Encouragement  of  setting  a New  Plantation  within 
our  said  Province  of  New  Hampshire  by  his  Letters  Patient  or  Char- 
ter under  the  Seal  of  our  said  Province  Dated  the  26*^^  Day  of  Decem- 
ber 1753  & in  the  Twenty  Seventh  Year  of  his  Majestys  Reign 
grant  a Tract  of  Land  equal  to  five  & i Miles  square  Bounded  as 
therein  Expressed  to  a Number  of  our  Loyal  Subjects  Whose 
Names  are  Entered  on  the  same  to  hold  to  them  their  Heirs  or 
Assigns  on  the  Conditions  therein  Declared  to  be  a Town  Corporate 
by  the  Name  of  Fullam  as  by  Referrence  to  the  said  Charter  may 
more  Fully  appear 

And  Whereas  the  said  Grantees  have  Represented  that  by  the 
Intervention  of  an  Indian  Warr  since  making  the  said  grant  it  has 
been  Impracticable  to  Comply  with  & fulfill  the  Conditions  & humbly 
Supplicated  us  not  to  take  advant®  of  the  Breach  of  said  Condi- 
tions but  to  Lengthen  out  & Grant  them  some  Reasonable  time  for 
Performance  thereof  after  the  said  Impediment  shall  Cease 

Now  Know  Ye  that  we  being  Willing  to  Promote  the  End  Pro- 
posed have  of  our  Further  Grace  & Favor  Suspended  our  Claim  of 
the  Forfeiture  which  the  said  Grantees  may  have  Incurred  and  by 
these  Presents  do  grant  unto  the  said  Grantees  their  Heirs  & Assigns 
the  Term  of  One  Year  for  Performing  & Fullfilling  the  Conditions 
Matters  & things  by  them  to  be  done  which  Term  is  to  be  Renewed 
Annually  if  the  same  Impediment  Remains  untill  our  Plenary 
Instructions  shall  be  Received  Relating  to  the  Incident  that  has  Pre- 
vented a Compliance  with  the  said  Charter  According  to  the  Intent 
& meaning  of  the  same 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  Caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  Affixed.  Witness  Benning  Wentworth  Esq*"  our 


136 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Governour  & Commander  in  Cheif  of  our  Province  aforesaid  the  6^^ 
day  of  July  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ  1761  & in  the  first  Year 
of  his  Majestys  Reign 

B Wentworth 

By  his  Excellencys  Command 
with  Advice  of  Councill 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’’^ 

Recorded  the  7*^  Day  of  July  1761 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’'^ 


[Dummerston  Charter  Renewed,  1762.] 

^Province  of  New  Hampshire 

George  the  Third  by  the  Grace  of  God  of  Great 
Britain  France  & Ireland  King  Defender  of  Faith  &c 
Whereas  our  late  Royal  Grandfather  King  George 
the  Second  of  Glorious  Memory  did  of  his  Special 
Grace  & mere  Motion  for  the  Encouragement  of  Set- 
tling a new  Planta"  within  our  said  Province  of  New  Hampshire 
by  his  Letters  Pattient  or  Charter  under  the  Seal  of  our  said  Province 
dated  the  26‘^  day  of  December  1755  & in  the  Twenty  Seventh  Year 
of  his  Majestys  Reign  grant  a tract  of  Land  equal  to  Five  & one  half 
Miles  Square  Bounded  as  therein  Expressd  to  a number  of  our 
Loyall  Subjects  whose  Names  are  Enter’d  .on  the  same  to  hold  to 
them  their  Heirs  or  Assigns  on  the  Conditions  therein  declared  to  be 
a Town  Corporate  by  the  Name  of  IVllam  as  by  Referrance  to  the 
said  Charter  may  more  fully  appear 

And  Whereas  the  said  Grantees  have  Represented  that  by  the  In- 
tervention of  an  Indian  Warr  since  making  the  said  Grant  it  has 
been  Impracticable  to  Comply  with  and  fulfill  the  Conditions  & hum- 
bly Supplicated  us  not  to  take  Advantage  of  the  Breach  of  said  Con- 
ditions but  to  Lengthen  out  & grant  them  some  Reasonable  time  for 
Performance  thereof  after  the  said  Impediment  shall  cease 

Now  Know  Ye  that  we,  being  Willing  to  Promote  the  End  Pro- 
posed have  of  our  further  grace  & favour  Suspended  our  Claim  of 
the  Forfeiture,  which  the  said  Grantees  may  have  Incurr’d  & by  these 
Presents  do  Grant  unto  the  said  Grantees  their  Heirs  & Assigns  the 
Term  of  two  Years  for  Performing  & fulfilling  the  Conditions,  mat- 
ters & things  by  them  to  be  done,  which  term  is  to  be  Renew’d  if  the 
same  Impediment  Remains,  untill  our  Plenary  Instructions  shall  be 
Received  Relating  to  the  Incident  that  has  Prevented  a Complyance 


*1-248 

Fullam 


DUMMERSTON. 


137 


withj  the  said  Charter,  According  to  the  Intent  & meaning  of  the 
same 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  Caused  the  seal  of  our  said 
Province  to  be  hereunto  affixed  Witness  Penning  Wentworth  Esq. 
our  Govern^  & Comm%  in  Cheiff  of  our  Province  aforesaid  the  7*^^ 
day  of  July  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ  1762  & in  the  Second 
Year  of  our  Reign — 

B Wentworth 

By  his  Excellency’s  Comm^ 
with  Advice  of  Council 

Theo  : Atkinson  Jim*^  Sec’^^ 

Province  of  New  Hampshire  Aug®*^  12 — 1762 

Recorded  from  the  Origional  Charter  under  the  Prov : Seal — 

T : Atkinson  Jun  Sec^^ 


[Dummerston  Charter  Renewed,  1764.] 

^Province  of  New  Hamp^  ^1-278 

George  the  third  by  the  Grace  of  God  of  Great 
Britain  P'rance  & Ireland  King  Defender  of  the  Faith 
&c^ 

To  all  whom  these  Presents  shall  Come  Greeting 
Whereas  our  Late  Royal  Grand  Prather  King  George 
the  Second  of  Glorious  Memory  did  of  his  Special 
Grace  & mere  motion  for  the  Encouragement  of  Settling  A New 
Plantation  within  our  Said  Province  of  New  Hamp^  by  his  Letters 
Pattent  or  Charter  under  the  Seal  of  our  Said  Province  dated  the  26“' 
Day  of  December  1753  & in  the  27“'  Year  His  Majestys  Reign  granted 
a Tract  of  Land  equal  to  Phve  & one  half  Miles  Square  bounded  as 
therein  expressed  to  A Number  of  our  Loyal  Subjects  whose  Names 
are  Entered  on  the  Same  to  Hold  to  them  their  Heirs  or  Assigns  on 
the  Conditions  therein  declared  to  be  a Town  Corporate  by  the  Name 
of  Pffillam  as  by  reference  to  the  s'^  Charter  may  more  fully  Appear 
And  whereas  the  Said  Grantees  have  represented  that  by  the  Inter- 
vention of  an  Indian  War  Since  making  the  Said  Grant  it  has  been 
Impracticable  to  comply  with  & fullfill  the  Conditions  & humbly  sup- 
plycated  us  not  to  take  advantage  of  the  Breach  of  the  Said  Condi- 
tions but  to  Lengthen  out  & grant  them  some  Reasonable  Time  for 
Performance  thereof  after  the  Same  Impediment  Shall  Cease  Now 
Know  Yee  that  we  being  Willing  to  promote  the  Phid  Pro|)Osed  have 
of  our  Phirther  Grace  & P'avour  Suspended  our  Claim  of  the  PYrfeit- 


Fullam 


138 


charter  records. 


ure  which  the  Said  Grantees  may  have  Incurrd  & by  these  Presents 
do  Grant  unto  the  Said  Grantees  their  Heirs  & Assignes  the 
*1-279  Term  of  one  Year  for  Performing  *And  fullfilling  the  Condi- 
tions Matters  & Things  by  them  to  be  done  which  Term  is  to 
be  renewd  if  the  Same  Impediment  Remains  until  our  Plenary  Instruc- 
tions Shall  be  recievd  relating  to  the  Incident  that  has  prevented  a 
Complyance  with  the  Said  Charter  according  to  the  Intent  & Mean- 
ing of  the  Same  In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of 
our  Said  Province  to  be  hereunto  affixed  Wittness  Benning  Went- 
worth Esq  our  Governor  & Commander  in  Chieff  of  our  Said  Prov- 
ince the  day  of  June  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ  1764  & in 
the  fourth  Year  of  our  Reign 

B Wentworth 


By  his  Excellencys  Comand 
with  Advice  of  Council 

Theod"^  Atkinson  Jun’’  Sec’^^ 


Entered  & Recorded  according  to  the  original  Charter  under  the 
Province  Seal  this  7^^^  Day  of  June  1764 — 

T Atkinson  Jun  Sec^^ 


DUXBURY. 


*2-417 


^Province  of  New-Hampshire. 


Duxbury  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a Neio  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
New-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province ; Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors, 
do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabi- 
tants of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Gov- 
ernments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into 


DUXBUKY. 


139 


Seventy  one  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land 
situate,  lying  and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^ 
containing  by  Admeasurement,  23040  Acres^  which  Tract  is  to  con- 
tain Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more ; out  of  which  an  Allowance  is 
to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  RocKs,  Ponds, 
Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  accord- 
ing to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s 
Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed, 
butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  the  North  Easterly 
Corner  of  New  Huntington  on  the  Souther  Side  of  Onion  or  French 
River  from  thence  runing  Easterly  up  Said  River  & bounding  on  the 
Same  so  far  on  a Strait  Line  as  to  make  it  Six  Miles  from  the  Said 
Corner  of  New  Huntington  allowing  the  Same  to  be  Perpendicular 
with  the  Easterly  line  of  Said  New  Huntington  from  thence  Southerly 
a Parrellel  Line  with  New  Huntingtons  East  Line  Six  Miles  thence 
Westerly  about  Six  Miles  to  New  Huntingtons  South  Easterly 
Corner  from  thence  Notherly  by  Said  New  Huntingtons  East  Line 
Six  Miles  to  the  place  began  at  And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is 
Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the  Name  of  Duxbury  And  the 
Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are 
hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every 
the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our 
Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy : And  further,  that  the  said  Town 
as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon, 
shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Tivo  Fah's,  one  of  which  shall  be 
held  on  the  And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue 
longer  than  the  respective  following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall 
consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be  ^opened  and  kept  *2-418 
one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most 
advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the 
Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province, 
shall  be  held  on  the  28*^^  Day  of  July  next  which  said  Meeting  shall 
be  Notified  by  the  Rev'^  M*"  Isaac  Browne  who  is  hereby  also  appointed 
the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and 
Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province ; 
and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of 
such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of 
March  annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as 
above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to 
them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  fol- 
lowing Conditions,  viz. 


140 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said  ' 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Suc- 
cessors, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as 
shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the  * 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1763 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December.,  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1773  One  shilling 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land ; which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth., or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same  ; and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said 
Province  to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Benning  Wentworth, 
Esq;  Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province, 
the  Seventh  Day  of  June  In  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  Christ,  One 
Thousand  Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  three  And  in  the  Third  Year  of 
Our  Reign.  B Wentworth 


DUXBURY. 


141 


By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

T Atkinson  Jun^ 

Pro"^  of  New  Hamp^  June  7-1763 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Pro^  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun^  Sec^’^ 


*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Duxbury 


*2-419 

Dirch  Yaralemon 
Henry  King 
John  Speer 
John  Winne 
Joseph  Kingsland 
John  Joralemon 
James  Niesbit 
Daniel  Farrand 
Job  Brown 
Johannes  Scuyler 
Barent  Governeur 
Peter  Zabirskie 
Edw*^  M^^allister 
Sam^^  Jacobus  Demarest 
Daniel  Jessup 

Hendrick  Van  Giesen  JuiF  Isaac  Van  Giesen 
Theodo^®  Van  Wyck  William  Provoost 
Natha^  Philip  Earle  John  Chappel 

Abra"™  Ackermon  Garrit  Hopper 

Daniel  Isaac  Brown  Esq  Patridge  Thatcher  Sam“  Averhill 
Hon'"^®  Rich<i  Wibird  I Cap‘  John  Wentworth 

John  Downing  [ Esq^®  Tho®  Westb*^  Waldron 
Dan^  Warner 


Rev^^  Isaac  Brown 
Jacob  Joralemon 
Thomas  Cadmus 
Ann  Vandyck 
Henry  Joralemon 
William  Berber 
Nicholoso  Joralemon 
Abram  Godwin 
Josiah  Gilbart 
Joseph  Brown 
Philip  Scuyler 
John  Berdan 
Lodowyck  Rice 
James  Obrien 
Jacob  Tissoort 
Hendrick  V Giesen 
Abr"*  Van  Wyck 
Direck  Brinckerlaoef 
John  Vance 


Ten®  Joralemon 
Jan  Devoer 
Thomas  Cadmus  Jun*^ 
Asa  King 
Elias  M Untandt 
John  Kingsland 
Harper  Joralemon 
William  Camp 
Daniel  Riggs 
Stephen  Tuttle 
Abraham  Gouverneur 
William  Brown 
Gabril  Ogdon 
Barnet  Vanthorne 
James  Vanburen 


His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain Five  Hundred  Acres  Marked  B-W-  in  the  Plan  which  is  to  be 
accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares  One  whole  Share  for  the  Incorpor- 
ated Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts  One 
Share  for  A Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law  Established 
one  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  & One  Share 
for  the  Benefit  of  A School  in  S''  Town 
Pro^  of  New  Hamp*^  June  7“*  1763 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Duxbury  un- 
der the  Pro^  Seal 

^ T Atkinson  Jun*^  Sec'^^ 


142 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Prov®  of  New  Hamp’^  June  7-1763 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  original  Charter  of  Duxbury  under 
the  Pro^  Seal 

T Atkinson  JuiP  Sec*^^' 


ESSEX. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire. 

GEORGE  THE  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a Neiv  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq  ; Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
New-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province;  Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors, 
do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabi- 
tants of  Our  said  Province  of  Neiv-Hampshire^diudi  Our  other  Govern- 
ments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into 


*2-429 

Essex 


ESSEX. 


143 


Seventy  two  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate, 
lying  and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  New-Hamp§liire^  contain- 
ing by  Admeasurement,  23040  Acres^  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Six 
Miles  square,  and  no  more ; out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made 
for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains 
and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan 
and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned 
into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded 
as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  the  Northerly  Side  of  Onion  or  French 
River  at  the  southerly  corner  of  Colchester,  from  thence  Runing 
Easterly  up  said  River,  (bounding  on  the  same)  so  far  as  to  make 
Six  Miles  upon  a streight  line  Perpendicular  with  the  upper  line  of 
Colchester  afores‘^  thence  Northerly  a Parralell  line  with  the  said  upper 
line  of  Colchester  Six  Miles,  thence  Westerly  a Parralell  Line,  with 
the  line  on  the  river  (first  mention’d)  abo*  six  Miles  to  the  North  East 
Corner  of  said  Colchester,  from  thence  southerly  by  the  East  line  of 
Colchester  to  the  River  where  we  began — And  that  the  same  be, 
and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the  Name  of  Essex 
And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Town- 
ship, are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all 
and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within 
Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy : And  farther,  that  the 

said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled 
thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Two  Fairs^  one  of  which 
shall  be  held  on  the  And  the  other  on 

the  annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to 

continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said  and  that  as  soon 

as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market 
may  be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  *2-430 
as  may  be  thought  most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants. 

Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agrea- 
ble  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  of  • 
July  next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  John  Bogart  Jun*^ 
Esq*"  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meet- 
ing, which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and 
Customs  of  Our  said  Province ; and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for 
ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town, 
shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have  and  to 
Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all 
Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and 
Assigns  forever,  ujjon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 


144 


CHAKTER  RECORDS. 


vate  five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penaltv  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the  Right 
of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors, as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or  Acts  of 
Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among  the 
Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Township 
as  the  Land  wdll  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for  Town 
Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the  Contents 
of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof, 
the  Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1763 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.,  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December^  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1773  One 
shilling  Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns, 
settles  or  possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser 
Tract  of  the  said  Land ; which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective 
Persons  abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber 
in  Portsmouth^  or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed 
to  receive  the  same ; and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and 
Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
Seventh  Day  of  June  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thou- 
sand Seven  Hundred  and  sixty  three  And  in  the  Third  Year  of  Our 
Reign. 


B Wentworth 


ESSEX. 


145 


By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  advice  of  Council, 

T Atkinson  Jun*’  Sec’'^ 

Prov®  New  Hamp^  June  7-1763 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Pro^  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun’'  Sec’'^ 

^The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Essex  (Viz)  *2-431 


Edward  Burling 
Stephen  Fowler 
Theophilus  Anthony 
James  Bogert  Jun^ 
John  Taylor 
Peter  J Bogert 
John  Jac  Bogert 
Jacobus  N Bogert 
Joseph  Tompkins 
Stephen  Hicks 
Steph"  Van  Wyck 
Will’"  Els  worth  Jun*’ 
Abr"^  Lefferts  Jun^ 
George  Hogewout 
Bernardus  Swartwout 
Michael  Hillegas 
John  J Jennings 
Abra'"  Lynsen 
John  Haydock 
And'^  Slopper 
Sam^  Averill 
Joseph  Wright 


Elijah  Gedney 
Edward  Agar 
Petrus  Byvanck 
Nicholas  J Bogert 
John  J Bogert 
Henry  J Bogert 
Jacobus  Bogert 
Thomas  Fisher 
John  Horton 
Thomas  Hicks 
Tho®  Burling 
Wilk"  Stymas 
Charles  Tillinghast 
Nich®  Anderson 
A bra™  Lefferts 
Samuel  Hillegas 
Christ®  Stymes 
James  Murray 
Walter  Burling 
Nich®  H Bogart 
Hon'^^®  Will™  Temple 
John  Nelson 
Theo : Atkinson  J'^ 


Joseph  Drake 
Francis  Pan  ton 
John  Bogert  Jun*^ 
Willet  Taylor 
Cornelius  J Bogert 
John  N Bogert 
Nicholas  N Bogert 
John  Drake 
Joseph  Hunt 
Whitehead  Hicks 
Will™  Elsworth 
Dirick  Lefferts 
Will™  Wiley 
Cornelius  De  Groot 
Peter  Clopper 
Michael  Jennings 
Christ®  Stymes  JuiF 
John  Lawrence 
Edw*^  Burling  Jun*’ 
Matt"'  Wolf  Bogart 
And"'  Wiggens  Esq^ 
Esq*'® 


His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq*'  a Tract  of  Land  to 
Contain  Five  Hundred  Acres  as  marked  B-W  in  the  Plan  which  is 
to  be  Accounted  two  of  the  within  shares : One  whole  share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign 
parts.  One  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Establish’d,  One  share  for  the  first  settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel, 
And  One  share  for  the  benefit  of  a school  in  said  Town — 

Province  of  New  Hamp*^  June  7‘‘*  1763 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Prov- 
ince Seal 


T Atkinson  Jun*’  Sec*"^ 


146 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Province  of  New  Hamp^  June  7-1763 

Recorded  from  the  Plan  on  the  back  of  the  Original  Charter 
Essex  under  the  Pro"^  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun*^  Sec^^ 


FAIRFAX. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire. 

GEORGE  THE  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and  Ire- 
land, King,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  Ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a Plantation 
within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty  and 
Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and  Com- 
mander in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire,  in  New- 
Englajid^  and  of  Our  Council  of  the  said  Province;  Have  upon 
the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and  granted, 
and  by  these  Presents,  for  Us,  Our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do  give  and 
grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabitants  of  Our 
said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Governments,  and 
to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are  entred  on  this 
Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Sevent}^  equal  Shares, 
all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and  being  within  our 


*3-30 

Fairfax 


FAIRFAX. 


147 


said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  containing  by  Admeasurement, 
Twenty  three  Thousand  & forty  Acres,  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Six 
Miles  square,  and  no  more ; out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made 
for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains 
and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan 
and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned 
into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded 
as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  the  North  Lastly  Corner  of  Westford 
a Town  lately  granted  in  this  Province  thence  runing  Westerly  by 
Westford  as  that  runs  to  the  North  West  Corner  thereof  which  is 
also  the  South  Easterly  Corner  of  Georgia  a Township  lately  granted 
then  turning  off  Northerly  & runing  by  Georgia  afore  Said  as  that 
runs  to  the  North  Easterly  Corner  thereof  then  turning  Easterly  & 
runing  so  far  on  a Parallel  Line  with  the  Northerly  Side  Line  of 
Westford  afore  Said  as  that  A Streight  Line  Drawn  from  that  Period 
to  the  North  Easterly  Corner  Bounds  of  Westford  afore  Said  the 
Bounds  began  at  Shall  include  the  Contents  of  Six  Miles  Square 
And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township 
by  the  Name  of  Fairfax  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall 
hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be 
Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges 
and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law 
Exercise  and  Enjoy  : And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as 
there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have 
the  Liberty  of  holding  two  Fairs^  one  of  which  shall  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the 

annuall}^  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer 
than  the  respective  following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall 
consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be  ^opened  and  kept  *3-31 
one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most 
advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the 
Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province, 
shall  be  held  on  the  fifteenth  Day  of  September  Next  which  said  Meet- 
ing shall  be  Notified  by  M*^  Edward  Burling  who  is  hereby  also 
appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to 
Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said 
Province ; and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the 
Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second 
Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract 
of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appur- 
tenances, to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever, 
upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 


148 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every 
fifty  Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in 
said  Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  addi- 
tional Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or 
Share  in  the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs 
and  Successors,  to  be  by  Us  or  them  Re-granted  to  such  of  our  Sub- 
jects as  shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

H.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1763 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.,  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December^  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1773  One  shilling 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land  ; which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth., or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same ; and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

in  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said 
Province  to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Benning  Wentworth, 
Esq ; Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province, 
the  18  Day  of  August  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One 
Thousand  Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  three  And  in  the  3*^  Year  of 
Our  Reign.  B Wentworth 


FAIRFAX. 


149 


By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

T Atkinson  Jun’^  Sec’"^ 

Prov®  of  New  Hamp’’  Aiigs*^  18-1763 

recorded  According  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal 

^ T Atkinson  Jun^  Sec^^ 


*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Fairfax  (Viz) 


*3-32 


Edward  Burling 
John  Leageraft 
James  Armstrong 
Cardin  Proctor 
Carden  Lee 
Thomas  WilP^  Moore 
James  Gilchrist 
Peter  Farmer 


Viner  Leageraft  Viner  Leageraft  jun’^ 

Christ^Cadwin Leageraft  James  Leageraft 


WilP^  Leageraft 
Tim®  M^Carth}^ 
Thomas  Miller 
Christopher  Miller 
James  Sacket 
Thomas  Seymour 


Jasper  Jasper  Farmer  Jasper  Peter  Farmer 
Peter  Wallis  GallaudetThomas  Gallaudet 


John  Read  Wilmot 
Joseph  Sackett 
Sam^^  Deal  Sen^ 
Wilk"  Newton 
Adam  Gilchrist  jun^ 
William  Willson 
John  Sackett 
Edward  Leslie 
Nicholas  Dean 
Peter  Totten  jun’^ 


George  Leargeraft 
Will™  Prockter 
Paul  Miller 
Joseph  Haveland 
Henry  Arnald 
Thomas  Seymour  jnn^ 
Jasper  Farmer 
Edger  Gallaudet 


Thomas  Gallaudet  jun*' James  Wilmot  jun*^ 


Peter  Elisha  Gallaudet 
Peter  Sacket 
John  M®Keney 
Adam  Gilchrist  Sen^ 
Philip  Doughty 
Francis  Panter 


Elisha  Gallaudet 
Joseph  Sackett  jun^ 

Samuel  Deal  jun*^ 

Thomas  Newton 
Edward  Agur 
William  Darlington 
George  Willocks  Leslie  George  Leslie 
Uriah  Field  Stephen  Dean 

Tho®  Drake  Beny'^  Haviland 

The  Hon'^'®  Rich^  Wibird) 

Dan^^  Warner  I 

Natha“  Barrel  & 

Joseph  Newmarch  ^ 

His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  to  Contain  Five 
Hundred  Acres  as  marked  B W in  the  Plan  which  is  to  be  Accounted 
two  of  the  within  Shares  one  whole  Share  for  the  Incorporated  Society 
for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  foreign  Parts  one  Share  for  A 
Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law  Established  One  Share 
for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  in  S*'  Town  & one  Share 
for  the  Benefit  of  A School  in  S''  Town  forever 

Prov®  New  Hamp''  August  18-  1763 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Pro^  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun*'  Sec''^ 


150 


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Province  of  New  Hamp’^  August  18  1763 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Pro’^ 
Seal 


T Atkinson  Jun’^  Sec’^^ 


FAIRFIELD. 


^3-34 


^Province  of  New-Hampshire. 


Fairfield  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  Ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq  ; Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  oi  Neiv-Hampshire^  iwNew- 
England^  and  of  Our  CouNCiR  of  the  said  Province  ; Have  upon 
the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and  granted, 
and  by  these  Presents,  for  Us,  Our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do  give  and 


FAIRFIELD. 


151 


grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabitants  of  Our 
said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Governments,  and 
to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are  entred  on  this 
Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Seventy  equal  Shares, 
all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and  being  within  our 
said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  containing  by  Admeasurement, 
Twenty  three  Thousand  & forty  Acres^  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Six 
Miles  square,  and  no  more  ; out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made 
for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains 
and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan 
and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned 
into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded 
as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  the  North  Easterly  Corner  of  Fairfax  a 
Township  this  Day  Granted  from  thence  runing  Westerly  by  Fair- 
fax as  that  runs  to  the  North  West  Corner  thereof  which  is  also  the 
South  East  Corner  of  S‘  Albans  then  turning  off  Northerly  & run- 
ing by  S*^  Albans  as  that  runs  to  the  North  Easterly  Corner  thereof 
then  Turning  off  & runing  Easterly  so  far  on  a Parrallel  Line  with 
the  Notherly  Side  Line  of  Fairfax  aforesaid  as  that  A Streight  Line 
Drawn  from  that  Station  to  the  North  Easterly  Corner  of  Fairfax 
aforesaid  (the  Bound  began  at)  Shall  include  the  Contents  of  Six 
jMiles  Square  And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a 
Towmship  by  the  Name  of  Fairfield  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall 
hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfran- 
chized with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immun- 
ities that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and 
Enjoy  : And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be 

Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of 
holding  two  Fairs.,  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said 
and  that  as  soon  as  the  said 

Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  maj  be  ^opened  *3-35 
and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought 
most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting 
for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said 
Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  Twentieth  Day  of  September  next 
which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  M^  Samuel  Smith  who  is 
hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which 
he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our 
said  Province ; and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for 
the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second 


152 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Tuesday  of  March  anuually,  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract 
of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appurt- 
enances, to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon 
the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and 
cultivate  five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every 
fifty  Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors, to  be  by  Us  or  them  Re-granted  to  such  of  our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  others  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or  Acts 
of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Cenire  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1763 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twenty- 
fifth  Day  of  December.)  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December., 
which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1773  One  shilling  Proclama- 
tion Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses, 
and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land  ; 
which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their 
Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth^  or  to  such 
Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same  ; and 
this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Province 
to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Benning  Wenworth,  Esq ; Our 
Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the  18  Day 


FAIRFIELD. 


153 


of  August  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand  Seven 
Hundred  and  Sixty  three  And  in  the  third  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

T Atkinson  Jun^  Sec^^ 

Pro^  of  New  Hamp’^  August  18-1763 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Pr®  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun*"  Sec^^^ 


*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Fairfield  (Viz)  *3-36 


Samuel  Hungerford 
Abraham  Gold 
Moses  Bulkley 
Ebenez^  Silliman  juiY 
Peter  Burr 
Daniel  Smith 
Daniel  Jackson 
Alexander  Sloan 
Abel  Plat 
Elnathan  Williams 
Andrew  Sturges 
Hayns  Hanford 
Eleaz’^  Osburne 
Joseph  Lyon 
Sam“  Ogden 
Ebenez^  Ogden 
Thomas  Staples  y®  2'^ 
Gideon  Wells 
Sam'^  Waters 
Tho®  Northroup 

The  Hon^^® 


Samuel  Smith 
Ebeuez^'  Bartram 
Ezekiel  Hull 
David  Barlow 
Moses  Wakman 
John  Banks 
Sam^^  Bennit  y®  2^^ 
Sam^^  Starling 
Naty^  Price 
Ephraim  Nicholds 
Noah  Rockwell 
Joshua  Jennings 
James  Bradley 
George  Burr 
Peter  Blackman 
Job  Bartram 
Andrew  Jennings 
Benj^^  Wyncoop  Jun’^ 
Sam^^  Waldo 
Jonah  Hungerford 
Dan“  Warner  ) 

RicL’  Wibird  I 

Joseph  New  march  [ 

& James  Nevin  J 


Abraham  Hayes 
Ebenez^  Burr 
Jabez  Hubbell 
Abel  Jennings 
Eph“™  Hawley 
Daniel  Belden 
Hezekiah  Deforest 
Stephen  Hull 
Ezra  Williams 
Benoni  Dimon 
Peter  Betts 
Benj^  Osburne 
Benj^  Banks 
Thadeus  Banks 
John  Ogden  jun*" 
Jon^  Cuttler 
Jabez  Wakman 
William  Livesay 
Benj^  Eliot 
Benj^  Eliot  jurfi 

Esq*"® 


For  his  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  to  Contain 
Five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B.  W-  in  the  Plan  which  is  to  be 
Accounted  Two  of  the  within  Shares  One  whole  Share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  foreign 
Parts  One  Share  for  A Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Established  One  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel 
there  & One  Sliare  for  the  Benefit  of  A School  in  S'*  Town  forever 


154 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Province  of  New  Hamp’^  August  18  1763 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Fairfield  under 
the  Prov®  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun’^  Sec*'^ 


Province  of  New  Hamp”^  August  18^*^  1763 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  original  Charter  of  Fairfield  under 
the  Pro^  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun^  Sec^^ 


[Smithfield  Charter,  1764.] 

*3-38  * Province  of  New-Hampshire. 

Smithfield  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c. 

To  all  Perso7is  to  tvhom  these  Presents  shall  come, 
Greeting. 

Know  Ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 


FAIRFIELD. 


155 


Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  in  New- 
England^  and  of  Our  Council  of  the  said  Province ; Have  upon  the 
Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and  granted, 
and  by  these  Presents,  for  Us,  Our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do  give 
and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabitants  of 
Our  said  Province  of  New-Hamp shire,  and  Our  other  Governments, 
and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are  entred  on 
this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Seventy  equal 
Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and  being 
within  our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  containing  by  Admeas- 
urement, 23040  Acres^  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Six  Miles  square, 
and  no  more ; out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High 
Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and 
Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and 
Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned 
into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bound- 
ed as  follows.  Viz,  Begining  at  the  North  Easterly  Corner  of  Fair- 
field  a Township  this  Day  Granted  from  thence  runing  Westerly  by 
Fairfield  as  that  runs  to  the  North  West  Corner  thereof  which  is  also 
the  South  East  Corner  of  Swanton  then  turning  off  Notherly  and 
runing  by  Swanton  afore  Said  as  that  runs  to  the  North  Easterly 
Corner  thereof,  then  turning  off  Easterly  & runing  so  far  on  a Par- 
rallel  Line  with  the  Notherly  Side  Line  of  Fairfield  afore  Said  as 
that  A Streight  Line  drawn  from  that  Period  to  the  North  Easterly 
Corner  Bounds  of  Fairfield  afore  Said  (the  Bound  began  at  Shall  in- 
clude the  Contents  of  Six  Miles  Square  And  that  the  same  be,  and 
hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the  Name  of  Smithfield 
And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Town- 
ship, are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to 
all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within 
Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy : And  further,  that  the 
said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and 
settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  two  Fairs^  one  of 
which  shall  be  held  on  the  And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue 
longer  than  the  respective  following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall 
consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be  * opened  and  kept  *3-39 
one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most 
advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for 
the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince, shall  be  held  on  the  19**‘  Day  of  September  next  which  said 
Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  AP  Thomas  Douglass  who  is  hereby  also 


156 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  p.aid  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to 
Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said 
Province;  and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the 
Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second 
Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract 
of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appur- 
tenances, to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever, 
upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every 
fifty  Acres  contained  in  bis  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in 
said  Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by 
additional  Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or 
Share  in  the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  to  be  by  Us  or  them  Re-granted  to  such  of  our  Subjects 
as  shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1763 

V.  Ever}^  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twenty- 
fifth  Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December., 
which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1773  One  shilling  Proclama- 
tion Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  pos- 
sesses, and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said 
Land ; which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid, 
their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth.,  or  to 
such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same ; 


FAIRFIELD. 


157 


and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq ; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
18*^  Day  of  August  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  three  And  in  the  Third  Year  of  Our 
Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

T Atkinson  Jun”^  Sec’^^ 

Pro'^  of  New  Hamp^  August  18-1763 

Recorded  from  the  original  Charter  under  the  Pro'^  Seal 

T Atkinson  Juffi  Sec”’^ 

*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Smithfield — Viz  *3-40 


Sam^^  Hungerford 
Abel  Seelye 
Lydol  Buck 
Ruben  Cloos 
Eph°^  Hubbell  juiT 
Aaron  Prendle 
Isaac  Coller 
Samuel  Waters  jun*^ 
Henry  Smith 
Daniel  Bostwick 
Thomas  Taber 
Nathan  Wade  jun*' 
John  Wallis 
John  Bolt 
Tho”  Young 
John  Prior 
Eliphalet  Downer 
Dan  Hewlett 
Thomas  Tobias 
Fines  Wortman 

The 


Thomas  Douglass 
Amos  Fitsimmons 
David  Cummins  jun^ 
Daniel  Lake 
Natffi^  Seelye 
Kent  Right 
Andrew  Morhouse 
John  Soule 
John  Gorham 
John  Brackit 
Elijah  Brownell 
Ziba  Brownson 
Joseph  Wheeler  juffi 
James  Moger 
Adam  Right 
Isaac  Dean 
Elisha  Leffingwell 
Jacob  Herenton 
Charles  Weeks 
Minor  Sedam 
Hon’''**  Rich*'  Wibird  ' 
Dan^‘  Warner 
Jo"  Newmarch 
and  James  Nevin 


Paul  Yeats 
Nathan  Smith 
Amos  Agard 
Gaylard  Hubbell 
Silas  Hubbel 
Thatford  Holmes 
Samuel  Waters 
Will*"  Barnes  jun*^ 
John  Sunderland 
James  Akin 
William  Adgate 
JoiP  Giddings 
John  Porter 
Sam^^  Dean 
Daniel  Young 
Benj^^  Throop  JuiT 
John  Morhouse 
Nathan  Wade 
Benj'^  Birdsall 
Benj*^  Seamans 

Esq” 


For  liis  Excellency  Beiming  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  to  Contain 
five  Hundred  Acres  as  marKed  B W in  tlie  Plan  wliich  is  to  be 


i58 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


accounted  Two  of  the  within  Shares  one  whole  Share  for  the  Incor- 
porated Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  foreign  Parts 
one  Share  for  A Glebe  for  the  church  of  England  as  by  Law  Estab- 
lished one  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  in  Said 
Town  & one  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  a School  in  S*^  Town  forever 

Pro’^  of  New  Hamp^  August  1763 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Smithfield 
under  the  Prov®  Seal 

T Atkinson  JuiT  Sec^^ 


Prov®  of  New  Hamp'’  August  18-1763 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  original  Charter  of  Smithfield 
under  the  Pro'^  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun’'  Sec^^^ 


FATRLEE. 


159 


FAIRLEE. 

^Province  of  New-Hampsliire.  *2-177 

Fairlee  • GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in  New- 
Eyigland^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province ; Have  upon 
the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors, 
do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabi- 
tants of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Govern- 
ments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into 
Seventy  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying 
and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  Neiv-Hampshire^  containing  by 
Admeasurement,  about  Twenty  four  Thousand  Acres^  which  Tract  is 
to  contain  something  more  than  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more ; out 
of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprov- 
able Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand 
and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made 
by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s 
Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz, 
Beginning  at  a Tree  Standing  on  the  Bank  of  Conneticut  River, 
^Marked  with  the  Figures  7 & 8 which  is  the  North  Easterly  Corner 
Bounds  of  Thetford,  thence  North  Sixty  One  Degrees  West  Six 
Miles  by  Thetford  aforesaid  to  the  North  Westerly  Corner  thereof, 
thence  North  Thirty  Three  Degrees  East  Six  Miles  & One  Half 
Mile,  thence  South,  Sixty  One  Degrees  East  Seven  ]\Iiles  to  a Tree, 
Marked  with  the  Figures  8 & 9 Standing  on  the  back  of  Conneticut 
River  afores*'  thence  down  the  said  River  as  that  Runs  to  the  Bounds 
first  above  Mention’d — And  tliat  the  same  be,  and  liereby  is  Incorpo- 
rated into  a Township  by  tlie  Name  of  Fairlee — And  the  Inliabitants 
tliat  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared 


160 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges 
and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exer- 
cise and  Enjoy:  And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall 
be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty 
of  holding  Two  Fairs^  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 
And  the  other  on  the  annually,  which  Fairs  are  not 

to  continue  longer  than  the  respective  following  the 

said  and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall 

^2-178  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be  ^opened  and 
kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought 
most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting 
for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said 
Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  October  next  which 
said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  M^  Wilder  Willard  who  is  hereby 
also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to 
Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said 
Province ; and  that  the  annual  Meeting  forever  hereafter  for  the 
Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town  shall  be  on  the  Second 
Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract 
of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appur- 
tenances, to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever, 
upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Suc- 
cessors, to  be  by  Us  or  them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as 
shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or  Acts 
of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 


FAIRLEE. 


161 


for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  De- 
cember annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be  made 
on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1762 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twen- 
ty-fifth Day  of  December.,  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December., 
which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling  Proclama- 
tion Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  be  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses, 
and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land ; 
which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their 
Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth^  or  to  such 
Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same ; and  this 
to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq  ; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
Ninth  Day  of  Septenfi  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  one  Thous- 
and Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  One  And  in  the  First  Year  of  Our 
Reign. 

B W entworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command,  . 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’^^ 

Province  of  New  Hamps*"  Sep^  9.  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Origional  Charter  under  the  Province 
seal 

^ Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*"^' 


*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Fairlee 


*2-179 


Josiah  Channcy 
Daniel  Jones 
John  Cook 
Fellows  Billing 
John  Blair 
Phineas  Lyman 
Peter  i\Iai*shall 
Josepli  Wright 
E])enezer  Moody 
Isaac  Ward 


Joseph  Hubbard 
Oliver  Warner 
Samuel  Belknap 
John  Eastman 
Nathan  Goodman 
Tliomas  El  well  ' 
John  Stringling 
Nathaniel  Bartlet 
Ebenezer  Dickinson 
Al^ner  Colley 


Wilder  Willard 
Hezzekiah  Hubbard 
Samuel  Airs 
David  Warner 
IVilliam  Baxton 
Justin  Bull 
Caleb  Pomroy 
Moses  Harvey 
Jim*'  Robert  Emons 
Israel  HulJ)ard 


XI 


162 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Richard  Chauncy  Joseph  Church  Martin  Smith 

Israel  Chauncy  Charles  Chauncy  David  Parsons 

Isaac  Goodail  Alexandar  Smith  Ehenezer  Dickinson 

David  Blogget  Samuel  Hunt  Eleazer  Mattoon 

Ehenezer  Mattoon  juiE  Soloman  Boltwood  juiE  Simeon  Clark 
Moses  Cook  Joseph  Dickinson  Gideon  Dickinson 

Robert  Dickinson  Noadiah  Lewis  Theodore  Atkinson  Esq’^ 

Mark  Hunk^  Wentworth  Esq^  Benning  Wentworth  Samuel  Hunt 
Jonathan  Hunt  Arad  Hunt  Ehenezer  Houghton 

Soloman  Ellsworth  Samuel  Stevens  Samuel  Wentworth  Esq^  Boston 
Major  Jonathan  Greeley  Oliver  Williard  Jonathan  Huhbird 

& Thomas  Frink 


His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq^  a Tract  of  Land  to  Contain 
Five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  in  the  Plan  B-  W-  which  is  to  be 
Accounted  Two  of  the  within  shares,  One  whole  Share  for  the  Incor- 
porated society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts, 
One  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law  Estab- 
lished, One  share  for  the  first  Setled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  in  said 
Town.  & One  share  for  the  Benefit  of  a School  in  Said  Town — 

Province  of  New  Hampshire  sep’^  9 1761 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Origional  Charter  for  Fairlee  under 
the  Province  seal 

Attested  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’^^ 


« 


FERDINAND. 


163 


Province  of  New  Hamp’^  SepP  9-1761 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Fairlee 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 


FERDINAND. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire.  *2-261 

Ferdinand  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a Neio  Plantation 
within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty  and 
Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and  Com- 
mander in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in  New- 
England.,  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province ; Have  upon 
the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and  granted, 
and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do  give  and 
grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabitants  of  Our 
said  Province  of  New-Hami?shire^  and  Our  other  Governments,  and 
to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  whose  Names  are  entred  on  this 
Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Seventy  equal  Shares, 
all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and  being  within  our 
said  Province  of  Neiv-Hampshire^  containing  by  Admeasurement,  about 
Twenty  five  Thousand  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Something 

more  than  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more  ; out  of  which  an  Allowance 
is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks, 
Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free, 
according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s 
Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed, 
butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  the  most  Westerly 
Comer  of  Maidstone  thence  riming  north  Easterly  by  iNIaidstone  to 
the  Northerly  Corner  tliereof  thence  Nortli  West  Six  Miles  One 
lialf  mile  Thence  Soutli  Westerly  on  a Parralel  Line,  with  that  ontlie 
North  West  Side  of  Maidstone  afores'*  thence  Soutli  East  to  the 
Nortlierly  Corner  of  Granby  then  by  Granby  South  East  to  the  Westerly 
Comer  of  Maidstone  the  bounds  first  above  Mention’d  And  that  the 
same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the  Name  of 
Ferdinand  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the 


164 


CHAPTER  RECORDS. 


said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and 
Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other 
Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy : And 
further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families 
resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Two 
Fairs^  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the  annually, 

which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty 
*2-262  Families,  a Market  may  be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or  more 

Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most  advantagious 
to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of 
Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be 
held  on  the  Third  Tuesday  of  NovenF  next  which  said  Meeting  shall 
be  Notified  by  M^  Sam^  Averill  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the 
Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern 
agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province ; and  that 
the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers 
for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually. 
To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed, 
together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their 
respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions, 
viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  cultivate 
five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty  Acres 
contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said  Town- 
ship, and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional  Cult- 
ivations, on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in  the 
said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors, 
to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall  effect- 
ually settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the  Right 
of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors, as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or  Acts  of 
Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 


FERDINAND. 


165 


Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1762 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twenty- 
fifth  Day  of  December.^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December., 
which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling  Proclama- 
tion Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses, 
and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land  ; 
which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their 
Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth^  or  to  such 
Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same  ; and  this 
to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Province 
to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our 
Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the  12‘^ 
Day  of  October  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  One  And  in  the  First  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Se’^^ 

Province  of  New  Hamps’’  Octo'"  12,  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Origional  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal — 

Theodore  Atkinson  Se’’^ 

*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Ferdinand  Viz*^  *2-263 


Tho®  Hungerford 
Jon^  Hungerford 
Jonah  Barnes 
Nath^  Brown 
Eben’’  Marv'en 
Versal  Dickinson 
Will"'  Bams  Jun'' 
NatlJ  Chapman 
Timo^  Fuller 
Sam*  Stentsquire 
David  Cook  Jun'' 


Alex''  Steward  Jun'^ 
Noah  Smith 
Asahel  Noble 
Dan  Bams 
Tho®  Hamlin 
Joseph  Giddings 
Jonas  Goorich 
Ebenezer  Bird 
Joiel  Frost 
Sam*  Beach 
Sam*  Holt 


Josiah  Hungerford 
Cotton  Mather 
Ruben  Halbert 
Tho®  Barns 
John  Gray 
Sam*  Cook 
James  Kasson 
Natlian  Cliapman 
Sam*  Frost 
Elisha  Hall 
Dayton  Jolmson 


166 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


William  Lucas 
Daniel  Merritt 
David  Hoag  Jun*^ 
Natli^  Stevenson 
Elnathan  Marsh 


Jedediah  Hubbert  Elisha  Brewster 
Nehemiah  Merritt  Jun^Benj^  Ferriss 


George  Stillman 
William  Kennedy 
Clement  Averill 
Mason  Cogswell 
Joseph  Newmarch  Esq 


Zebulon  Ferris 
Abr“  Thomas 
Elisha  Akin 

Maj’’  Joseph  Blanchard  Agur  Judson 
Eleaz”^  Thompson  Bich^^  Wibird  Esq 
Ammi  Ruamah  Cutter  Nehemiah  Love  well  John  Marsh  of  Portsmouth 
Sam^^  Frost  David  Culver  Solomon  Bell 

Stephen  Noble  Morgan  Noble  Israel  Noble 

David  Hoag — 

His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain Five  Hundred  Acres  as  marked  B — W — in  the  Plan  which  Is  to 
be  Accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares,  One  whole  Share  for  the  In- 
corporated Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign 
Parts,  One  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Established,  One  Share  for  the  First  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel 
& One  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  a School  in  said  Town — 

Province  of  New  Hamps^  Octo^’  12  1761 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  of  Ferdinand 
under  the  Prov®  Seal 

Attested  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 

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167 


Province  of  New  Hamps^  Octo*^  14  1761 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  of  Ferdinand 
under  the  Prov®  Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*^^ 


[Wenlock  Charter,  1761.] 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire.  *2-269 

Wenlock  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britian,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  ivliom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Plantation 
within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty  and 
Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and  Com- 
mander in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in  New- 
Encjlayid^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province ; Have  upon  the 
Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and  granted, 
and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do  give  and 
grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabitants  of  Our 
said  Province  of  Netv-Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Governments,  and  to 
their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are  entred  on  this 
Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Seventy  equal  Shares, 
all  that  Tract  or  Paivel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and  being  within  our 
said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  containing  by  Admeasurement, 
about  Twenty  Five  Thousand  Acres^  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Some- 
thing more  than  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more ; out  of  which  an 
Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by 
Rocks,  Ponds,  ^Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres 
free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  tliereof,  made  by  Our  said  Gov- 
ernor’s Order,  and  returned  into  tlie  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto 
annexed,  Imtted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  the  most 
Westerly  Corner  of  Brunswick  tlience  Riming  North  Easterly  by 
Brunswick  Six  Miles  to  tlie  North  Westerly  Corner  thereof,  thence 
Nortli  West  Six  Miles  A one  half  mile,  thence  South  Westerly  on  a 
Parralel  Line  with  tliat  on  tlie  North  West  Side  of  Brunswick  afore- 
said to  the  Northerly  Corner  of  Ferdinand  thence  South  East  liy 
Ferdinand  to  tlie  Westerly  Corner  of  Brunswick  the  Ixninds  Ijegun 


168 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


at  And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township 
by  the  Name  of  Wenlock  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  here- 
after inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfran- 
chized with  and  Inti  tied  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immuni- 
ties that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and 
Enjoy : And  further,  that  the  said  Town,  as  soon  as  there  shall  be 
Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of 
holding  Two  Fairs^  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the  And 

the  other  on  the  annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  con- 
tinue longer  than  the  respective  following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as 

the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may 
*2-270  be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as 

may  be  thought  most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also, 
that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to 
the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  First  Tuesday 
in  December  next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  M^  Sam^ 
Averill  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first 
Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and 
Customs  of  Our  said  Province ; and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever 
hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on 
the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the 
said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges 
and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns 
forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or  Acts 
of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 


FERDINAND. 


169 


Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1762 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  ever}^  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.,  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December^  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land ; which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth^ or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same;  and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
13*^  Day  of  October  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thou- 
sand Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  One  And  in  the  First  Year  of  Our 
Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 


Province  of  New  Hamps*^  Octo*^  13,  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Origional  Charter  under  the  Province 
seal 

^ Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 


*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Wenlock  Viz*^  *2-271 


Israel  Woodward 
Dan^  Brown 
Abijah  Warner 
Timothy  Cole 
Aaron  Torrell 
Josiah  Stow 
Sam'  Fenn 
Stephen  Scott 


Nath'  Edwards 
Dan  Walton 
John  Coal 
William  Adams 
Eldad  Mix 
Asa  Judd 
John  Nelson 
Amos  Hickcock 


Eph”^  Merels 
Ephraim  Warner 
Moris  Davis 
JoiP  Bolwin 
Moses  Frost 
Iffinj*^  Stillwill 
John  Judd  Jun*^ 
James  Smitli  JuiT 


170 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


John  Parker 
Thomas  Dunk 
Caleb  Merrell 
William  Munson 
Amos  Andrews 
Sand  Andrews 
Will”  Hubbard 
Joel  Hitchcock 
James  Bronson 
Woodbury  Langdon 
Mark  H^  Wentworth 
Henry  Scelton 
Josiah  Cassebell 


Joseph  Prichet 
Thomas  Mathews 
Steph’^  Upson  Jun^ 
Timothy  Upson 
Eben*^  Scott 
Jon^  Andrews 
Steph”  Root 
John  Carter 
Sam^  Averill 
John  Phillips 
Benj^  Simons 
John  Bostick 
Dan^  Averill 


Woolsey  Scott 
SteplU  Mathews 
Joseph  Beach 
Nathan  Lewis 
Josiah  Wadrieff 
Abel  Carter 
Timothy  Lewis 
Tim^^  Carrollton 
David  Whitney 
John  Downing  Esq 
Joseph  Lamb 
Will”  Cogswell 
Moses  Averill  & 


James  Guthery — 

His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain five  Hundred  Acres  as  marked  B-W-in  the  Plan  which  is  to  be 
Accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares,  One  whole  Share  for  the  Incor- 
porated Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts, 
One  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law  Estab- 
lished, One  Share  for  the  First  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  & One 
Share  for  the  Benefit  of  a School  in  said  Town 


Province  of  New  Hamps^  Octo’’  13,  1761 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  of  Wenlock  under 
the  Province  Seal 

Attested  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’^^ 


FERRISBURG. 


171 


Province  of  New  Hamps^  Octo’'  13,  1761 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter:  of  W enlock  under 
the  Province  Seal — 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*^^' 


FERRISBURG. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire.  *2-345 

Farrisbourg  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  ivhom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  Ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a Neiu  Plantation 
within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty  and 
Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and  Com- 
mander in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in  Ne^v- 
England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province;  Have  upon 
the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and  granted, 
and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do  give  and 
grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabitants  of  Our 
said  Province  of  Neiv-Hamjyshire^  and  Our  other  Governments,  and  to 
their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are  entred  on  this 
Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Seventy  equal  Shares, 
all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and  being  within  our 
said  Province  of  Neiv-Hanvpshire^  containing  by  Admeasurement, 
Twenty  Four  TliousandSix  hundred  which  Tract  is  to  contain 

Something  more  than  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more ; out  of  which 
an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by 
Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres 
free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Gov- 
ernor’s Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto 
annexed,  Imtted  and  bounded  as  follows,  }"iz.  begrininor  at  a Tree 
Marked  on  tlie  Easterly  Side  of  Otter  Creek  so  Called  Standing  near 
the  Head  of  the  fii*st  falls  in  Said  Creek  which  is  the  North  Westerly 
Corner  of  New  Haven  from  thence  riming  South  70  degrees  East  4 
Miles  & 32  rods  l)y  New  Haven  afore  Sai(l  then  Turning  off  & runs 
Nortli  Seven  Miles  A 200  Rods  to  a Tree  Spotted  tlience  West  to 
Lake  Cdiamplain  tlien  ))egining  again  at  A Walnut  Tree  Marked 
Standing  on  the  Westerly  Side  of  Otter  Creek  aforesaid  near  the 


172 


CHAETER  RECORDS. 


Head  of  the  falls  afore  Said  which  is  the  North  Easterly  Corner  of 
Panton  and  from  thence  runing  West  by  Pan  ton  to  Lake  Champlain 
afore  Said  then  Notherly  by  Lake  Champlain  to  end  of  the  West  Line 
afore  Said  And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into 
a Township  by  the  Name  of  Ferrissburg  And  the  Inhabitants  that 
do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared 
to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  ail  and  every  the  Privileges 
and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law 
Exercise  and  Enjoy : And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as 

there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have 
the  Liberty  of  holding  Two  Fairs^  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the 
annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  con- 
tinue longer  than  the  respective  following  the 

said  and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town 

*2-345  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be  ^opened  and 
kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most 
advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the 
Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince, shall  be  held  on  the  last  Tuesday  in  July  next  which  said  Meet- 
ing shall  be  Notified  by  M^'  Benjamin  Ferriss  who  is  hereby  also 
appointed  the  Moderator  of  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify 
and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province ; 
and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of 
such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  second  Tuesday  of 
March  annuallv.  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as 
above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to 
them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  follow- 
ing Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every 
fifty  Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in 
said  Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  addi- 
tional Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or 
Share  in  the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects 
as  shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 


FERRISBURG. 


173 


Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December,  1763 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay  un- 
to Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever,  from 
and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twenty-fifth 
Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December,,  which 
will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1773  One  shilling  Proclamation 
Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses,  and 
so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land; 
which  jMoney  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their 
Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth,,  or  to  such 
Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same ; and  this 
to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
Day  of  June  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  two  And  in  the  Second  Year  of  Our 
Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

Witli  Advice  of  Council, 

T Atkinson  Jun*'  Sec*’^' 


Province  of  New  Hamps’’  June  2T‘* 

Recorded  According  to  the  Origional  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal 


^ T:  Atkinson  JuiP  Sec*’^' 

*The  Names  of  tlie  Grantees  of  Ferriss])urir — *2-347 


Daniel  iUerritt 
Gideon  Gifford 
Nehemiah  Merrif 
Edward  Burling 


Thomas  Dowglass 
Timothy  Dakin 
Samuel  Nottingliam 
Antliony  Field  juiF 


Valentine  Perry 
Josiah  Akin 
Anthony  Field 
Tlio"  Field 


174 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


John  Field 
Thomas  Franklin  jun’^ 
Isaac  Corsa 
Robert  Caswell 
Benj^  Ferriss 
Ebenez”'  Peaslee 
Henry  Davis 
Benj‘^  Ferriss  juiF 
Dobson  Wheeler 
Joseph  Ferriss 
Sam^^  Ferriss 
James  Franklin 
Joshua  Delaplane 
Nicholas  Delaplane 
John  Burling  juiF 
Jonathan  Akin 
Samuel  Barr 


Edward  Burling  jun*^ 
Walter  Franklin 
Isaac  Winn 
Jacob  Haviland 
John  Akin 
Thomas  Akin 
Zebulon  Ferriss 
Stephen  Noble 
Daniel  Chase 
Joseph  Ferriss  juiF 
John  Brownson 
Peter  Field 
Joshua  Delaplane  juiF 
William  Delaplane 
Peter  Burling 
Abel  Hine 


William  Field 
Sam“  Franklin 
Hugh  Rider 
Wilh"  Haviland 
Thomas  Hicks 
Elijah  Doty 
Read  Ferriss 
Phineas  Chase 
Lott  Trip 
Zachariah  Ferriss 
John  Wing 
John  Burling 
Sam^'  Delaplane 
Tho®  Burling 
James  Tripp 
Aaron  Gayland  jun' 


the  Hon'^^®  Joseph  Newmarch  Esq 


James  Nevin  Esq  &;  William  Temple  Esq 


His  Excellency  Benning  Wenworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Contain 
five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B W in  the  Plan  which  is  to  be 
Accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares — One  Whole  Share  for  the  Incor- 
porated Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Forreign  Parts 
One  Share  for  A Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law  Estab- 
lished one  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  & one 
Share  for  the  Benefit  of  A School  in  Said  Town 


Province  of  New  Hamps^  June  24*^^  1762 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  of  Ferrissburg 
under  the  Prov:  Seal — 

T Atkinson  JuiF  Sec'’^ 


GEORGIA. 


175 


Province  of  New  Hamps*'  June  24,  1762 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  of  Ferrissburg 
under  the  Province  Seal 

T Atkinson  JuiF  Sec^^ 


GEORGIA. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire.  *3-2 

Georgia  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  luhom  these  Presents  shall  conie^ 
Greetincf. 

Know  Ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 


176 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Planta- 
tion within  our  Said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  in  New- 
Pngland^  and  of  Our  Council  of  the  said  Province ; Have  upon  the 
Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and  granted, 
and  by  these  Presents,  for  Us,  Our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do  give  and 
grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabitants  of  Our 
said  Province  of  New-HamjysJiire^  and  Our  other  Governments,  and  to 
their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are  entred  on  this 
Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Seventy  equal  Shares, 
all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  l}dng  and  being  within  our 
said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  containing  by  Admeasurement, 
Twenty  three  Thousand  & forty  Acy'es^  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Six 
Miles  square,  and  no  more  ; out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made 
for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains 
and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan 
and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned 
into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded 
as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  the  North  Easterly  Corner  of  Milton  a 
Town  Lately  Granted  on  the  Easterly  side  of  Lake  Champlain  from 
thence  Runing  Westerly  by  Milton  Line  to  Lake  Champlain  then 
Turning  off  Northerly  & Runing  by  the  Shores  of  said  Lake  to  a 
Stake  & Stones  by  the  side  of  the  Lake  at  Six  Miles  Distance  on  a 
Streight  Line  from  the  North  West  Corner  of  Milton  aforesaid  then 
turning  off  Easterly  & Runing  on  a Parrallell  Line  with  the  Northerly 
side  Line  of  said  Milton  so  far  as  that  a Streight  Line  drawn  to  the 
North  Easterly  Corner  of  Milton  the  Bounds  began  at  Shall  make  & 
Include  the  Contents  of  Six  Miles  Square — And  that  the  same  be, 
and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the  Name  of  Georgia 
And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Town- 
ship, are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Inti  tied  to  all 
and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within 
Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy : And  further,  that  the 
said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  set- 
tled thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  tivo  Fairs^  one  of 
which  shall  be  held  on  the  And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Fami- 
^3-3  lies,  a Market  may  be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in 

each  Week,  as  maybe  thought  most  advantagious  to  the  Inhab- 
itants. Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers, 


GEORGIA. 


177 


agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  First 
Tuesday  in  September  Next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by 
Joseph  Billings  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of 
the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to 
the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province  ; and  that  the  annual 
Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the 
said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To 
Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  to- 
gether with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their 
respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions, 
viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Suc- 
cessors, to  be  by  Us  or  them  Re-granted  to  such  of  our  Subjects  as 
shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

H.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or  Acts 
of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
l>eccmher  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  tlie  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1763 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  sliall  yield  and  pay 

unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  tlie  Expiration  of  ten  Yearn  from  tlie  a])ovesaid  twen- 
ty-fifth Day  of  namely,  on  tlie  twenty-fiftli  oi  December., 

which  will  be  in  tlie  Year  of  Our  Lord  1773  One  shillinf/  Proclama- 
tion Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses. 


XII 


178 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land  ; 
which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their 
Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamher  in  Portsmouth^  or  to  such 
Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same ; and  this 
to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
17^^  Day  of  August  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  three  And  in  the  Third  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

T Atkinson  JuiT  Sec^^ 

Province  of  New  Hamp*^  Augs*  17-1763 

Recorded  According  to  the  original  Charter  under  the  Prov®  Seal 

T Atkinson  Juffi  Sec’'^ 


*3-4  *Na]nies  of  the  Grantees  of  Georgia  (Viz) 


Richard  Emery  Benjamin  Burt 

Samuel  Wells  John  Armes 

John  Evans  Charles  Evens 

Moses  Evens  jun^  JoiP  Ashley 

William  Earl  Treadwell  John  March 


Rev^^  M’^  Levet 
John  Hawks 
Job  Chamberlain 
Ebenezer  Walbridge 
Nathan  Fraley 
Aaron  Denio 
Eli  Denio 
Ebenezer  Bardwell 
Israel  Stoddard 
Samuel  Belding 
Elisha  Wait 
Asa  White 
John  Marsh 
Hoffi^^RichardWibird 
Daniel  Warner 
J oseph  N ewmarch 
and  Hunking  Wentworth  Esq’^ 


Lockart  Vuillard 
Ebenezer  Bernard 
Oliver  Dolittle 
Jonathan  Burt 
Eleazer  Burt 
Aaron  Denio  jun'^ 
William  Symes 
Joshua  Dickinson 
Perez  Graves 
Reuben  Belding 
Peter  Train 
Thomas  Frink 
Joseph  Symes 

John  Hart 
Esq*^®  Eleazer  Burt 
James  Dwyer 


Nathan  Harvey 
Bunker  Gay 
Josiah  Willard  jun’’ 
Paul  March 
Daniel  Peirce 
David  Field 
Selah  Bernard 
William  Symes  Ashley 
Rufus  Field 
Elijah  Taylor 
Seth  Denio 
Cap*  Thomas  Bell 
Julius  Allis 
Silas  Graves 
Joseph  Holmes 
Paul  March 
John  Fisher  Esq 
James  Stoodley 
William  Lyman 
Peter  Evens 
Oliver  Ashley 


GEORGIA. 


179 


His  Excellency  Bemiing  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B W in  the  Plan  which  is  to  be 
Accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares.  One  whole  Share  for  the  In- 
corporated Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign 
Parts — One  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Established — One  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel 
& One  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  a School  in  said  Town  for  Ever 


Prov®  of  New  Hamp"^  August  17-1763 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Georgia  under 
the  Prov®  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun’'  Sec*"^' 


Province  of  New  Hamp’"  Augus^  17-1763 

Recorded  from  tlie  Plan  on  the. Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of 
Georgia  under  tlie  Province  Seal 

T Atkinson  Juii*^  Soc*^^ 


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180 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


GLASTENBURY. 

*2-125  ^Province  of  New-Hampshire. 

Glossenburry  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  IPanta- 
tion  within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
New-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province;  Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors, 
do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabi- 
tants of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Gov- 
ernments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names 
are  entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them 
into  Sixty  Eight  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land 
situate,  lying  and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  New-Hamp- 
shire^  containing  by  Admeasurement,  Twenty  three  Thousand  & 
forty  Acres^  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Six  Miles  square,  and  no 
more;  out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways 
and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One 
Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey 
thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the 
Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  fol- 
lows, Viz.  begining  At  the  South  East  Corner  of  Shaftsbury  thence 
due  North  Six  Miles  to  the  South*  East  Corner  of  Arlington  thence 
Due  East  by  Sunderland  to  the  South  East  Corner  thereof  being  Six 
Miles  thence  Due  South  Six  Miles  to  the  North  East  Corner  of 
Woodford  thence  Due  West  by  Woodford  Six  Miles  to  the  Bounds 
first  mentioned — And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated 
into  a Township  by  the  Name  of  Glossenbury  And  the  Inhabitants 
that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  de- 
clared to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the 
Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by 
Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy:  And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as 


GLASTENBTJRY. 


181 


there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have 
the  Liberty  of  holding  Two  Fairs^  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said  and 

that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families, 
a Market  may  be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  *2-126 
Week,  as  may  be  thought  most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabi- 
tants. Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers, 
agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on  the 
Second  Tuesday  in  October  next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified 
by  Cap‘  Samuel  Robinson  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Modera- 
tor of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agrea- 
, ble  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province ; and  that  the 
annual  Meetinof  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for 
the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually. 
To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed, 
together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their 
respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions, 
viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every 
fifty  Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in 
said  Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by 
additional  Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or 
Share  in  the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects 
as  shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

H.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
liight  of  such  Grantee,  Ins  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  sul)ject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Ihirliament  that  now  are,  or  liereafter  sliall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  Ixifore  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
tlie  (Jrantees,  a d’ract  of  Land  as  near  tlie  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  tlie  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out 
for  'JV)wn  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  })aying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Siiccessoi*s 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Veais,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  (’orn  only,  on  tlie  twenty-lifth  Day  of 


182 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1762 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twenty- 
fifth  Day  of  December.,  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December., 
which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling  Proclama- 
tion Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses, 
and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land ; 
which  Money  shall  he  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their 
Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth.,  or  to  such 
Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same ; 
and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
20*^^  Day  of  August  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thous- 
and Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  One  And  in  the  First  Year  of  Our 
Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council. 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^' 

Province  of  New  Hamp’^  August  20*^^  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  under  the  Province  Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Se^^ 


*2-127  *The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Glossenburry 


Cap^  Samuel  Robinson  Phineas  Prat 


Samuel  Robinson 
David  Robinson 
Gideon  Lyman  Esq 
Gideon  Lyman  jun^’ 
Benj^^  Sheldon  jun^ 
Daniel  Lyman  Esq 
Roswell  Lyman 
Erastus  Bradley 
John  Fasset 
Fredrick  How 
Jn®  Moffat  of  Boston 
Bildad  Wright 
Ruben  Fray 
Ruben  Wright 


Moses  Robinson 
Jon^^  Robinson 
Coll  Tho®  Dota  Esq 
Cap*  Benj^  Sheldon 
Phineas  Lyman 
John  Lyman  jun’^ 

John  Nells  on 
Benj^  Moore 
Jacob  Fish 
John  Seagrave 
Sam**  Cutt  of  Portsm® 
James  Fray 
Isaac  Fray 
Aaron  Wright  jun’’ 


Leonard  Robinson 
Silas  Robinson 
Joseph  Pinchin  Esq 
Benj^^  Whipple 
Elijah  Lyman 
Cap*  John  Nixson 
Moses  Buttler 
Isaac  Thompson 
William  Moore 
Silas  Pratt 
Naomi  Lyman 
Will'“  Smybert  Boston 
James  Fray  juiF 
Benj*^  Moore 
Daniel  Sheldon 


GLASTENBURY. 


183 


Elijah  Wright 
Stephen  Coats 
Richard  Wibird  Esq 
Dan^^  Little  Esq 


John  Eliot 
George  Abbot 
Cap‘  Thomas  Martin 
of  y®  Assembly 


Joseph  Wooder 
Oliver  Rice 
Daniel  Warner  Esq 
Assemblyman  Benj'*' 

Stevens 

John  Wentworth  Esq  Benning  Wentworth  Byfield  Loyd  Esq 
Paul  March  Benning  Wentworth  & 

Cap*^  John  Wentworth  of  Kittry 

His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  to  Contain  Five 
Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  In  the  Plan  B : W : which  is  to  be 
Accounted  Two  of  the  within  Share  One  whole  Share  for  the  Society 
for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  foreign  Parts  one  Share  for  A 
Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law  Established  one  Share 
for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospell  & one  Share  for  the  Ben- 
efit of  the  School  in  Said  Town 


Province  of  New  Hamp’'  August  20*^  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  under  the 
Pro^  Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*'^ 


y* 


ITo'"  of  New  I lamp''  August  20^‘'  1761 

Recorded  from  the  l)aek  of  the  original  Charter  of  Glossenbury 

Theodore  Atkinson  Se'”' 


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CHARTER  RECORDS. 


GRAFTON. 

*1-201  ^Province  of  New  Hamp’^ 

Thomlinson  George  the  Second  by  the  Grace  of  God  of  Great 
Britain  France  & Ireland  King  Defender  of  the  faith 
&c^ — 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  Shall  Come 
Greeting 

Know  Ye  that  We  of  our  Especial  Grace  Certain  Knowledge 
and  mere  motion  for  the  Due  Encouragement  of  Settling  A New 
Plantation  within  our  said  Province  by  & with  the  advice  of  our 
Trusty  & well  beloved  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  our  Governour 
& Commander  in  Chieff  of  our  Said  Province  of  New  Hampshire  in 
America  and  of  our  Council  of  the  Said  Province  have  upon  the 
Conditions  & Reservations  hereafter  made  Given  & Granted  and  by 
these  Presents  for  us  our  heirs  & Successors  Do  give  & Grant  in 
Equal  Shares  unto  our  Loveing  Subjects  Inhabitants  of  our  Province 
of  New  Hampshire  and  his  other  Governments  and  to  his 

heirs  and  assignes  forever  whose  names  Are  Entred  on  this  Grant  to 
be  Divided  to  & Amoungst  them  into  Six[ty]  four  Equal  Shares  all 
that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  Scituate  Lying  and  being  within  our  Prov- 
ince of  New  Hampshire  Containing  by  admeasurement  Twenty  three 
thousend  and  forty  Acres  which  Tract  is  to  Contain  Six  Miles 
Square  & No  more  out  of  which  an  Allowence  is  to  be  made  for  high 
ways  and  unimproveable  Lands  by  Rocks  Mountains  Ponds  & Rivers 
one  thousend  & forty  Acres  free  According  to  A Plan  thereof  made 
& Presented  by  our  Said  Governours  Orders  and  hereunto  Annexed 
Butted  & bounded  as  follows  (Viz)  Begining  at  the  North  West 
Corner  of  Rockingham  from  thence  South  Ten  degrees  West  by 
Rockingham  Six  Miles  then  Due  West  Six  miles  thence  North  Ten 
degrees  East  Six  miles  then  Due  East  Six  miles  to  the  North 
West  Corner  of  Rockingham  aforesaid  begun  at  and  the  Same  be 
and  is  Incorporated  into  A Township  by  the  Name  of  Thomlinson — 
And  that  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  Shall  hereafter  inhabit  said 
Township  Are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  And  Enti- 
tuled  to  all  & Ever}^  the  Previledges  and  Im unities  that  other 
Towns  within  our  said  Province  by  Law  Exercise  & Enjoy  and 
Further  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  Shall  be  fifty  familys 
resident  & Settled  thereon  A Market  Shall  be  opened  & kept  one  or 
More  Days  in  Each  week  as  may  be  tho*  most  advantagious  to  the 
Inhabitants  also  that  the  first  meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  officers 
Agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  Said  Province  Shall  be  held  on  the  first 
Tuesday  in  May  next  which  Meeting  shall  be  Notifyed  by  Nathan 


GRAFTON. 


185 


Chace  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  Said  first 
Meeting  which  he  is  to  Notify  & Govern  Agreable  to  the 
Laws  *&  Customs  of  our  Said  Province  and  that  the  Annual  *1-202 
Meeting  forever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  Such  officers  of 
said  Town  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  in  march  Annually  To 
have  & to  hold  the  Said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  Expressed  Togeather 
with  all  the  Previledges  and  Appurtenances  to  them  & their 
respective  heirs  and  assignes  for  ever  upon  the  following  Conditions 
Viz  That  every  Grantee  his  heirs  or  assigns  shall  Plant  or  Cultivate 
five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  Containd  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  the 
Said  Township  and  Continue  to  Improve  & Settle  the  Same  by 
additional  Cultivations  on  Penalty  of  the  forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or 
Share  in  the  Said  Township  and  its  Reverting  to  his  Majesty  his 
heirs  & Successors  to  be  by  him  or  them  Regranted  to  Such  of  his 
Subjects  as  Shall  Effectually  Settle  & Cultivate  the  Same  that  all 
white  & other  Pine  Trees  within  the  Township  fit  for  Masting  our 
Royal  Navy  be  carefully  Preserved  for  that  use  and  none  to  be  Cut 
or  felled  without  his  Maj‘^'*  Especial  Lycence  for  So  doing  first  had 
and  obtaind  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  forfeiture  of  the  Right  of  Such 
Grantee  his  heirs  or  Assigns  to  us  our  heirs  & Successors  as  well 
as  being  Subject  to  the  Penalty  of  Any  Act  or  Acts  of  Parliament 
that  now  are  or  hereafter  Shall  be  Enacted  that  before  any  Division 
of  the  Said  Land  be  made  to  and  Amoungst  the  Grantees  A Tract  of 
Land  as  near  the  Center  of  the  Township  as  the  Land  will  admit  of 
Shall  be  Reserved  and  marked  out  for  Town  Lotts  one  of  which  Shall 
be  Allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the  Contents  of  one  Acre  Yielding 
& Paying  therefor  to  us  our  heirs  & Successors  for  the  Space  of  Ten 
years  to  be  Computed  from  the  Date  hereof  the  Rent  of  one  Ear  of 
Indian  Corn  only  on  the  first  Day  of  January  Annually  if  Lawfully 
Demanded  the  first  Payment  to  be  made  on  the  first  Day  of  January 
next  Ensueing  the  Date  hereof  and  every  Proprietor  Settler  or  Inhab- 
itant Shall  Yield  & I^ay  unto  us  our  heirs  & Successors  Yearly  and 
Every  year  for  ever  from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  the  Ten  years 
from  the  Date  hereof  Namely  on  the  first  Day  of  January  which  will 
be  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  (fiirist  One  thousend  Seven  hundred  & 
Sixty  four  One  Shilling  Proclamation  Money  for  every  hundred 
Acres  he  So  Owns  Settles  or  Possesses  and  So  in  Proportion  for  A 
Greater  or  Lesser  Tract  of  the  Said  Land  which  Money  Shall 
be  paid  by  the  Respective  Iversons  above  said  *their  heirs  or  *1-203 
Assigns  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth  or  to  Such 
Officer  or  Officers  as  Sliall  be  Appointed  to  Receive  the  Same  and  this 
to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  Other  Rents  vfc  Services  whatsoever  In  Tkstimonv 


V 


186 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


hereof  We  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  Said  Province  to  be  hereunto 
affixed  Witness  Penning  Wentworth  Esq  our  Governour  & Com- 
’ander  in  Chieff  of  our  Said  Province  the  Eighth  Day  of  April  in 
the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ  1754  and  in  the  Twenty  Seventh  year 
of  Our  Reign — 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellencys  Com’and 
With  Advice  of  Council 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^’^ 


Recorded  According  to  the  Original  under  the  Province  Seal  this 
9*^11  Day  of  April  1754 — 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*"'' 

The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Thomlinson-VIz — 


Jonathan  Whitney, 
Philip  Goodridge, 
Jonathan  Wood, 
Jacob  Gould  jun% 
Thomas  Gould  jun*', 
John  Buttrick, 
Joshua  Stickney, 
Samuel  Larabee, 
Samuel  Preston, 
Joseph  Baker  jui/, 
James  Allen, 

Joseph  Worster, 
Jonas  Warren, 

John  Fox  jun’^, 
Oliver  Corey, 
Stephen  Chase, 
Benjamin  Shattuck, 


William  Holt,  Nathaniel  Harris, 

Benony  Boynton  jun’",  David  Peirce, 
Ephraim  Whitney,  Benjamin  Wetherbee, 


Oliver  Gould, 
Joseph  Goodridge, 
Zachariah  Whitney, 
Oliver  Stickney, 
Isaac  Holden, 

James  Preston, 
Eleazer  Davis, 
Nathan  Chase, 
Simon  Tuttle  jun% 
Oliver  Warren, 
Peter  Fox, 

Jacob  Fox, 

Joshua  Chase, 


Jacob  Gould, 

Nathaniel  Callen, 
Stephen  Stickney, 
Nehemiah  Bowers, 
Eleazer  Laurence  Jun*^, 
Jonathan  Whit  com  be, 
John  Baker, 

Simon  Tuttle, 

Thomas  Warren, 

Josiah  Powers, 

Daniel  Fox, 

Stephen  Shattuck, 
Ezekiel  Chase, 

Mathew  Li  verm  ore  Esq, 
John  Thomlinson, 
Theodore  Atkinson, 
His  Excellency 


Thomas  Bell  Esq, 

Joseph  Newmarch  Esq, Nathaniel  Dyke, 

John  Thomlinson  jun^’  John  Wentworth, 

Henry  Sherburne,  Daniel  Warner, 

Penning  Wentworth  Esq  A Tract  of  Land  to  Contain  five  hundred 
Acres  which  is  to  be  Accounted  Two  of  the  within  Shares 
*1-204  One  *whole  Share  for  the  Incorporated  Society  for  the 
Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  forreign  Parts,  One  whole  Share 
for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  in  Said  Town  One  whole 
Share  for  A Glebe  for  the  Ministry  of  the  Church  of  England  as  by 
Law  Established — 


Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Charter  of  Thomlinson  the  9*^^ 
Day  of  April  1754  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 


GRAFTON. 


187 


L 6b/Sii  rr,%ttii  — 


Taken  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Thomlinson  & 
recorded  here  the  9^^  Day  of  April  1754 — 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^’^ 


[Grafton  Chakter  Renewed,  1761.] 


^Province  of  New-Hamp’’ 


*1-235 


Thomlinson 
re  new  d- 


George  the  Third  by  the  Grace  of  God  of  Great 
Britain  France  & Ireland  King  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c^ 
/ . To  All  to  whom  these  Presents  Shall  Come  Greeting 

) / Whereas  onr  late  Ro}"al  Grand  Father  King  George 

) ‘ ( the  Second  of  Glorious  Memory  did  of  his  Special  Grace 

^ ^ & mere  motion  for  the  due  Fncouragement  of  Settling 

a new  Plantation  within  our  Said  Province  of  New  Hamj)^  by  his 
Letters  l\atent  or  Charter  under  the  Seal  of  our  Said  Province  Dated 
the  Eighth  day  of  April  1754  in  the  27“'  Year  of  his  Majestys  reign 
grant  a 'fract  of  Land  ecpial  to  Six  Miles  S(|uare  bounding  as  therein 
expressed  to  a Number  of  our  Loyal  Subjects  whose  Names  are  hhitred 
on  the  Same  to  Hold  to  them  their  heirs  Assigns  on  the  (k)nditions 
therein  declared  to  be  A 'Lown  C/orporate  by  the  Name  of  rhomlinson 
as  b}'  referrence  to  the  Said  Charter  may  more  fully  appear. 

And  whereas  the  Said  (irantees  have  Represented  that  by  the  Inter- 


188 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


vention  of  an  Indian  Warr  since  making  the  Said  Grant  it  has  been  im- 
practicable to  comply  with  & fullfill  the  Conditions  aforesaid  & 
humbly  Supplycated  us  not  to  take  advantage  of  the  Breach  of  Said 
Conditions  but  to  lengthen  out  & Grant  them  some  Reasonable 
Time  for  Performance  thereof  after  the  Said  Impediment  Shall 
Cease — 

Now  Know  Ye  that  We  being  Willing  to  Promote  the  End  Pro- 
posed Have  of  our  Further  Grace  & Favour  Suspended  our  Claim  of 
the  Forfeiture  which  the  Said  Grantees  may  have  Incurrd  And  by 
these  Presents  do  Grant  unto  the  Said  Grantees  their  Heirs  and 
assigns  the  Term  of  one  Year  for  Performing  & fullfilling  the 
Conditions  Matters  & things  by  them  to  be  done  which  Term  is  to  be 
renewd  Annually  if  the  Same  Impediment  remains  until  our  Plenary 
Instructions  shall  be  received  relative  to  the  Incident  that  has 
Prevented  a Complyance  with  the  Said  Charter  according  to  the 
Intent  & meaning  thereof — In  Testimony  whereof  We  have  Caused 
the  Seal  of  Our  Said  Province  to  be  hereunto  affixed  Wittness  Pen- 
ning Wentworth  Esq  our  Govern^  & Commander  in  Chieffi  of  our 
Province  aforesaid  the  9*^  Day  of  July  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ 
1761  & in  the  first  Year  of  Our  Reign 

B Wentworth 

By  his  Excellencys  Comand 
with  Advice  of  Council 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec''^ 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  under  the  Province  Seal  this 
9*^  July  1761 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*"^ 


[Grafton  Regrant,  1763.] 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire. 

GEORGE  THE  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  Ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  ^QtiWug  di  New  Plantation 
within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty  and 
Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and  Com- 
mander in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  NeAV-Hampshire^  in  New- 


*3-46 

Thomlinson 


GRAFTON. 


189 


England^diJid  of  Our  Council  of  the  said  Province;  Have  upon  the 
Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and  granted, 
and  by  these  Presents,  for  Us,  Our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do  give  and 
grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabitants  of  Our 
said  Province  of  Neiv- Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Governments,  and 
to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are  entred  on  this 
Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Sixty  four  equal 
Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and  being  within 
our  said  Province  of  New- Hampshire^  containing  by  Admeasurement, 
Twenty  three  Thousand  & forty  Acres^  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Six 
Miles  square,  and  no  more ; out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made 
for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains 
and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan 
and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned 
into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded 
as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  the  North  West  Corner  of  Rockingham, 
from  thence  south  Ten  Degrees  West  by  Rockingham  six  Miles,  then 
due  West  six  Miles  then  North  Ten  Degrees  East  six  Miles,  then 
due  East  to  the  North  West  Corner  of  Rockingham  aforesaid  begun 
at  And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township 
by  the  Name  of  Thomlinson  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall 
hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfran- 
chized with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immun- 
ities that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and 
Enjoy  : And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be 
Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of 
holding  two  Fairs.,  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty 
Families,  a Market  may  be*  opened  and  kept  one  or  more  *3-47 
Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most  advantagious 
to  the  Inliabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of 
Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be 
held  on  the  First  Tuesday  in  December  next  which  said  Meeting  shall 
be  Notified  by  M''  Oliver  Corey  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the 
Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern 
agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province;  and  that  the 
annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for 
the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  4hiesday  of  March  annually, 
To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  I’ract  of  Land  as  above  expressed, 
together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their 


190 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions, 
viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  cultivate 
five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty  Acres 
contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said  Town- 
ship, and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors, to  be  by  Us  or  them  Re-granted  to  such  of  our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or  Acts 
of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  pa}dng  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  five  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December,  1763 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever,  from 
and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  [five]  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twent}"- 
fifth  Day  of  December,,  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December^ 
which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1768  One  shilling  Proclamation 
Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses,  and 
so  in  Proportion  fora  greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land;  which 
IMoney  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their  Heirs 
O]-  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth^  or  to  such  Officer 
or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same  ; and  this  to 
be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Province 
to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq ; Our 
Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the  First 
Day  of  September  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  three  And  in  the  Third  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 


GRAFTON. 


191 


By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  JuiU  Sec’'^ 

Province  of  New  Hampshire  Sept^  1®‘  1763 

Recorded  from  the  Original  Charter  under  The  Province  Seal 

^ T Atkinson  Jun’^  Sec’^^ 


*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Thomlinson  (Viz)  *3-48 


Jonathan  Whitney 
Phillip  Goodridge 
Jonathan  Wood 
Jacob  Gould  JuiU 
Thomas  Gould  JuiT 
John  Buttrick 
Joshua  Stickney 
Sam^  Larrabee 
Sam^  Preston 
Joseph  Baker  Jun"^ 
James  Allen 
Joseph  Worster 
Jonas  Warren 
John  Fox  Jun*" 
Oliver  Corey 
SteplP  Chase 
Benj*^  Shattuck 
Jos^  New  march  Esq 
John  Wentworth  Es 


William  Holt 
Benoni  Boynton  Jun 
Ephraim  Whitney 
Oliver  Gould 
Joseph  Goodridge 
Zachariah  Whitney 
Oliver  Stickney 
Isaac  Holden 
James  Preston 
Eleazer  Davis 
Nathan  Chase 
Simon  Tuttle  JuiT 
Oliver  Warren 
Peter  Fox 
Jacob  Fox 
Joshua  Chase 
Thomas  Bell  Esq 
John  Thomlinson  Esq 
Theo : Atkinson  Esq 
& Dan^  Warner  Esq 


Nath^  Harris 
Peter  Reed 
Benj^  Weatherbee 
Jacob  Gould 
Rogers  King 
Stephen  Stickney 
Nehemiah  Bowers 
Eleazer  Lawrence  Juii*^ 
Jon^  Whitcombe 
John  Baker 
Simon  Tuttle 
Thomas  Warren 
James  King 
Daniel  Fox 
SteplF  Shattuck 
Ezekiel  Chase 
Matt"'  Livermore  Esq 
John  Thomlinson  JuiF 
M*"  Speaker  Sherburn 


His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to 
Contain  Five  Hundred  Acres  as  marked  B \V  in  the  Plan  which  is 
to  be  Accounted  two  of  the  within  shares,  One  whole  share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign 
Parts,  One  share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Establish’d,  One  share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gos[)el  & 
One  share  for  the  benefit  of  a School  in  said  Town — 


Province  of  New  Hamp'’  SepP  1763 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charier  under  the  Prov- 
ince Seal 


T Atkinson  JuiP  Sec*^^ 


192 


CHAKTER  RECORDS. 


Province  of  New  Hamp’’  September  1®*^  1763 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  Under  the  Prov- 
ince Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun’^  Sec’^^ 


GRANBY. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire. 

GEORGE  THE  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Oar  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
Netv-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province ; Have 
upou  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do 
give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabi* 


*2-245 


Granby 


GRANBY. 


193 


tants  of  Our  said  Province  oi  Neiv-Hampsliire^Mid.  Our  other  Govern- 
ments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Sev- 
enty equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and 
being  within  our  said  Province  of  Neiv-HampsMre^  containing  by 
Admeasurement,  Twenty  three  thousand  & forty  Acres^  which  Tract 
is  to  contain  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more ; out  of  which  an  Allow- 
ance is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks, 
Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free, 
according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s 
Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed, 
butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  the  North  Westerly 
Corner  of  Guildhall  from  thence  Runing  North  West  Six  Miles  from 
thence  North  East  Six  Miles  from  thence  South  East  Six  Miles  to 
Guildhall  Corner,  from  thence  by  the  North  Westerly  Line  of  Guild- 
hall to  the  First  bounds  Mention’d — And  that  the  same  be,  and 
hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the  Name  of  Granby 
And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the 
said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  Avith 
and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities 
that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy : 
And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fift}^  Fami- 
lies resident  and  settled  theron,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Two 
Fairs.,  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the  And  the 

other  on  the  annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue 

longer  than  the  respective  following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist 
of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or  *2-246 
more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most  advanta- 
gious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice 
of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be 
held  on  the  Last  Monday  of  Octo*^  Instant  which  said  Meeting 
shall  be  Notified  by  Elihu  Hall  Esq  who  is  hereby  also  appointed 
the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and 
Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province;  and 
that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such 
Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March 
annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above 
exf)ressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and  Ap[)urtenances,  to  them 
and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following 
Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate live  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 

XIII 


194 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Suc- 
cessors, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as 
shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the  Right 
of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors, 
as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or  Acts  of  Parlia- 
ment that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  onl}%  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twent}^-fifth  Day  of  December.  1762 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twen- 
ty-fifth Day  of  December.,  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December., 
which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling  Proclama- 
tion Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses, 
and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land ; 
which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their 
Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth^  or  to  such 
Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same ; and  this 
to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Province 
to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq ; Our 
Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the  Iffi^  Day 
of  October  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand  Seven 
Hundred  and  Sixty  One  And  in  the  First  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’^^ 


GKANBY. 


195 


Province  of  New  Hamps*^  Octo’^  12  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Origional  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal 


Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 


*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Granby  (Viz)  *2-247 


Elihu  Hall 
Tho®  Rice 
Edw‘^  Carter 
Sam^  Baker 
David  Hubart 
Abraham  Kimball 
Dan  G Hubbard 
Tho®  Howell 
Joshua  Caulleler 
Jesse  Parker 
Sam^  Whittelsey 
James  Drake 
Cha®  Whittelsey 
John  Philips 
Eben*'  Harthorne 
Jos^  Newmarch  Esq 
Joseph  Barthomy 
Stephen  Ives 
And""  Parker 
Gamaliel  Parker 
Samuel  Parker 


Joshua  Ray 
Tho®  Ray 
Elisha  Whittelsey 
John  Willowby 
John  Hall  5*^ 

Sam^  Sharp  Beadel 
John  Stevens 
Francis  Worster  Jun’^ 
Jon^  Butterfield 
Sam^  Ives 

Chauncey  Whittelsey 
Timo^'  Hardy 
The^^®  Doolittle 
Nath^  Merriel 
James  Blanchard 
Isaac  Cook 
Benj^  Hall  2*^ 

Stephen  Andrews 
Abra"*  Parker 
Isaac  Parker 
James  Marks 


Sam^  Mansfield 
Joshua  Ray  Jun"^ 
Timo^'  Barker 
Jonath^  Barker 
Medad  Dudley 
Elihu  Hall  JuiF 
Nat  hi  el  Parker 
JoiP  Johnson 
Joseph  Atkins 
Jonath^  Ives 
NatK  Chauncy  Esq 
John  Thomson 
EbeiT  Ball 
Hezekiah  Hamblett 
Dan^  Warner  Esq 
Oliver  Dudley 
Abel  Hall 
Philemon  Johnson 
Jacob  Parker 
Dedimus  Parker 
Jonathan  Marks  & 


Joseph  Doolittle 

His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain five  Hundred  Acres  as  B W in  the  Plan  which  is  to  be  Account- 
ed two  of  the  within  Shares  on  Share  for  the  incorporated  Society  for 
the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  foreign  Parts  one  Share  for  A 
Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law  Established  one  Share 
for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  and  one  Share  for  the 
Benefit  of  A School  in  Said  Town 


Province  of  New  Hamps*"  Octo’’  12^**  1761 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  of  Granby  under 
the  Province  Seal  — 

Attested  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec'’^ 


196 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Province  of  New  Hampsh’’  Octo’^  12*^  1761 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  of  Granby  under 
the  Province  Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 


GUILDHALL. 

*2-241  ^Province  of  New-Hampshire. 

Guildhall  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
New-Englancl^  and  of  Our  Council  of  the  said  Province;  Hate 


GUILDHALL. 


197 


upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
gi’anted,  and  by  these  presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do 
give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabi- 
tants of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Govern- 
ments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Seventy 
equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and 
being  within  our  said  Province  of  New-HampsTiire^  containing  by 
Admeasurement,  Twenty  Three  Thousand  & Forty  Acres^  which  Tract 
is  to  contain  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more;  out  of  which  an  Allow- 
ance is  to  be  made  for  Fligh  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by 
Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty 
Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our 
said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and 
hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begining 
at  a Stake  & Stones  which  Stands  on  the  Westerly  Side  of  Conneti- 
cut  River  at  or  near  the  Lower  end  of  the  Upper  Co’os  Thirty  Miles 
on  a Straight  Line  from  the  Mouth  of  Amonoosock  River  from  thence 
Runing  North  West  Six  Miles  from  thence  North  East  Six  Miles 
from  thence  South  East  Six  Miles  to  the  bank  of  Conneticut  River 
from  thence  down  said  River  to  the  Place  it  begun  at  And  that  the 
same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the  Name 
of  Guildhall  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit 
the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and 
Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other 
Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy:  And 

further,  that  the  said  Towm  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families 
resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Tico 
Fairs.,  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 
And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of 
Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be*  opened  and  kept  one  or  *2-242 
more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most  advaii- 
tagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the 
Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province, 
shall  be  held  on  the  Last  Monday  of  Octul)er  Instant  which  said 
Meeting  shall  l)e  Notified  by  Elihu  Hall  Esq’’  who  is  hereby  also 
appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to 
Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  J>aws  and  Customs  of  Our  said 
Province;  and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the 
Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the 


198 


CHAKTER  RECORDS. 


of  JIarcJt  anmially.  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said 
Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  ^vith  all  Privileges  and 
Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  for- 
ever, upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  cnlti- 
vate  live  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  live  Years  for  every  tift}’^ 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penaltv  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Success- 
ors, to  be  b}'  Us  or  Them  Ke-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  ^Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  L"se, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  anv  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Laud  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Township 
as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annuallv,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Pavment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1762 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  vearlv,  and 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the 
December,  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land;  which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
moutlu  or  to  such  Officer  or  Otficers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same;  and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Bkxnixg  We^^tworth,  Esq ; 


every  Year  forever, 
from  the  abovesaid 
twentv-fifth  Day  of 


GUILDHALL. 


199 


Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
10*^^  Day  of  October  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  One  And  in  the  First  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^’^ 

Province  of  New  Humps’^  Octo’^  10.  1761 

Recorded  According  to  Origional  under  the  Province  Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec”^^ 


*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Guildhall  (Viz‘)  *2-243 


Elihu  Hall 
John  Benham 
Gamaliel  Benham 
Ebenezer  Blakslee 
Enos  Todd 
Gershom  Todd 
Chauncy  Whittelsey 
Walter  Munson 
HesP  Mackey 
Aaron  Tuttle 
David  Tharp 
Oliver  Dudley 
Nath^  Chauncy  Esq 
Elisha  Whittelsey 
James  Mathews 
Rich‘^  Wibird  Esq 
Tho®  Darling  Esq 
John  Maccleave 
Charles  Cook 
Rev  Sam^  Hall 
Thomas  Hart 


Edmond  Ward 
John  Benham  JuiT 
John  Hall  5*^^ 

Elihu  Hall  Jun^ 

Sam^  Mix 
Joshua  Ray 
Daid  Mackey 
Thomas  Ray 
Simon  Tuttle 
Titus  Tuttle 
John  Blackslee 
Medad  Dudley 
Cha®  Whittelsey  Esq 
John  Herpen  Jun’^ 
James  Mathews  Jun’^ 
Dan^  Warner  Esq 
Tho®  Dodd 
Sam^  Mansfield 
Will*"  Prindle 
Theopolis  Doolittle 
D^  Will*"  Gould 
John  Moss 


Dan^  Thomas 
Benaj^  Thomas 
Adonijah  Thomas 
Ashbel  Stiles 
Giles  Dayton 
Sam^  Whittelsey 
Sam^  Sharp  Beadel 
Joel  Tharp 
Ithamar  Tuttle 
James  Pain 
Timothy  Barker 
Abra*"  Kimberly 
Dam  a us  Hall  JuiT 
Edw*^  Golston  Lutwyche 
Peter  Russell 
Comfort  Sage 
Philip  Mortimore 
Thomas  Rice 
Jon^  Blanchard 
Richard  Alsop 
And'^  Andress  & 


His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain Five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B-  W-  in  the  Plan  which  is  to 
be  Accounted  two  of  the  within  shares.  One  Share  for  the  Incorpo- 
rated Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts, 
One  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law  Estab- 
lishd  One  Share  for  the  First  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  & One 
Share  for  the  Benefit  of  a School  in  said  Town — 


200 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Province  of  New  Hamps^  Octo^  10.  1761 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  of  Guildhall  under 
the  Province  Seal 

Attested  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 


Aor-fA  La’it  C 


Province  of  New  Ramps’^  Octo^  10,  1761 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  of  Guildhall  under 
the  Province  seal — 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’^^ 


GUILFORD. 


^1-197 


^Province  of  New  Hamp^ 


p s 


Guilford  George  the  Second  by  the  Grace  of  God  of  Great 
Britain  France  & Ireland  King  Defender  of  the 
faith  &c 

To  All  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  Shall  come 
Greeting 

Know  Ye  that  we  of  our  Especial  Grace  Certain  Knowledge  & 
mere  motion  for  the  Due  Encouragement  of  Settleing  A New  Planta- 
tion within  our  Said  Province  by  & with  our  Trusty  and  well  beloved 
Benning  Wentworth  Esq  our  Governour  &Com’anderin  Chief!  of  our 
Said  Province  in  New  Hampshire  in  America  and  of  our  Council  of 
the  Said  Province  Have  upon  the  Conditions  & Reservations  here- 
after made  Given  & Granted  and  bv  these  Presents  for  us  our  heirs 


GUILFORD. 


201 


& successors  Do  give  & Grant  in  Equal  Shares  unto  our  Loving 
Subjects  Inhabitants  of  our  Said  Province  of  New  Hampshire  and  his 
Maj‘y®  Other  Governments  and  to  their  heirs  and  assignes  forever 
whose  Names  are  Entred  on  this  Grant  to  be  Divided  to  And 
Amoungst  them  into  Sixty  four  Equal  Shares  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel 
of  Land  Scituate  Lying  & being  within  our  Province  of  New  Hamp- 
shire Containing  by  Admeasurement  Twenty  three  thousend  & forty 
Acres  which  Tract  is  to  Contain  Six  miles  Square  & no  more  out 
of  which  an  allowence  is  to  be  made  for  High  ways  and  unimprqvable 
Lands  bv  Rocks  Mountains  Ponds  & Rivers  One  Thousend  & fortv 

V «/ 

Acres  free  According  to  A Plan  thereof  made  And  Presented  by 
our  Said  Governours  Order  and  hereunto  Annexed  Butted  and 
Bounded  as  follows  (Viz)  begining  at  the  South  East  Corner  of 
Hallifax  at  A Stake  in  the  Province  Line  thence  running  Six  miles 
due  East  to  the  South  West  Corner  of  Hindsdale  thence  Due  North 
six  miles  to  the  North  West  Corner  of  Hindsdale  thence  due  West  by 
Brattleborough  six  miles  to  the  Noth  East  Corner  of  Halifax  afore- 
said thence  due  South  Six  Miles  by  Halifax  to  the  bounds  first 
mentioned — And  that  the  Same  be  and  hereby  is  incorporated  into  a 
Township  by  the  name  of  Guilford  and  that  the  Inhabitants  that  Do 
or  Shall  hereafter  inhabit  Said  Township  Are  hereby  Declared  to  be 
Enfranchized  with  and  Entituled  to  All  & every  the  Previledges 
and  Immunities  that  Other  Towns  within  our  Said  Province  by  Law 
Exercise  & Enjoy  and  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town 
officers  Agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  Said  Province  Shall  be 
held  on  the  Second  Tuesday  in  May  next  *which  Meeting  *1-198 
Shall  be  notif}^ed  by  John  Chandler  Jun^  Esq  who  is  hereby 
also  appointed  the  moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting  which  he  is 
to  Notify  & Govern  Agreable  to  the  I^-aws  & Customs  of  our  Said 
Province  and  also  that  the  Annual  Meeting  forever  hereafter  for  the 
Choice  of  Such  officers  of  s'^  Town  Shall  be  held  on  the  first  Tuesday 
in  March  Annually  To  have  & to  hold  the  Said  Tract  of  Land  as 
above  Expressed  togeather  with  all  the  Previledges  And  Appurtenances 
to  them  & their  respective  heirs  & assigns  forever  Upon  the  follow- 
ing Conditions  (Viz)  that  every  Grantee  his  heirs  or  assigns  Shall 
Plant  or  Cultivate  five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  years 
for  every  fifty  Acres  Containd  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of 
Land  in  the  Said  Township  and  Continue  to  Improve  & Settle  the  Same 
by  Additional  Cultivations  on  Penalty  of  the  forfeiture  of  his  Grant 
or  Share  in  the  Said  Township  and  its  reverting  to  his  Maj‘>  his 
heirs  and  Successors  to  be  by  him  or  them  Regranted  to  Such  of  his 
Subjects  as  Shall  Effectually  Settle  Cultivate  the  Same  That  All 
white  & other  Pine  Trees  within  the  Said  Township  fit  for  masting 


202 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


our  Royal  Navy  be  carefully  Preserved  for  that  use  and  none  to  be 
Cutt  or  felld  without  his  Especial  Lycence  for  So  doing 

first  had  & obtaind  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  forfeiture  of  the 
right  of  Such  Grantee  his  heirs  or  Assigns  to  us  our  heirs  & Suc- 
cessors as  well  as  being  Subject  to  the  Penalty  of  Any  Act  or  Acts 
of  Parliament  that  now  are  or  hereafter  Shall  be  Enacted  That 
before  Any  Divission  of  the  Said  Land  be  made  to  and  Amoungst 
the  Grantees  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Center  of  the  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of  Shall  be  Reserved  & marked  out 
for  Town  Lotts  one  of  which  Shall  be  Allotted  to  Each  Grantee 
of  the  Contents  of  one  Acre  Yeilding  and  Paying  therefor  to  us  our 
heirs  & Successors  for  the  space  of  ten  years  to  be  Computed 
from  the  Date  hereof  the  Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only  on 
the  first  Day  of  January  annually  if  Lawfully  Demanded  the  first 
Payment  to  be  made  on  the  first  Day  of  January  next  Ensueing  the 
Date  hereof  And  every  Proprietor  Settler  or  Inhabitant  Shall  Yield 
& Pay  unto  us  our  heirs  & Successors  Yearly  & every  Year  for  ever 
from  and  After  the  Expiration  of  the  Ten  years  from  the 
*1-199  Date  hereof  Namely  on  the  first  *Day  of  January  which 
will  be  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  Christ  one  thousend  Seven 
hundred  and  Sixty  four  One  Shilling  Proclamation  money  for  every 
hundred  Acres  he  So  owns  Settles  or  Possesses  & So  in  Proportion 
for  A Greater  or  Lesser  Tract  of  the  Said  Land  which  money  Shall 
be  paid  by  the  Respective  Persons  abovesaid  their  heirs  or  assigns  In 
our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth  or  to  such  officer  or  officers  as 
Shall  be  Appointed  to  recieve  the  Same  and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of 

all  other  Rents  & Services  whatsoever  In  Testimonv  hereof  We 

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have  Caused  the  Seal  of  our  Said  Province  to  be  hereunto  affixed 
Wittness  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  our  Governour  & Comander  in 
Chieff  of  our  Said  Province  the  Second  Day  of  April  in  the  year  of 
our  Lord  Christ  1754  and  in  the  Twenty  seventh  year  of  His  Maj- 
estys  Reign — 

B Wentworth 


By  his  Excellencys  Comand 
with  Advice  of  Council 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’’^ 


Recorded  According  to  the  Original  under  the  Province  Seal  this 
2^  April,  1754 — 


Theodore  Atkinson  Se’^^ 


GUILFORD. 


203 


The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  the  Town  of  Guilford 


Elijah  Williams, 
Samuel  Field, 

Eleazer  Hawkes, 
Obediah  Dickinson, 
James  Morris, 

John  Armes, 

John  Allen,  Jun^, 
Gardiner  Chandler, 
John  Curtis, 
Benjamin  Green, 
Benjamin  Eager, 
John  Curtis  juii’’, 

Asa  Flagg, 

John  Chandler  Jun’^, 
Benjamin  Pollard, 
John  Billings, 

Ezra  Carpenter, 
^Theodore  Atkinson, 


Seth  Dwight, 

William  Morris, 
Ebenezer  Barnard, 
Samuel  Barnard  jun^ 
Salah  Barnard, 

David  Wells, 

Richard  Crouch, 

John  Chaddick, 

John  Chaddick  Jun’^, 
Nathaniel  Green, 
Peter  Green, 
Ebenezer  Cuttler, 


David  Field, 
Mathew  Clesson, 
Joseph  Barnard, 
Charles  Coates, 
Samuel  Partridge, 
Aaron  Scot, 

John  Chandler, 
James  Boyd, 
Nahum  Willard, 
Timothy  Pain 
Samuel  Williams, 
George  Bruce, 
John  Boyden, 


Samuel  Mower, 

Samuel  Wentworth  of  Boston, 

Jonathan  Martin,  jun’^,  Elisha  Higgins, 
Thomas  Warren,  Phillip  Wheeler, 

Samuel  Chandler,  Leonard  Jarvis, 

Richard  Wibird,  Daniel  Warner,  *1-200 

His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  A Tract  of  Land 

to  Contain  five  hundred  Acres  which  is  to  be  Laid  out  in  one  body — 

One  whole  Share  for  the  Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation 
of  the  Gospel  in  forreign  Parts  One  whole  Share  for  the  first  Settled 
Minister  of  the  Gospel  in  Said  Town  One  whole  Share  for  A Glebe 
for  the  ministry  of  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law  Established — 
Caleb  How  John  Wentworth  Joseph  Blanchard,  Eleazer  Williams, 
William  Rawson  jun’^  & William  Johnson — 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Charter  of  Guilford  this  2*^  of  April 
1754— 

Theodore  Atkinson  Se^^ 


204 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


~Pca.7Z  of  S-uxlforcL 


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Taken  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Guhford  this  2"^ 
Day  of  April  1754 


Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^ 


[Guilford  Charter  Renewed,  1761.] 

^Province  of  New  Hampshire 

George  the  Third  by  the  Grace  of  God  of  Great 
Britain  France  &;  Ireland  King  Defender  of  the  Faith 
Ac 

To  all  whom  these  Presents  shall  Come  Greeting 
Whereas  our  Late  Rovall  Grandfather  King: 
George  the  second  of  Glorious  Memory  did  of  his  Special  grace  A Mere 
Motion  for  the  Encouragement  of  setting  a New  Plantation  within 
our  said  Province  of  New  Hampshire  by  his  Letters  Patient  or  Char- 
ter under  the  Seal  of  our  said  Province  dated  the  2*^  day  of  Aprill 
1754  and  in  the  Twenty  Sixth  Year  of  his  Majestys  Reign  Grant  a 
Tract  of  Land  equal  to  Six  Miles  square  Bounded  as  therein 


*1-239 


GUILFORD. 


205 


¥ 


expressed  to  a Number  of  our  Loyall  subjects  whose  names  are 
entered  on  the  same  to  hold  to  them  their  heirs  & Assigns  on  the 
Conditions  therein  Declared  to  be  a Town  Corporate  by  the  name  of 
Guilford  as  by  Reference  to  said  Charter  may  more  fully  Appear — 
And  whereas  the  said  Grantees  have  Represented  that  by  the  Inter- 
vention of  an  Indian  Warr  since  making  the  said  Grant  it  has  been 
Impracticable  to  Comply  with  and  fulfill  the  Conditions  and  humbly 
Supplicated  us  not  to  take  Advantage  of  the  Breach  of  said  Condi- 
tions but  to  Lengthen  out  & grant  them  some  Reasonable  time  for 
Performance  thereof  after  the  said  Impediment  shall  Cease 

Now  Know  Ye  that  we  being  willing  to  Promote  the  End  Proposed 
have  of  our  F urther  grace  & Favour  Suspended  our  Claim  of  the  Forfeit- 
ure which  the  said  Grantees  may  have  Incurred  and  by  these  Presents 
do  grant  unto  the  said  Grantees  their  heirs  & assigns  the  Term  of  One 
Year  for  Performing  and  fullfilling  the  Conditions  Matters  & things 
by  them  to  be  done  which  Term  is  to  be  Renewed  Annually  if  the 
same  Impediment  Remains  untill  our  Plenary  Instructions  shall  be 
Received  Relating  to  the  Incident  that  has  Prevented  a Compliance 
with  the  said  Charter  According  to  the  Intent  & meaning  of  the 
same 

In  Testimony  Whereof  we  have  Caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  Affixed  Witness  Penning  Wentworth  Esq”^  our 
Governour  & Commander  in  Cheif  of  our  Province  afores^  the  6*^^ 
July  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ  1761  & in  the  first  Year  of  his 
Majestys  Reign 

B Wentworth 

By  his  Excellencys  Command 
with  Advice  of  Councill 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’’^ 

Pro"^  N Hamp”^  JMy  7*^^  1761 
Recorded  from  the  Original  under  Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 


[Guilford  Charter  Renewed,  1764.] 

^Province  of  New  Hamp’’  *1-263 

George  the  Third  by  the  Grace  of  God  of  great 
Britain  France  & Ireland  King  Defender  of  the  Faith 
To  all  to  whom  these  Presents  Shall  come  Greeting- 
Whereas  onr  late  Royal  Grand  Father  King  George 
the  Second  of  Glorious  Memory  did  of  his  Special  Grace 
& mere  Motion  for  the  Encouragenfi  of  Settling  A New  Plantation 


Guilford 


206 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


in  our  Said  Province  of  New  Hamp^  by  his  letters  Patents  or  Charter 
under  the  Seal  of  our  Said  Province  dated  the  2*^  Day  of  April  1754 
& in  the  Year  of  His  Majestys  Reign  grant  A Tract  of  Land 
equal  to  Six  Miles  Square  bounded  as  therein  expressed  to  a Number 
of  our  Loyal  Subjects  whose  Names  Are  Entered  on  the  Same  to  hold 
to  them  their  Heirs  or  Assigns  on  the  Conditions  therein  declared  to 
be  a Town  Corporate  by  the  Name  of  Guilford  as  by  reference  to  the 
said  Charter  may  more  fully  Appear — 

And  Whereas  the  Said  Grantees  have  Represented  that  by  the 
Intervention  of  an  Indian  War  since  making  the  Said  Grant  it  has 
been  Impracticable  to  comply  with  & to  fullfill  the  Conditions  & 
humbly  Supplycated  us  not  to  take  advantage  of  the  Breach  of  said 
Conditions  but  to  lengthen  out  & grant  them  Some  Reasonable  Time 
for  Performence  thereof  after  the  s^^  Impediment  shall  cease — 

Now  Know  Yee  that  we  being  willing  to  Promote  the  end  Proposed 
have  of  our  Further  grace  & Favour  suspended  our  Claim  of  the  forfei- 
ture which  the  s"^  Grantees  may  have  Incured  And  by  these  Presents  do 
grant  unto  the  said  Grantees  their  Heirs  & Assigns  the  Term  of  one 
Year  from  the  first  of  Jan’^^'  1765  for  Performing  & fullfilling  the 
Conditions  Matters  & things  by  them  to  be  done  which  Term  is  to  be 
renewd  annually  if  the  Same  Impedim^  remains  until  our  Plenary 
Instructions  shall  be  Receivd  relating  to  the  Incident  that  has  prevented 
a Comply ence  with  the  said  Charter  according  to  the  Intent  & mean- 
ing of  the  Same 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Province 
to  be  hereunto  affixed  Wittness  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  our  Gove rffi 
& Comander  in  Chieffi  of  our  Province  aforesaid  the  20*^  Day  of 
March  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ  1764  & in  the  fourth  Year  of 
his  Maj^^'®  reign 

B Wentworth 

By  his  Excellencys  Com’and 
with  advice  of  Council 

Theod’^  Atkinson  juffi  Se^^ 

Recorded  this  8^^  Day  of  June  1764  According  to  the  original 
Charter  under  the  Prov®  Seal 


T Atkinson  Jun  Sec’^^ 


HALIFAX. 


207 


HALIFAX. 

^Province  of  New  Hampshire  *1-63 

George  the  Second  by  the  Grace  of  God  of  Great 
Brittain  France  & Ireland  King  Defender  of  the  Faith 
&c^ — 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  Shall  come 
Greeting — 

Know  ye  that  we  of  our  Especial  Grace  Certain  Knowledge  and 
mere  motion  for  the  Due  Encouragem*  of  Settling  A New  Plantation 
within  our  Said  Province  by  & with  the  advice  of  our  Trusty  & Well 
beloved  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  our  Governour  & Coma’nder  in 
Chieff  of  our  Said  Province  of  New  Hampshire  in  America  & of  Our 
Council  of  the  Said  Province  Have  upon  the  Conditions  & reserva- 
tions hereinafter  made  Given  & Granted  & by  these  Presents  for  us 
our  hiers  & Successors  Do  Give  & Grant  in  Equal  Shares  unto  our 
Loveing  Subjects  Inhabitants  of  our  Said  Province  of  New  Hampshire 
& his  Maj^*'®  other  Governments  and  to  their  hiers  and  Assignes  for 
ever  whose  names  Are  Entred  on  this  Grant  to  be  Divided  to  and 
Amoungst  them  into  Sixty  four  Equall  Shares  all  that  Tract  or  Parcell 
of  Land  Scituate  Lying  & being  within  our  Said  Province  of  New  Hamp- 
shire Containing  by  Admeasurement  Twenty  three  thousend  & forty 
Acres  which  Tract  is  to  Contain  Six  Miles  Square  & no  more  out  of 
which  an  Allowence  is  to  be  made  for  highways  and  unimprovable 
Lands  by  Rocks  Mountains  Ponds  & Rivers  One  thousend  & forty 
Acres  free  According  to  A Plan  thereof  made  & Presented  By  our 
Said  Governours  Order  and  hereunto  Annexed  Butted  & Bounded 
as  follows  (Viz)  Begining  at  A Marked  Tree  Standing  half  a 
Mile  West  of  Green  River  in  the  boundary  line  between  the  Govern- 
ment of  the  Massachusets  Bay  & New  Hampshire  and  from  thence 
Due  West  on  Said  Boundary  line  Six  miles  & at  the  End  of  Said  Six 
miles  to  turn  off  at  a Right  Angle  and  run  Due  North  Six  miles  & at 
the  End  of  Said  Six  Miles  to  Turn  of  At  A Right  Angle  & run  Due 
East  Six  miles,  and  at  the  End  of  Said  Six  Miles  to  turn  A Right 
Angle  & run  Due  South  Six  Miles  to  the  Tree  first  mentioned  And 
that  the  Same  be  & here  is  Incorporated  into  A Township  By  the 
name  of  Halifax  and  that  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  Shall  hereafter 
Inhabit  the  Said  Township  are  hereby  Declared  to  be  Enfranchized 
with  and  Intituled  to  all  & Every  the  Previledges  and  Imunities 
that  Other  Towns  within  our  S'*  Province  by  Law  Exercize  A Enjoy 
and  further  that  the  Said  Town  as  Soon  as  there  Shall  be  fifty  families 


Halifax 


208 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


resident  & Settled  thereon  Shall  have  the  Liberty  of  Holding 
Two  fairs  One  of  which  Shall  be  held  on  the  Last  monday 
*1-04  in  the  Month  of  * April  and  the  other  in  the  Last  monday 
of  the  month  of  September  Annually  which  Fairs  are  not  to 
Continue  and  be  held  Longer  than  the  respective  Saturdays  following 
the  said  Mondays  And  As  Soon  as  the  Said  Town  Shall  Consist  of 
Fifty  Families  A Market  Shall  be  opned  and  kept  one  or  more  Days 
in  Each  Week  as  may  be  tho*^  most  Advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants 
also  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers  Agreable 
to  the  Laws  of  our  Said  Province  Shall  be  held  on  the  first 
Wednesday  in  August  next  which  meeting  Shall  be  notify ed  by 
Oliver  Partridge  Esq  who  is  hereby"  Also  Appointed  the  Moderator 
of  the  Said  first  Meeting  which  he  is  to  notify  & Govern  Agreeable  to 
the  Law  & Custom  of  Our  Said  Province  and  that  the  Annual  meeting 
for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  Such  officers  for  the  Said  Town 
Shall  be  on  the  Last  Wednesday  of  March  Annually  To  have  & to 
HOLD  the  Said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  Expressed  togeather  with  All 
the  Previledges  & Appurtenances  to  them  And  thier  respective  heirs 
and  Assignes  for  ever  upon  the  following  Conditions — Viz — 

Imprimis  That  every  Grantee  his  heirs  or  assignes  Shall  Plant  or 
Cultivate  five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  years  for  every 
fifty  Acres  Contained  in  his  or  thier  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in 
Said  Town  Ship  and  Continue  to  Improve  & Settle  the  Same  by 
Aditional  Cultivations  on  Penalty  of  the  forfeiture  of  his  grant  or 
Share  in  the  Said  Township  and  its  reverting  to  his  Majesty  his  heirs 
& Successors  to  be  by  him  or  them  regranted  to  Such  of  his  Subjects 
as  Shall  effectually  Settle  & Cultivate  the  Same — 

Secundo — That  all  white  & other  Pine  Trees  within  the  Said 
Township  fit  for  Masting  our  Royal  Navy  be  Carefully  Preserved  for 
that  use  & none  to  be  Cut  or  felld  without  his  Maj‘-'®  Especial 
Lycence  for  So  Doing  first  had  & Obtained  upon  the  Penalty  of  the 
forfeiture  of  the  right  of  Such  Grantee  his  heirs  or  assigns  to  us  our 
heirs  or  Successors  as  well  as  being  Subject  to  the  Penalty  of  Any 
Act  or  Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are  or  hereafter  Shall  be  Enacted 
Tertio — That  before  any  Divission  of  the  Said  Land  be  made  to  and 
Among  the  Grantees  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Center  of  the  Said 
Township  as  the  Land  will  Admit  of  Shall  be  reserved  & Marked  out 
for  Town  Lotts  one  of  which  Shall  be  allotted  to  Each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre — 

Quarto — Yielding  & paying  therefor  to  us  our  heirs  & Successors 
for  the  Space  of  Ten  Years  to  be  Computed  from  the  Date  hereof  the 
rent  of  One  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only  on  the  Twenty  fifth 
*1-65  Day  of  December  *Annually  if  Lawfully  Demanded  the 


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209 


first  payment  to  be  made  on  the  Twenty  fifth  Day  of  December  next 
Insueing  the  Date  hereof — 

Quinto — Every  Proprietor  Settler  or  Inhabitant  Shall  Yield  & pay 
unto  us  our  heirs  and  Successors  Yearly  & Every  year  for  ever  from 
and  after  the  Expiration  of  Ten  Years  from  the  Date  hereof  Namly 
on  the  Twenty  fifth  Day  of  December  which  will  be  in  the  year  of  our 
Lord  one  thousend  Seven  hundred  & Sixty  & one  one  Shilling  Procla- 
mation money  for  every  hundred  Acres  he  So  owns  Settles  or  Possesses 
& So  In  Proportion  for  a greater  or  Lesser  Tract  of  the  Said  Land 
which  money  Shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  above  Said 
their  heirs  or  Assigns  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsm®  or  to  Such 
officer  or  officers  as  Shall  be  Appointed  to  recieve  the  Same  & this  to 
be  in  Lieu  of  All  other  Rents  or  Services  whatsoever 

In  Testimony  Whereof  we  have  Caused  the  Seal  of  our  Said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed  Wittness  Penning  Wentworth  Esq  our 
Governour  & Com’ander  in  Chieff  of  Our  Said  Province  the  Eleventh 
Day  of  May  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  Christ  One  thousend  Seven  hun- 
dred & fifty  & in  the  Twenty  third  jeav  of  our  reign 

B Wentworth 

By  his  Excelencys  Com’and 
with  Advice  of  Council 

Theodore  Atkinson  Se^’^ 


Entred  & recorded  According  to  the  Original  under  the  Province 
Seal  this  IP^  Day  of  May  1750 — 

Theodore  Atkinson  Se*^^ 
Names  of  the  Grantees  Viz — 


Oliver  Partridge  Esq 
Abner  Barnard 
Charles  Coats 
Eleaz*'  Hawks 
Seth  Catlen 
John  Taylor 
TinP  Childs  Jun*' 
Abraham  Bass 
Edward  Partricffie 

O 

Benj‘‘  Sheldon 
Seth  Graves 
Ephraim  Allen 
Israel  raves 
David  Billing 
Daniel  White 
Elihu  White 


Ebenezer  Barnard 
Selah  Barnard 
David  Hoit 
John  Hawks 
John  Catlen 
JoiP  Ashley 
Gad  Corse 
Peter  Bover 
Aaron  Denieur 
David  ffield 
l*erez  Graves 
Sam"  Bodman 
Oliver  Graves 
Seth  Dwight 
Dan"  White  Jun*^ 

( )bediah  Dickinson 


Joseph  Barnard 
TinP  Woodbridge 
Jesse  Heath 
Benj‘^  ^lan 
George  Howland 
Sam"  Partridge  jun'^ 
Sam"  Brown 
Will"'  Bull 
Nathan  Frary 
Elnathan  Graves 
Silas  Graves 
Jose])h  Bodman 
Zech''  Billing 
Seth  Dwight  jun*' 
Salmon  White 
Elij‘  Dickinson 


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CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Ebenez’^  Bardwell  Ebenez’^  Bardwell  jun’^  Benning  Wentworth  Esq 
Bennigh  Wentworth  Esq  Theodore  Atkinson  Esq 
*1-66  Rich^  Wibird  Esq  ^Samuel  Smith  Esq  Samuel  Solley  Esq 
Sampson  Sheaffe  Esq  First  Minister  School  Meshech  Wear 
Esq  Joseph  NewmarchEsq  John  Wentworth  Esq  Ebenez*^  Wentworth 
Esq  John  Wentworth  juiT  Esq 


Entred  and  recorded  According  to  the  Original  this  11*'^  Day  of 
May  1750 


Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’'^ 


A Plan  of  the  Township  of  Halifax  Granted  by  his  Excelency 
Benning  Wentworth  Esq  Governour  &c^  an  the  Hon'^^®  his  Majesties 
Council  of  New  Hampshire  in  America  Unto  Oliver  Partridge  Esq 
& Others  May  ll^'^  1750  as  it  is  to  be  Plotted  by  A Surveyer  & Chain 
men  upon  Oath  unto  Each  Proprietor  or  Grantee  in  Equal  Shares  be 
their  Lotts  better  or  worse  (Excepting  the  four  Lotts  next  the  Town 
Plot  or  Scite  which  Are  Sixteen  Acres  Less  measure  than  the  Other 
Lotts)  as  they  were  Drawn  by  the  Agents  for  the  Proprietors  in 
Portsmouth  May  the  11^^  1750  and  were  Entred  by  the  Secretary  of 
Said  Province  upon  this  Plan  each  man  takeing  His  Chance  whose 
name  Stands  in  the  Schedule  annexed  to  the  Grant  of  Said  Town- 
ship— 

Mem®  A Plott  Agreable  to  the  within  order  was  made  by  Mathew 
Clesson  Survey’^  & Aron  Denieu  & John  Morrison  Chain  men  under 
Oath  was  filed  in  the  Sec^^  office  the  2^  of  April  1751 — 

AttesP  Theodore  Atkinson  Se^^^ 


/fiO  fltrtk 


HALIFAX 


211 


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Entred  & Recorded 
file— 


Theodore  Atkinson 
John  Wentworth 
Ok  Partridge 


Agents  for 
the  Grantees 


the  11  1750  According  to  y®  Original 


^ Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’’^ 


212 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


HARTFORD. 

*2-9  ^Province  of  Xew-Hampshire. 

Hartford  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  ivliorn  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a Neiv  Planta- 
tion  within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
Neiv-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province ; Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors, 
do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabi- 
tants of  Our  said  Province  of  IS ew-Hampshh'e^  and  Our  other  Gov- 
ernments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Sixty 
Eight  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Laud  situate,  lying 
and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  New-PLampshire^  containing  by 
Admeasurement,  Twenty  Seven  Thousand  Acres^  which  Tract  is  to 
contain  Six  Miles  & one  half  ]\lile  square,  and  no  more ; out  of 
which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable 
Lands  b}"  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and 
h^orty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by 
Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office, 
and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begin- 
ning at  A White  Pine  Tree  marked  Opposite  to  the  South  West 
Corner  of  Labanon  cross  the  river  Connecticut,  from  thence  North 
Sixty  Eight  degrees  Wast  Seven  Miles  from  thence  North  Thirty 
four  Degrees  East  Seven  Miles  from  thence  South  Sixty  Degrees 
East  Six  Miles  to  A Hemlock  Tree  marked  at  the  Head  of  White 
River  falls  from  thence  Down  the  river  to  the  first  Bounds  Men- 
tioned And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a 
Township  by  the  Name  of  Hartford  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or 
shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be 
Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  aud 
Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise 


HARTFORD. 


213 


and  Enjoy:  And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall 

be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty 
of  holding  Two  Fairs^  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the  annually,  which 

Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 
following  the  said  and  that  as  soon  as 

the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may 
be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  *2-10 
be  thought  most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also, 
that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to 
the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  last  Wednesday 
in  August  Next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  M^  John 
Baldwin  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first 
Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and 
Customs  of  Our  said  Province ; and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for 
ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall 
be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  3Iarcli  annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold 
the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privi- 
leges and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and 
Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  wdthin  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every 
fifty  Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in 
said  Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by 
additional  Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or 
Share  in  the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs 
and  Successors,  to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Sub- 
jects as  shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalt}"  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  Tliat  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  tiie  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof, 
the  Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 


214 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1762 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twenty- 
fifth  Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December^ 
which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling  Proclama- 
tion Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses, 
and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land ; 
which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their 
Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth.,  or  to  such 
Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same  ; and  this 
to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
fourth  Day  of  July  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  one  And  in  the  First  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*"^ 

Province  of  New  Hamp’^  July  1761 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Hartford  under 
the  Province  Seal 

AttesP  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^’^ 


*2-12  *The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Hartford — 


Prince  Trac}^ 
Samuel  Terry 
Samuel  Terry  juiT 
Daniel  Newcomb 
Samuel  Porter 
Oliver  Booth 
Elijah  Bingham 
NathanielHolbrook  j 
Joshua  Pomroy 
John  Spencer  jun’^ 
Caleb  Owen 
James  New  Comb 
Eleaz^  Fitch  the 
John  Bold  win  juifi 
Nat  Id  Clark 


William  Clark 
Eleaz"^  Hebard 
Ebenez^’  Gillit 
Jonathan  Cumins 
Nathan  Waldo  w 
Jonathan  Martin  jun^ 
Elisha  Doubleday  jun’ 
’'Elias  Frink 
Eliphalet  Phelps 
Sam“  Williams 
Timothy  Clark 
Aron  Tush 
James  Flint 
William  Auld 
Gideon  Flint 


Oliver  Bruster 
Benj^  Wright 
Silas  Phelps 
Joseph  Martin 
Daniel  Pomroy 
Nathaniel  Warner 
Thomas  Tracy 
Will“  Young  juid 
Joshua  Wright  juid 
Caleb  Howard 
Daniel  Reddington 
Eph™  Terry 
John  Roundy 
Hezzkiah  Huntington 
Elijah  Bibbins 


HARTFORD. 


215 


Berij^  Wright  jun"^  Joseph  Follet  Rowland  Powel  jun^ 

Jedthan  Simons  Gideon  Bingham  jun*^  Benj^  Whitney 

Gideon  Hibard^  John  Baldwin  Joseph  Blanchard 

Daniel  Newcomb  Benj^^  Whitney  Dan^^  Warner  Esq 

Joseph  Newmarch  Esq  Tho®  Bell  Esq  Wilb"  Temple  & 

Sam^^  Wentworth  of  Boston 


One  whole  Share  for  the  Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation 
of  the  Gospel  in  foreign  Parts  one  whole  Share  for  a Glebe  for 
Church  of  England  as  by  Law  Established  one  whole  Share  for  the 
first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  on  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  a 
School  in  S*^  Town  His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  Five 
Hundred  Acres  to  be  laid  out  as  Marked  in  the  Plan  B : W : 

Province  of  New  Hamp’^  July  1761 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Hartford  under 
the  Province  Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’'^ 


Province  of  New  Hanq/  July  1761 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  original  Charter  of  Hartford  under 
the  Pro^  Seal 


AttesP  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*^^ 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


HARTLAND. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire. 

GEORGE  THE  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britaiii,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c. 

To  all  Iversons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
ineer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a Neiv  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq  ; Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
Neiu-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province  ; Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors, 
do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhab- 
itants of  Our  said  Province  of  Neiv-Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Gov- 
ernments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names’ are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into 
Seventy  One  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate, 
lying  and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  JSfew-Haxnpshire^  con- 
taining by  Admeasurement,  twenty  Six  Thousand  Acres^  which  Tract 
is  to  contain  Six  miles  and  one  half  Mile  square,  and  no  more  ; out 
of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprov- 
able Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand 
and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made 
by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s 
Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz. 
Begining  at  the  North  East  Corner  of  Windsor  from  Thence  North 
Seventy  five  degrees  west  Six  miles  and  one  Quarter  of  a mile  by 
Windsor  north  line  from  thence  North  thirty  Three  degrees  East 
Seven  miles  and  one  Quarter  of  a mile  from  Thence  South  Sixty 
Eight  degrees  East  Seven  miles  to  the  Southeast  Corner  of  Hartford 
from  thence  down  The  River  to  The  first  Bounds  Mentioned  And 
that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township 
by  the  Name  of  Hertford  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall 
hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be 
Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and 
Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise 
and  Enjoy  : And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall 


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Hertford 


HAETLAND. 


217 


be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty 
of  holding  Tivo  FaWs^  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 
And  the  other  on  the  annuallv,  which  Fairs  are  not 

to  continue  longer  than  the  respective  following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty 
Families,  a Market  may  be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or  more  ^2-62 
Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most  advantagious 
to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town 
Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on 
the  last  Wednesday  in  August  Next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be 
Notified  by  Oliver  Willard  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator 
of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable 
to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province  ; and  that  the  annual 
Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the 
said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To 
Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed, 
together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their 
respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Condi- 
tions, viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  cul- 
tivate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every 
fifty  Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in 
said  Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  addi- 
tional Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or 
Share  in  the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs 
and  Successors,  to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Sub- 
jects as  shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Town- 
ship, fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that 
Use,  and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so 
doing  first  had  and  obtained,  ui)on  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of 
the  Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  .Us,  our  Heirs 
and  Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof, 
the  Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 


218 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1762 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
■unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.,  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December.,  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land ; which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Po7'ts~ 
mouthy  or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same  ; and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said 
Province  to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Benning  Wentworth, 
Esq  ; Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province, 
the  Tenth  Day  of  July  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thou- 
sand Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  one  And  in  the  First  Year  of  Our 
Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*^^ 

Province  of  New  Hamp^  July  10*^  1761 

Recorded  in  the  Book  of  Charters  According  to  the  Original 
Charter  under  the  Pro^  Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 

*2-63  *The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Hertford — Viz — 


Samuel  Hunt 
Ebenezer  Harvey 
Thomas  Chamberlain 
Benjamin  Taylor 
Andrew  Gardner 
Andrew  Powers 
Joseph  Lord 
Joseph  Willard 
Enoch  Hall 
John  Hunt 
John  Hubbard 
Jacob  Foul 


Thomas  Taylor 
Aaron  Hosmore 
John  Hastings  Jun”^ 
Jonathan  Hunt 
William  Symonds 
Millam  Nutting 
Samuel  Minot 
Moses  Wright 
Wilder  Willard 
Caleb  Strong 
Sampson  Willard 
Phineas  Waite 


Lusias  Dolittle 
Zadock  Wright 
Thomas  Chamberlain  juiT 
Michael  Gellson 
Levi  Willard 
Elisha  Harding 
William  Willard 
Amasa  Wright 
Daniel  Shattock 
Amos  Tute 
Joseph  Burt 
Nathan  Willard 


HAKTLAND. 


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Uriah  Morse 
John  Harwood 
Daniel  Sergent 
Willard  Stevens 
Fairbanks  Moore 
James  Nevin  Esq 
W“^  Moulton 
W'"  Earle  Treadwell 
George  March 
Benning  Wentworth 


Timothy  Nash 
Solomon  Emmons 
John  Sergent 
Eleazer  Porter 
Oliver  Willard 
Howard  Henderson 


Ebenez*^  Hindsdale 
Elisha  Hunt 
Nathaniel  Foulsom 
Jonathan  Blanchard 
Richard  Wibird  Esq 
Eleaz”^  Russell 


Sam^^  Wentworth  Boston  Henr}^  Hill  ton 
Clem*  March  Esq  John  Goffe  Esq 

George  Waldron  Maf  John  Wentworth 

John  Tasker  Esq 


His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain Five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  in  the  Plan  B-W  — which  is  to 
be  Accounted  Two  of  the  within  Shares  One  whole  Share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Forreiign 
Parts — One  whole  Share  for  A Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as 
by  Law  Established — One  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the 
Gospel  One  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  A School  in  Said  Town 


Province  of  New  Hamp*’  July  the  10**^  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter — 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*^^ 


Pro^  of  New  Hamp*^  Jidy  10*'*  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter — 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*"^ 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


HIGHGATE. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire. 

GEORGE  THE  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and  Ire- 
land, King,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  Ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq  ; Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  in  New- 
England^  and  of  Our  Council  of  the  said  Province ; Have  upon  the 
Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and  granted, 
and  by  these  Presents,  for  Us,  Our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do  give 
and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabitants  of 
Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Governments, 
and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are  entred  on 
this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Seventy  equal 
Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and  being 
within  our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  containing  by  Admeas- 
urement, Twenty  Three  Thousand  & forty  Acres^  which  Tract  is  to 
contain  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more ; out  of  which  an  Allowance 
is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks, 
Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free, 
according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s 
Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto 
annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  the 
North  Easterly  Corner  of  Swanton  a Town  this  Day  Granted 
(which  Lays*  on  the  Easterly  side  of  Lake  Champlain)  & Ruiiing 
Westerly  by  Swan  ton’s  Line  to  Lake  Champlain  then  turning  off 
Northerly  & Runing  by  the  Shores  of  said  Lake  to  a Stake  & Stones 
by  the  side  of  the  Lake  at  Six  Miles  Distance  on  a Streight  Line 
from  the  North  Westerly  Corner  of  Swanton  aforesaid  then  turning 
off  Easterly  & Runing  on  a Parrellell  Line  with  the  Northerly  Side 
Line  of  said  Swanton  so  far  as  that  a Streight  Line  Drawn  to  the 
North  Easterly  Corner  of  Swanton  aforesaid  the  Bounds  Began  at 
Shall  make  & Include  the  Contents  of  Six  Miles  Square  And  that 
the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the 
Name  of  Highgate  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter 


220 


*3-14 

Highgate 


HIGHGATE. 


221 


inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized 
with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities 
that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy: 
And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty 
Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  hold- 
ing two  Fairs^  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the  annually,  which  Fairs 

are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said  and  that  as  soon  as  the 

said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be 
^opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  ^3-15 
be  thought  most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that 
the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the 
Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  first  Tuesday  in  Sep- 
tember Next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  Coll  William 
Symes  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first 
Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and 
Customs  of  Our  said  Province  ; and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever 
hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be 
on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually,  To  Have  and  to  Hold 
the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privi- 
leges and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and 
Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalt}^  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors, to  be  by  Us  or  them  Re-granted  to  such  of  our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  tbe  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs 
and  Successors,  as  well  as  being  sul)ject  to  tlie  Penalty  of  any 
Act  or  Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  l)e  En- 
acted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  tlie  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  sliall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 


222 


CHARTER  RECORI>S. 


Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1763 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.,  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December^  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1773  One  shilling 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land ; which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth^ or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same ; and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq ; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
Seventeenth  Day  of  August  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One 
Thousand  Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  three  And  in  the  Third  Year  of 
Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

T Atkinson  Juffi  Sec^^^ 

Prov®  New  Hamp’’  August  17*^  1763 

Recorded  according  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Pro'^  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun”^  Sec’’^ 


*3-16  *The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Highgate 


Samuel  Hunt 
Elisha  Hunt 
Hilkiah  Grout 
Samuel  Bennett 
Henry  Bond 
Joseph  Lord 
Jeremiah  Hall 
Jonathan  Hunt 


Jacob  Elmer 
Nehemiah  Houghton 
John  Beman 
Phillip  Alexander 
Nathaniel  Dart 
Benjamin  Dike 
Peter  Bellos 
Arad  Hunt 


Eleazer  Pomroy 
Samuel  Marble 
Josiah  Willard 
Elisha  Harding 
Hophni  King 
Joseph  Ashley 
Josiah  Pomroy 
Elijah  Wells 


HIGHGATE. 


22B 


Samuel  Hunt  Jun’’ 
Ebenezer  Mattson 
John  Hunt 
Josiah  Stebins 
Joshua  Hide 
William  Symes 
John  Ferrer 
John  Fish 
Caleb  Noble 
Joseph  More 
Samuel  Hinsdale 
Cap*^  Thomas  Bell 
& Daniel  Rindge 


For  his  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to 
Contain  five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B W in  the  Plan  which  is  to 
be  accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares — One  whole  Share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  foreign 
Parts — One  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Established  One  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  in  said  Town 
One  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  a School  in  Said  Town  for  Ever 

Pro^  of  New  Hampshire  August  17  1763 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Highgate  under 
the  Pro"^  Seal  T Atkinson  Jun*"  Sec^^ 


Ebenezer  Pomroy 
Joseph  Spencer 
Moses  Evens 
Josiah  Stebins  Jun^ 
Samuel  Williams 
Hezekiah  Elmer 
Savage  Trescott 
Benoni  Smith 
James  Mathews 
Leonard  Williams 
Thomas  Williams 


Sampson  Willard 
William  Kolton 
William  White 
Elisha  Stebins 
Thomas  Taylor 
Elisha  Smith 
Israel  Knowles 
Isaac  Robinson 
John  Williams 
Nathan  Williams 


Barnibas  Hindsdale 

Hon^^®  Theodore  Atkinson  ^ John  Fisher  Esq 
Mark  Hs  Wentworth  I 
James  Nevin 
Theodore  Atkinson  f J 


VEsq 


224 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Province  of  New  Hamp^  August  17 — 1763 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  original  Charter  of  Highgate  under 
the  Pro'^  Seal 

T Atkinson  JuiP  Sec^^ 


HINESBURGH. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire. 

GEORGE  THE  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  luhom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a Neiv  Planta- 
tio7i  within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our. Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
Neiv-Eiigland^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province ; Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors, 
do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabi- 
tants of  Our  said  Province  of  Neiv- Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Gov- 
ernments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into 
Seventy  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying 
and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  Neiv-Hampshire^  containing  by 
Admeasurement,  Twenty  Three  Thousand  & forty  Acres^  which  Tract 
is  to  contain  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more ; out  of  which  an  Allowance 
is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds, 
IMountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  accord- 
ing to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s 
Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed, 
butted  and  bounded  as  follows,  Tnz,  Begining  at  A Marked  Tree 
Stand  in  the  Notherly  Side  Line  of  the  Township  of  Monkton  Three 
hundred  Rods  East  of  the  North  Westerl}^  Corner  thereof  thence 
runing  East  Six  Miles  to  A Marked  Tree  thence  Turning  off  & runs 
North  Six  Miles  to  A Marked  Tree  then  Turning  off  & runs  West 
Six  Miles  to  a marked  Tree  which  is  the  North  Easterly  Corner  of 
Charlotta  then  South  Six  Miles  b}^  Charlotta  to  the  Bound  Tree  first 
Above  mentioned — And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated 


^2-357 


Hinesburg 


HINESBURGH. 


225 


into  a Township  by  the  Name  of  Hinesbourg  And  the  Inhabitants 
that  do  or  shall  here  after  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby 
declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the 
Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province 
by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy:  And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as 
soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon, 
shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Two  Fairs^  one  of  which  shall  be 
held  on  the  And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said  and 

that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Fam- 
ilies, a Market  may  be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  *2-358 
in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most  advantagious  to 
the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of 
Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be 
held  on  the  last  Fryday  in  July  next  which  said  Meeting  shall 
be  Notified  by  M’^  Benj**'  Ferriss  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the 
Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern 
agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province;  and  that 
the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers 
for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  ikfarcA  annually. 
To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed, 
together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their 
respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions,, 
viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Actor  Acts 
of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 


226 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


ship  as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1763 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twenty- 
fifth  Day  of  December.,  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December^ 
which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1773  One  shilling  Proclamation 
Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses,  and 
so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land  ; 
which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their 
Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth.,  or  to  such 
Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same ; and 
this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
24tn  Dav  of  June  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  Two  And  in  the  Second  Year  of  Our 
Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  his  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  advice  of  Council, 

T Atkinson  Juffi  Sec’’^ 


Province  of  New  Hamps''  June  2T^  1762 

Recorded  According  to  the  Origional  Charter  under  the  Province 
seal 

T Atkinson  J un""  Sec’^^ 

*2-359  *The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Hinesbourg  (Viz) 


David  Ferriss 
ZaclP*^  Ferriss 
WilH  Goold 
Isaac  Canfield 
Sam^  Brownson 
John  Carrington 
Abel  Weller 
Abel  Camp 


Abel  Hine 
Dan^  Bostwick  J^ 
Moses  Johnson 
David  Hall 
Sam^  Brownson  J’’ 
Tho®  Weller 
Eben^  Hotchkiss 
John  Comstock 


John  Brownson 
Tho®  Oviatt  Jnn^ 
Benj^  Brownson 
Josiah  Brownson 
Sam^  Canfield 
Tilly  Weller 
Israel  Baldwin  Jun^ 
Sam^  Hitchcock  J”^ 


HLNESBURGH. 


227 


John  Hitchcock 
Zadock  Noble 
Asahel  Noble 
Orange  Warner 
James  Bradshap 
Jos^  Wooster 
Noble  Hine 
Job  Goold  Jun’" 
Joseph  Underhill 
And""  Underhill 
Will'"  Van  Wyck 
Jos^  Pearsall 
Hon:  John  Temple 
H®  Wentworth 


Isaac  Hitchcock 
Benj"  Gaylard 
John  Warner 
Tho®  Darling 
Tho®  Noble 
And^  Burritt 
Daniel  Burritt 
David  Goold 


Asahel  Hitchcock 
Sand  Comstock 
Martin  Warner 
Patridge  Thacher 
Will"^  Vaughan 
Isaac  Bostwick 
Job  Goold 
Amos  Bostwick 


Edw'^  Burling  New  York  Sam  : Underhill 
Tho®  Underhill  Will'"  Van  Wyck 

Jun'‘Hugh  Rider  William  Field 

Tho®  Pearsall  Benj^  Ferriss 

Esq:  L*  Gov:  Theodore  Atkinson  Esq 
Esq  John  Nelson  Esq — 


His  Excellency  Penning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain Five  Hundred  Acres  as  marked  B-  W-  in  the  Plan  which  is  to 
be  Accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares,  one  whole  Share  for  the 
Incorporated  society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign 
Parts,  one  share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Establish’d,  One  Share  for  the  first  settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  & 
one  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  a School  in  said  Town — 


Province  of  New  Hamps''  June  24,  1762 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  of  Hinesbourg, 
under  the  Province  seal — 

T Atkinson  Jun''  Sec'’^ 


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228 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Province  of  New  Hamps^  June  2P^  1762 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  of  Hinesbourg 
under  the  Province  seal 

T Atkinson  Sec’^^ 


HUBBARDTON. 

*3-114  ^Province  of  New-Hampshire. 

Hubbardton  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  ivhom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  Ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  Neiv  Plantation 

within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty  and 
Well-beloved  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq ; Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New- Hampshire^  in 
New-England^  and  of  Our  Council  of  the  said  Province;  Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  Us,  Our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do 
give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabitants 
of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Governments, 
and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are  entred  on 
this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Seventy  four  equal 
Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and  being 
within  our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  containing  by  Admeasure- 
ment, 23040  Acres^  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Six  Miles  square,  and 
no  more ; out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways 
and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers, 
One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey 
thereof,  made  bv  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the 
Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as 
follows,  Viz.  Begining  at  the  North  West  Corner  of  Castleton  & from 
thence  due  North  Six  Miles,  then  turning  off  & runing  due  East 
Six  Miles  but  not  to  Interfere  with  any  former  Grant  of  this 
Province  from  thence  due  South  Six  Miles  to  the  North  East  Corner 
of  Castleton  aforesaid,  then  due  West  by  Castleton  to  the  North 
Westerly  Corner  thereof  being  the  bounds  begun  at  And  that  the 
same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the  Name  of 


HUBBARDTON. 


229 


Hubbardtou  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit 
the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and 
Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other 
Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy:  And 
further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families 
resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  two 
Fairs^  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the  annually,  which 

Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty 
Families,  a Market  may  be  ^ opened  and  kept  one  or  more  ^3-115 
Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most  advantagious 
to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of 
Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be 
held  on  the  which  said  Meeting 

shall  be  Notified  by  Isaac  Searle  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the 
Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern 
agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province ; and  that 
the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers 
for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually. 
To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed, 
together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their 
respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions, 
viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and 
cultivate  five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every 
fifty  Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in 
said  Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by 
additional  Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or 
Share  in  the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  to  be  by  Us  or  them  Re-granted  to  such  of  our  Subjects 
as  shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Actor  Acts 
of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 


230 


CHAKTER  RECORDS. 


Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to-  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1764 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twenty- 
fifth  Da}^  of  December,  namel}^  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December., 
which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1774  One  shilling  Proclamation 
Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses,  and 
so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land ; which 
Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their  Heirs 
or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth,  or  to  such  Officer 
or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same  ; and  this  to 
be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Province 
to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our 
Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the  15‘^ 

Dav  of  June  In  the  Year  of  onr  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand  Seven 

%!  ' 

Hundred  and  Sixty  four  And  in  the  Fourth  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

T Atkinson  Juffi  Sec^^’ 

Province  of  New  Hampshire  June  22^^  1764 

Recorded  According  to  the  Origional  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun  Sec*’^’ 

*3-116  *The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Hubbardton 


Isaac  Searle  Esq^ 
Volacart  Doun 
John  Matthews 
David  Miller 
James  Miller 
John  Hall 
Daniel  M^^Intier 
Abr™  Jacob  Launsing 
Joseph  Putney 


Alex*^  Orr 
And'^  Doun 
James  Matthews 
Sam^  Miller 
Rob‘  Miller 
Daniel  Hall 
Peter  M^^Intier 
Joseph  Launsing 
John  Putney 


Alex^  Orr  Jun'' 
John  Doun 
John  Miller 
Daniel  Miller 
John  Miller  Juffi 
Sami  Hall 
Dani  Hall  JuiP 
Tho®  Launsing 
Henry  Putney 


HUBBARDTON. 


231 


Asa  Putney 
RiclP  Heselton 
Dan^  Chase 
Daniel  Chase  JuiP 
John  Moors 
John  floors  Jun’^ 
Rev'^  John  Searle 
Giles  Alexandar 
Isaac  Wendall 
Eben’’  Nichols  Esq^ 
Sam^  Robinson  Jun’^ 
Hon'"^®  Rich‘S  Wibird 
Jos^  New  march 
John  Nelson 


John  Chase 
Joseph  Heselton 
Jon^  Chase 
James  Moors 
William  Moors 
John  Aikin 
Hon^^®  Will’"  Brattle 
Will’"  Alexandar 
Sam^  Blodgett 
Daniel  Jones  Jun’^ 
Jabez  Warren 


Abner  Chase 
John  Heselton 
Isaac  Chase 
Ephraim  Moors 
Daniel  Moors 
Andrew  M®Farling 
His  Excelpy  Fra®  Ber- 
nard Esq 

Giles  Alexandar  JuiF 
Hon’^^®  Tho®  Hubbard  Esq 
Sam^  Robinson  Esq 


Coll"  John  Goffe  Esq  Jesten  Wheeler 
Esq’'®  And""  Wiggins  Esq  John  Hale  Esq 
George  Wyllis  Esq’’  Sam^  Hobard  Esq’’ 

His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain Five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B W in  the  Plan  which  is  to  be 
Accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares  One  whole  Share  for  the  Incor- 
porated Society  for  the  Propagating  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  parts,  One 
Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  b}^  Law  Establish’d, 
One  Share  for  the  frist  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  & One  Share 
for  the  benefit  of  a School  in  said  Town — 

Province  of  New  Hampshire  June  22^^  1764 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  under  the  Prov : 
Seal — 

T Atkinson  Jun  Sec’'^ 


Province  of  New  Hamps''  June  22''  1764 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  under  the  Prov®® 
Seal— 

T Atkinson  Jun  Sec®^ 


232 


CHA.RTER  RECORDS. 


HUNTINGTON. 

*2-413  ^Province  of  New-Hampshire. 

New  Huntington  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge, 
and  meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Plan- 
tation within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our 
Trusty  and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor 
and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
New- England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province  ; Have  upon 
the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and  granted, 
and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do  give 
and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabitants  of 
Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Governments, 
and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are  entred  on 
this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Seventy  two 
equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and 
being  within  our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  containing  b}^  Ad- 
measurement, 23040  Acres^  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Six  Miles  square, 
and  no  more;  out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High 
Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and 
Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan 
and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and 
returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted 
and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  the  Southerly  or  South 
Westerly  Side  of  Onion  or  French  River  so  called  at  the  Easterly  or 
North  Easterly  Corner  of  Williston  & runs  up  Said  River  So  far  as 
to  make  Six  Miles  upon  a Perpendicular  to  the  uper  or  Head  Line 
of  Said  Williston  then  South  Westerly  and  Parallel  to  the  Said  uper 
Line  of  Williston  afore  Said  & measureing  there  Six  Miles  then  West- 
erly to  Willistons  Head  Line  afore  Said  on  Such  A Point  of  the 
Compass  as  Shall  Contain  within  the  Bounds  afores*^  the  Quantity  of 
Six  Miles  Square  & no  more — And  that  the  same  be  and  hereby  is 
Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the  Name  of  New  Huntington 
And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Town- 
ship, are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all 


HUNTINGTON. 


233 


and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within 
Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy : And  further,  that  the 
said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  set- 
tled thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Two  Fairs^  one  of 
which  shall  be  held  on  the  And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer 
than  the  respective  following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist 
of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be*  opened  and  kept  one  *2-414 
or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most 
advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for 
the  Choice  of  Town  Ofiicers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince, shall  be  held  on  the  15*^^  July  next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be 
Notified  by  Edward  Burling  Gent  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the 
Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  w'hich  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern 
agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province;  and  that 
the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers 
for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually. 
To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed, 
together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their 
respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions, 
viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penaltv  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Townshi]),  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Suc- 
cessors, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as 
shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

H.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Onr  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  s[>ecial  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalt}^  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  re.served  and  marked  out  for 
'Town  Lots,  one  of  whicli  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  j)aying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 


234 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1763 

V.  Ever37-  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  onr  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twent}- 
fifth  Da}"  of  December.,  namel}",  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December., 
which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1773  One  shilling  Proclama- 
tion Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses, 
and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land ; 
which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their 
Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth.,  or  to  such 
Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same;  and 
this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
Seventh  Day  of  June  In  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thou- 
sand Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  three  And  in  the  Third  Year  of 
Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

T Atkinson  Juffi  Sec’^^ 

Prov®  of  New  Hamp’’  June  7-1763 

Recorded  According  to  the  original  Charter  under  the  Prov®  Seal 

T Atkinson  Juffi  Sec’’^ 


*2-415  *The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  New  Huntington  Viz 


Edward  Burling 
Aaron  Vannorstrand 
Joshua  Hunt 
Charles  Hunt 
William  Giffiers 
Oliver  Besly  Juffi 
Josiah  Quinby 
Jon^  Fowler 
George  An  tunes 
Sam^^  Crawford 
Marmaduke  Palmer 
Marmaduke  Hunt 
James  Ferris  Jurfi 


Samuel  Treadwell 
John  Lawrence 
Tho®  Brown 
Benj^  Cornnell 
Benj^  Bowne 
Joshua  Antunes 
Aaron  Quinby  Juffi 
James  Fowler 
John  Angevin 
Thomas  Oakley 
Peter  Huggeford 
James  Ferres 
John  Ferris 


Jesse  Lawrence 
John  Underhill 
Cornelius  Davoe 
Uriah  Travis 
David  Guion 
Aaron  Q nimby 
Israel  Honeywell 
James  Antunes 
Jacob  Constant 
Isaac  Oakley 
James  Davis 
Thomas  Ferres 
John  Ferris  Juffi 


HUNTINGTON. 


235 


Will'"  Ferris 
John  Burling 
Charles  Pinkney 
Will"'  Cornnell 
Benj^  Ferris  Jiin'^ 
RiclP  Titus 
Samuel  Averill 
Hon:  Will"'  Temple 
John  Nelson 
Theo:  Atkinson  Jun 


Joseph  Cornnell  John  Cornnell 

Hugh  Rider  John  Pinckney 

David  Pinkney  Joseph  Cornnell  Jun'' 

Benj'''  Ferris  James  Ferris  Son  of  Benjamin 
Mathew  Franklin  Thomas  Haviland 
Caleb  Griffin  Edward  Burling  Jun'' 

Jon^  Pinkney  Gilbird  Pinkney 

Maj''  Jon^  Moulton 
Esq''®  Christ"  Toppan  Esq'^  & 

Coll"  Cleiffi  March 


His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain Five  hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B-W-in  the  Plan  which  is  to 
be  Accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares  One  Whole  Share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign 
Parts  — one  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Established  one  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  & 
one  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  A School  in  Said  Town 


Prov"  of  New  Hamp'^  June  7-1763 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  original  Charter  of  New  Hunting- 
ton  under  the  Pro’^  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun'^  Sec*^^ 


Pro''  of  New  Hamp'^  June  7-1763 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  tlie  Charter  of  New  Huntington  under 
the  Pro"  Seal 

^ 'F  Atkinson  Jun''  Sec*^^ 


236 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


JERICHO. 

*2-433  ^Province  of  New-Hampshire. 

Jerico  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britaio,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  *in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
New-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province;  Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do 
give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabi- 
tants of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Gov- 
ernments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Seventy 
two  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and 
being  within  our  said  Province  of  Neiv-IIampshire^  containing  by 
Admeasurement,  23040  Acres^  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Six  Miles 
square,  and  no  more;  out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for 
High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains 
and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan 
and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and 
returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted 
and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  the  Southerly  or  South 
Easterly  Corner  of  Essex  at  the  Northerly  side  of  Onion  or  French 
River  (vso  called)  from  thence  Easterly  up  said  River  so  far  as  to 
make  Six  Miles  on  a streight  Line,  allowing  the  same  to  be  Perpen- 
dicular with  the  South  Easterly  Line  of  said  Essex  from  thence 
Northerly  a Parralell  Line  with  the  south  Easterly  line  of  said  Essex 
six  Miles  from  thence  Westerly  about  six  Miles  to  the  North  East- 
erly corner  of  said  Essex,  from  thence  southerly  by  the  Easterly 
Line  of  said  Essex  Six  Miles  to  the  place  begun  at — And  that  the  same 
be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the  Name  of  Jerico 
And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Town- 
ship, are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all 
and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within 


JERICHO. 


237 


Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy:  And  further,  that  the  said 
Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled 
thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Two  Fairs^  one  of  which  shall 
be  held  on  the  . And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer 

than  the  respective 

following  the  said  and  that  as 

soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fiftv  Families,  a 
Market  may  be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  *2-434 
Week,  as  may  be  thought  most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabi- 
tants. Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers, 
agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  14^^ 
July  next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  M"^  John  Burling 
who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting, 
which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs 
of  Our  said  Province;  and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  here- 
after for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on 
the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annuall}".  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the 
said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges 
and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns 
forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Success- 
ors, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  1m^  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  l)c  allotted  to  each  (irantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  j)aying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heii’s  and  Successors 
for  tlie  Space  of  ten  Veal’s,  to  lie  coin[)uted  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 


238 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1763 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  ahovesaid  twenty- 
fifth  Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December^ 
which  will  he  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1773  One  shilling  Proclama- 
tion Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses, 
and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land ; 
which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their 
Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth  or  to  such 
Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same ; and  this 
to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Bexning  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
Seventh  Day  of  June  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thou- 
sand Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  three  And  in  the  Third  Year  of  Our 
Reign. 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

^ T Atkinson  Jun""  Sec’’^ 


Pro'^  New  Hamp"^  June  7^^  1763 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Prov®  Seal- 

T Atkinson  JuiT  Sec*'^ 

^2-435  *The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Jerico  (Viz) 


Edw'^  Burling 
Walter  Burling 
John  Sackett 


Dan^  Wiggins 
Will*"  Wiggins 
Dan^  Latham 
Amos  Dodge  Jun*" 
James  Jarvis  Jun*" 
Philip  Brasher 
Morris  Earle 
Amos  Underhill  Jun*" 
Edm*^  Underhill 
Tho®  Grenell 
John  Dyer  Mercier 
John  Bowne 


James  Burling 
Sam^  Burling 
James  Sackett  Jun*^ 
John  Wiggins 
Benj^  Wiggins 
Lancaster  Burlinor 
Arthur  .Jarvis 
Charles  Jarvis 
Abr*"  Brasher 
Barnard  De  Forces! 
David  Underhill 
Sam^  Laurence 
Tho®  Grenell  JuiT 
.John  Burling 
John  Vermilye 


Tho®  Burling 
Benj^  Burling 
John  Sackett  Jun*' 
Daid  Wiggins  Jun*" 
Will*"  Latham 
Amos  Dodge 
.lames  Jarvis 
Benj^  Bill 

Will*"  D Peyster  Jun*" 
John  Bates 
Soloman  Underhill 
.James  Laurence 
Will*"  Mercier 
Phillip  Burling 
Nich®  H Bogart 


JERICHO. 


239 


John  Martine 
Peter  Tetard 
Stephen  Davis 
James  McCreedy 
Sam^  Averill 
Joseph  Blanchard 
Benj^^  Jarvis 


Jere^^  Martine  John  Guerinaux 

Sam^  Gillat  Charles  Davis 

John  Davis  James  Davis 

John  Cornell  of  Flushing  Henry  Matthews 
Hon  John  Temple  ) Coll®  SanF  Barr 

Theo  : Atkinson  > Esq*^®  D^  J ohn  Hale 
M*^  H^  Wentworth  ) Tho*  Grenell  Sen^' 

His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq^  a Tract  of  Land  to 
Contain  Five  Hundred  Acres  as  marked  B-  W-  in  the  Plan  which  is 
to  be  Accounted  two  of  the  within  shares,  One  whole  share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign 
Parts,  One  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Establish’d,  One  Share  for  the  First  settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel, 
& One  Share  for  the  benefit  of  a School  in  said  Town — 

Province  of  New  Hamp’’ June  7^^  1763 

Recorded  according  to  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Jerico 
under  the  Pro’^  Seal 

. T Atkinson  JuiF  Sec*^^ 


s. 


Province  of  New  Ilamp''  .June  7^*'  1763 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Jerico  under 
the  I To'"  Seal 


J'  Atkinson  Jun’’  Sec'’^ 


240 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


LEICESTER. 


*2-329 


^Province  of  Xew-Hampsliire. 


Leicester  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  <S:c. 

To  all  Persons  to  ivhom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Knoav  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a Neiv  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  AVell-beloved  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq  ; Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Cliief  of  Our  said  Prownce  of  Xew-Hampshire  in 
Xeiv-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province;  Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do 
give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  lowng  Subjects,  Inhabitants 
of  Our  said  Pro^unce  of  Xetc-Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Govern- 
ments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Xames  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  cli\uded  to  and  amongst  them  into  Seventy 
two  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and 
being  witliin  our  said  Province  of  Xeiv-Hampshire^  containing  by  Ad- 
measurement, abo‘  Twenty  three  Thousand  Acres^  which  Tract  is  to 
contain  about  Six  miles  square,  and  no  more ; out  of  which  an  Allow- 
ance is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks, 
Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free, 
according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s 
Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary's  Office,  and  hereunto  aimexed, 
butted  and  hounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  the  Xorth  'Westerly 
Corner  of  Xeshobe  & From  thence  Runing  Xorth  four  Degrees  AVest 
Six  Miles,  thence  East  Five  Deg®  South  Six  Miles,  thence  south  four 
Deg®  East  Six  Miles  to  the  Xorth  Easterly  Corner  of  Xeshobe  afore- 
said, thence  West  Five  Deg®  Xorth  by  Xeshobe  aforesaid  to  the 
Xorth  Westerly  Corner  thereof  being  the  Bounds  begun  at — And 
And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township 
by  the  Xame  of  Leicester  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  here- 
after inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  he  Enfran- 
chized with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  ever>'  the  PriHledges  and  Immun- 
ities that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and 
Enjoy : And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be 
Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of 


LEICESTER. 


241 


holding  Two  Fah'S^  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said  and  that 

as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families, 
a Market  maybe  * opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  *2-330 
each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most  advantagious  to  the 
Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town 
Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on 
the  Last  Tuesday  of  NovenF  next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified 
by  Cap*^  Aaron  Brown  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of 
the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to 
the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province ; and  that  the  annual 
Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said 
Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have 
and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together 
with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective 
Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  cultivate 
five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty  Acres 
contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said  Town- 
ship, and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  Tliat  all  Avhite  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the  Right 
of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors, as  well  as  Ixiing  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or  Acts  of 
Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  Tliat  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  tlie  said  'Pown- 
ship  as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  eacli  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heim  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  ^Tars,  to  Ixj  computed  from  tlie  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-Iiftli  Day  of 
her.cmltcr  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  hmt  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  becemher,  1702 

XVI 


242 


CHAETER  RECORDS. 


V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay  unto 
Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever,  from  and 
after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Y ears  from  the  abovesaid  twenty-fifth  Day 
of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December^  Avhich  will 
be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling  Proclamation  Money 
for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses,  and  so  in 
Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land ; which 
Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their  Heirs 
or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth^  or  to  such  Officer 
or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same  ; and  this  to 
be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  Avhereof  Ave  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Pro  vince 
to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq  ; Our 
Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the  Twen- 
tieth Day  of  October  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  One  And  in  the  First  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Se^^ 

Prov®  of  Ncaa^  Hamps^  Nov’’  3,  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Origional  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 


*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Leicester  (Viz) 


^2-331 

Aaron  BroAvn 
Jon^  Haughton 
Glasher  Wheeler 
James  MaxAvell 
Water  Powers 
SteplY  Shadduck 
Natffi  Rament 
Daffi  Amason 
Josiah  Powers 
Edw^  Fuller 
Peter  Buckle 
Benj^  Abbot 
Oliver  SaAvyer 
JoiP  Perkham 
David  Spafford 
Robert  Guttler 


Daffi  Pond 
Abner  Ousgood 
Peter  Wheeler 
Luke  Brown 
Abiatha  Houghton 
David  Tayler 
Peter  Wright 
Dan^  Prest 
David  Fales 
Will“‘  Kenady 
Joseph  Fuller 
RoU  Powers  Jun’^ 
Oliver  Cory 
Ezra  Genet 
Nahum  Powders 
Benj^  Danford 


JoiP  Hammond 
Robert  Powers 
Abijah  Powers 
Jacob  Waters 
MattheAv  PoAvers 
John  Tayler 
Whitcom  Powers 
Silas  BroAvn 
Jos^  Hucker 
Jos^  Blanchard 
Steph“  Powers 
Joseph  French 
EbeiY  Griffin 
Ephra"‘  BroAvn 
Abel  Powers 
Josiah  Hording 


LEICESTER. 


243 


John  Cuming 
Eclw'^  Robins  Jun’ 
Steph"  Johnson 
Dan^  Warner  Esq 
Oliver  Carter 
Lieu‘s  ColE  Weeks 


Jeremiah  Powers  Joseph  Storer 

John  Avery  Enoch  Clark 

Oliver  Hale  Boaz  Brown 

yp  Wentworth  EsqClem*  March  Esq 
Josiah  Carter  Elijah  Mash 

D'^  Emera  & Maj^  Sam^  Hale — 

His  Excellency  Benning  \Yentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Contain 
Five  Hundred  Acres,  as  Marked  B-  W-  in  the  Plan  which  is  to  be 
Accounted  two  of  the  within  shares,  One  whole  share  for  the  Incorp- 
orated Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts, 
One  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law  Estab- 
lished, One  Share  for  the  First  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  & One 
Share  for  the  Benefit  of  a School  in  said  Town — 


Province  of  New  Hamps*^  Nov’^  3,  1761 — 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  of  Leicester  under 
the  Prov®  Seal — 

Attested  Theodore  Atkinson  Se^'y 


Province  of  New  Hampshire  Nov''  3 ITtil 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  of  Leicester  under 
tlie  Prov  : Seal 


44ieodore  Atkinson  Sec’’^ 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


LEMINGTON. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire. 

GEORGE  THE  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Plantation 
within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty  and 
Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  Kew-Hampshire  in 
New-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province  ; Have  upon 
the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and  granted, 
and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do  give  and 
grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Onr  loving  Subjects,  Inhabitants  of  Our 
said  Province  of  New-Hampshin^^  and  Our  other  Governments,  and  to 
their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are  entred  on  this 
Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Seventy  equal  Shares, 
all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and  being  within  our 
said  Province  of  Neiv-Hampshire^  containing  by  Admeasurement, 
Twenty  Three  Thousand  & forty  Acres^  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Six 
Miles  square,  and  no  more ; out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made 
for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains 
and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan 
and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned 
into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded 
as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  the  most  Easterly  Corner  of  JMinehead 
at  a Tree  Marked,  standing  on  the  AVesterly  side  of  Connecticut  River 
at  a place  called  the  upper  Co’os  thence  North  Easterly  up  Conecti- 
cut  River  bounding  upon  said  River  so  far  as  to  make  Six  Miles  upon 
a streight  Line,  thence  carrying  that  breadth  of  six  Miles  North 
Westerly  so  far  as  that  a Parralel  Line  with  the  streight  Line  afores*^ 
will  make  the  Contents  of  Six  Miles  Square — And  that  the  same  be, 
and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the  Name  of  Limington 
And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Town- 
ship, are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all 
and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within 
Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy:  And  further,  that  the 


244 


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Limington 


LEMIKGTON. 


245 


said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled 
thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Two  Fairs^  one  of  which 
shall  be  held  on  the  And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue 
longer  than  the  respective  following  the 

said  and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town 

shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families  a Market  may  be  ^opened  and  ^2-382 
kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought 
most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting 
for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said 
Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  First  Tuesday  in  August  next  which 
said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  M*^  James  Tripp  who  is  hereby  also 
appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to 
Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said 
Province ; and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the 
Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second 
Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of 
Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appurten- 
ances, to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon 
tlie  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  cultivate 
five  Acres  of  I^and  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
d'ownsliip,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Townsliip,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sor, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Tees  within  the  said  4'ownship, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  l)e  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
firt  liad  and  obtained,  upon  tlie  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the  Right 
of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors, as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or  Acts  of 
Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  l)e  Enacted. 

III.  4'hat  l)efore  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  ('entre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
'I'own  liOts,  one  of  whicli  shall  be  allotted  to  ea(4i  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Ileii's  and  Successoi's 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Veal’s,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the. 
Kent  of  one  Ikir  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-lifth  Day  of 


246 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December,  1763 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  ahovesaid  twenty- 
fifth  Day  of  December,,  namely,  on  the  twent}^-fifth  Day  of  December,, 
which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1773  One  shilling  Proclama- 
tion Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses, 
and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land ; 
which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their 
Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth,,  or  to  such 
Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same  ; and  this 
to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Province 
to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our 
Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the  29^^ 
Day  of  June  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand  Seven 
Hundred  and  Sixty  Two  And  in  the  Second  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Thodore  Atkinson  JuiT  Sec’’^ 

Prov®  of  New  Hamp’’  June  29*^^'  1762 

Recorded  from  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Pro"^  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun’'  Sec’'^ 


*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Limington  (Viz) 


*2-383 

Saiffi  Averill 
Jon^  Seaman 
Peter  Muttea 
John  Hoag  Jun’^ 
John  Hall  Jun’' 
Anthony  Tripp 
William  Cook 
John  Robbins 
Sam^  Smith 
WilP^  Langdon 
David  Seaman 
Townsend  Dickson 
Daniel  Frost 
Benj^  Clapp 
Jacob  Bowne 


Sam^  Willis 
Hermon  Lefford 
Tho®  Seaman  Jun’^ 
Gilbert  Thorn 
John  Tripp 
John  Cromwell 
Dan^  Hopkins 
Joseph  Carpenter 
Natffi  Whitson 
RiclP  Jackson  Jun"^ 
Giles  Seaman 
Joseph  Cotes 
William  Mudge 
Daffi  Browne 
John  Pratt 


Zebulon  Seaman 
JoiP  Pratt 
WilU‘  Willis 
Jon^  Lyon 
Tho®  Hopkins 
Tho®  Vail 
Tho®  Hopkins 
Moses  Doty 
John  Butler 
John  IV right 
Austen  Seaman 
Sam^  Hungerford 
Jacob  Carpenter 
Sam : Hingham 
John  Searing 


LEMINGTON. 


247 


Willet  Seaman 
Isaac  Rushmore 
David  Hawley 
Israel  Noble 
Jos^  Calhown 


Obediah  Seamen 
Daid  Averill 
Will"^  Cogswell 
Dan^  Kene 
James  Calhown 


Benj^  Rushmore 
Moses  Averill 
Morgain  Noble 
James  Guthry 
David  Calhown 


Hon : Theo 


Atkinson  Esq  Mark  H§  Wentworth  Esq  John  Nelson  Esq 
James  Nevin  Esq 


His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain Five  Hundred  Acres  as  marked  B-  W-  in  the  Plan,  which  is  to 
be  Accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares,  one  whole  Share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  For^  Parts, 
one  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law  Estab- 
lish’d, one  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  & one 
share  for  the  benefit  of  a school  in  s^^  Town 

Pro"^  New  Hamp’’  June  29-1762 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Limington 
under  the  Pro'^  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun^  Sec*"^ 


Pro^  New  Ilamp^  June  29^*‘  1762 

Recorded  from  tiie  Back  of  the  Original  (.'barter  of  Limington  under 
the  l*ro^  Seal 


^ 'f  Atkinson  Jun''  Sec’^^ 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


LEWIS. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire. 

GEORGE  THE  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and  Ire- 
land, Kixg,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Kxo^v  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a ^ew  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Pro^dnce,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Bexxing  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  Xew-Hampshire  in  y'eiv- 
England^  aiidi  oi  our  CouxCLL  of  the  said  Province ; Have  upon  the 
Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  griveii  and  grranted, 
and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do  give  and 
grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabitants  of  Our 
said  Province  of  Xeiv-Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Governments,  and  to 
their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Xames  are  entred  on  this 
Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Seventy  equal  Shares, 
all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  Ivinof  and  beino^  within  our 
said  Province  of  Xew-Hampshire^  containing  by  Admeasurement, 
Twenty  Three  Thousand  & forty  Acres^  which  Tract  is  to  contain 
Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more ; out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be 
made  for  High  M'a^^s  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds, 
Mountains  and  Rivem,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  accord- 
ing to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s 
Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary's  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed, 
butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Beffinine  at  a ^larked  Tree 
standing  in  the  AVesterly  Corner  of  iMinehead,  then  runing  up 
North  Easterly  six  iMiles  or  thereabouts  to  the  Northerly  Comer  of 
Minehead  aforesaid,  then  caiTviim  that  breadth  back  North  AVesterlv 
by  Brundswick  & AVenlock  so  farr  as  that  a Parralell  Line  with  the 
North  Easterly  line  of  Minehead  afores"^  will  Contain  the  Contents  of 
Six  Miles  square — And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated 
into  a Township  by  the  Name  of  Lewis  And  the  Inhabitants  that 
do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Townsliip,  are  hereby  declared 
to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priffiledges 
and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exer- 
cise and  Enjoy:  And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall 
be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty 


248 


^2-385 

Lewis 


LEWIS. 


249 


of  holding  Two  Fairs,  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 
And  the  other  on  the  annually,  which  Fairs  are  not 

to  continue  longer  than  the  respective  following  the 

said  and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall 

consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be  ^opened  and  *2-386 
kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  AYeek,  as  may  be  thought 
most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting 
for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said 
Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  Second  Fryday  in  August  next  which 
said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  M^  And""  Graham  who  is  hereby 
also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to 
Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said 
Province ; and  that  the  annual  Meeting  forever  hereafter  for  the 
Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second 
Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract 
of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appur- 
tenances, to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever, 
upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heii^s  and  Suc- 
sessom,  to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as 
shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Alasting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  l)e  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
fii*st  had  and  olkained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or  Acts 
of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  l)e  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  tlie  Tamd  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a d’ract  of  Land  as  near  tlic  (Yntre  of  the  said  'hown- 
ship  as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
'I'own  Lots,  one  of  wliich  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  tlie 
f ’on tents  of  one  Acre. 

I\k  A ielding  and  [)aying  tlierefor  to  Us,  oiir  Ileim  and  Successors 
for  tlie  Space  of  ten  A'eai’s,  to  be  comput(Ml  from  tlie  Date  hereof, 
the  Rent  of  one  Ikir  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
J>crt>m}>cr  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  lii*st  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  Feccmhcr.  1763 


250 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December^  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1773  One  shilling 
Proclamation  jMoney  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land;  which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth^ or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same ; and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  SeaJ  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
Day  of  June  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  two  And  in  the  Second  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

T Atkinson  Jun’'  Sec^^' 

Prov®  New  Hamp^  June  29  1762 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Prov®  Seal 

. T Atkinson  JuiU  Sec’"^ 

*2-387  *The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Lewes  (Viz) 


Eleazer  Hinman 
John  Hinman 
Joseph  Sanford 
Abijah  Hinman 
Huthwitt  Tuttle 
David  Johnson 
Gideon  Hinman 
Sam^  Hinman 
David  Hinman 
Elijah  Hinman 
Elijah  Hind 
Jon"*-  Mitchell 
Jehial  Preston 
Sam^  Moodey 
Edw*^  Hinman 
Joseph  Hicok 


MatU  Mitchell 
Joseph  Richards 
RoD  Torrance 
And'^  Graham 
Freeman  Hinman 
Amos  Hicok 
Agur  Curtis 
Reuben  Hinman 
And"'  Coe 
William  Young 
Bushnel  Benidict 
Tho®  Drakly 
Seth  Preston 
Joseph  Perry 
Benj^  Stiles 
Elijah  Brownson 


Silas  Hicok 
Moses  Knapp 
Sam:  Moulton 
Eleazer  Knowles 
Nath : Tuttle 
Tho®  Kimberly 
Sanfi  Curtis 
Thadius  Curtis 
Moses  Downs 
John  Stiles 
Seth  Curtis 
Noah  Hinman 
Tho®  Bull 
Gideon  IValker 
Phineas  Potter 
Reuben  Squier 


LEWIS. 


251 


John  Tweedy 
David  Boland 
John  Pierce 
Nathan  Pierce 


Obediah  Wheler 
Joseph  Pierce 
David  Pierce 
Sam : Averill 


Adam  Hinman 
Wilh"  Boland 
Justus  Pierce 
Jacob  Meek 

Hon'^^®  John  Downing  Esq  Rich‘S  WibirdEsq  Theo  : Atkinson  JuiV  Esq 

Jonathan  Warner  Esq 

His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain Five  Hundred  Acres  as  marked  B-  W-  in  the  Plan  which  is  to 
be  Accounted  two  of  the  within  shares,  one  whole  Share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospell  in  Foreign 
Parts,  one  share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Establish’d,  one  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  & 
one  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  a school  in  said  Town — 


Pro’^  New  Hamp*"  June  29-1762 

Recorded  According  to  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  Lewis 
under  the  Pro'^  Seal 

T Atkinson  JuiP  Sec*'^' 

Prov®  of  New  Hamp’’  June  29“^  1762 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  original  Charter  of  Lewis  under  the 
Pro""  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun”"  Sec"^ 


V 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


LUDLOW. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire. 

GEORGE  THE  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Perilous  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  }^e,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
ineer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
New-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province  ; Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do 
give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabitants 
of  Our  said  Province  of  New- Hampshire,  and  Our  other  Govern- 
ments,  and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are  entree! 
on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Seventy  One 
equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and 
being  within  our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  containing  by 
Admeasurement,  about  Twenty  Four  Thousand  Acres^  which  Tract 
is  to  contain  Something  more  than  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more ; 
out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unim- 
provable Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One 
Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey 
thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the 
Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  fol- 
lows, Viz.  Begining  at  the  North  Westerly  Corner  of  Flamstead 
thence  Runing  North  fifty  five  Degrees  West  Six  Miles,  Thence 
North  Seventeen  Degrees  East  Six  Miles  & One  half  Mile  to  the 
South  Westerly  Corner  of  Saltash  thence  South  Sixty  Five  Degrees 
East  Six  Miles  by  Saltash  aforesaid  to  the  South  Easterly  Corner 
thereof,  then  south  Eight  Degrees  West  Seven  Miles  & One  half 
Mile  to  Flamstead  Line  then  by  Flamstead  s*^  Line  to  the  North 
Westerly  Corner  of  h'lamstead  being  the  Bound  first  above 
Mention’d — And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a 
Township  by  the  Name  of  Ludlow  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or 
shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be 
Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and 


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Ludlow 


LUDLOW. 


253 


Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  bv  Law  Exercise 



and  Enjoy : And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall 
be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty 
of  holding  Two  Fairs^  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the  annually,  which 

Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 
following  the  said  and  that  as  soon  as 

the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may 
be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  *2-198 
may  be  thought  most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants. 

Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable 
to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  Second 
Monday  in  October  next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by 
Cap‘  Eliakim  Hall  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the 
said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the 
Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province ; and  that  the  annual 
Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the 
said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To 
Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed, 
together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their 
respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions, 
viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  everv 
fifty  Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land 
in  said  Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by 
additional  Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or 
Share  in  the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs 
and  Successors,  to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Sub- 
jects as  shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Town- 
ship, fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that 
Use,  and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so 
doing  first  had  and  ol)tained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of 
the  Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs 
and  Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act 
or  Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a d'l-actof  Land  as  near  the  C’entre  of  the  said  Townshij) 
as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  l)e  reserved  and  marked  out  for  Town 
Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the  Contents 
of  one  Acre. 

IVL  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 


254 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty -fifth  Day  of  December.  1762 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay  unto 
Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever,  from 
and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twenty- 
fifth  Day  of  December.^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December., 
which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling  Proclama- 
tion Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses, 
and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land  ; 
which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their 
Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth^  or  to  such 
Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same ; and  this 
to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said 
Province  to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Benning  Wentworth, 
Esq  ; Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province, 
the  Sixteenth  Da}^  of  September  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ, 
One  Thousand  Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  One  And  in  the  First  Year 
of  Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Se^'^ 

Province  of  New  Hamps"'  SepP  16,  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Origional  Charter  under  the  Province 
seal 

Attested  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec"^ 

*2-199  *The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Ludlow — Viz 


Jared  Lee  Esq 
Amos  Lee 
Eliakim  Hall  juffi 
Stephen  Hall 
Thomas  Thebets 
Joseph  Blackley 
Josiah  Newell 
Nathaniel  Penfield 
David  Austin 
Samuel  Austin 
Nathaniel  Fellows 


Cap‘  Eliakim  Hall 
Timothy  Lee 
Hezzekiah  Hall 
Street  Hall 
Thomas  Thibets  juiF 
Abraham  Turner 
Jonathan  Norton 
Samuel  Bishop 
Isaac  Doolittle 
Daniel  Lyman  Esq’^ 
Rev*^  Nathan  Willian 


Seth  Lee 
Isaac  Hall  jun’’ 

DocP  Caleb  Hall 
Timothy  Hall 
Timothy  Borman 
Moses  Lyman 
Samuel  Stow 
John  Mix 

Samuel  Bishop  Jun’’ 

Ury  Tuttle 

Doc‘  John  Dickinson 


LUDLOW. 


255 


Timothy  Root 
John  Newell 
Phinehas  Lewis 
Jonathan  Woodruff 
Thomas  Hart  Tertis 
Silas  Beckwith 
Stephen  Barnes  Jun’^ 
Joel  Potter 
Joseph  Bishop 
Elihu  Hall  Esq^ 
Daniel  Warner  Esq*^ 


Thomas  Norton 
Isaac  Bidwell 
Ezekiel  Cowles 
John  Carter 
David  Hill 
William  Lee 
William  Judd 
Charles  Norton 
Steel  Smith 
John  Hall 
Israel  Calkins 


Solomon  Hart 
Zadoch  Orvis 
Solomon  Curtis 
David  Cleark  Jun*" 
Moses  Hill 
Samuel  Hickcock 
Joseph  Lee 
George  Hindesdale 
John  Norton 
Richard  Wibird  Esq*^ 


His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq*’  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain Five  Hundred  Acres  as  marked  B-VV-in  the  Plan  & is  to  be 
Accounted  two  of  the  Within  Shares,  One  whole  Share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign 
Parts,  One  share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Established,  One  share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel, 
& One  share  for  the  benefit  of  a school  in  said  Town — 


Province  of  New  Hamp’’  Sep’’  16,  1761 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Origional  Charter  for  Ludlow  under 
the  Province  seal 


Attested  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’’^ 


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CHARTER  RECORDS. 


i 


AX' 

/ ^ 
y 


Province  of  New  Hamps’’  Sep^’  16,  1761 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Origional  Charter  of  Ludlow  under 
the  Province  Seal — 


Attested  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’’^ 


LUNENBURG. 


257 


LUNENBURG. 

^Province  of  New-Harapshire.  *2-480 

Luningburg  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
New-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province;  Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do 
give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabi- 
tants of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire,  and  Oiir  other  Gov-^ 
ernments,  and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into 
Seventy  Six  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate, 
l}dng  and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  Hew- Hampshire^  con- 
taining by  Admeasurement,  Twenty  three  Thousand  & Forty  Acres, 
which  Tract  is  to  contain  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more;  out  of 
which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable 
Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and 
Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by 
Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office, 
and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begin- 
ning at  a Stake  & Stones  Standing  on  the  Bank  of  the  West  Side  of 
(k)iinecticut  River  which  is  the  South  Easterly  corner  Bounds  of 
Guild  Hall,  from  thence  runing  North  West  six  Mdes  to  the  North 
Westerly  Corner  of  Guild  Hall,  thence  turning  off  A runing  South 
Sixty  Tiine  Degrees  West,  four  Miles  & two  Hundred  & lifty  Six 
Rods,  & from  thence  Runing  South  Fifteen  Degrees  East  to  C’on- 
necticut  River,  thence  u])  the  River  as  that  Trends  to  the  Stake  A 
stones  first  above  Mentiond  the  bounds  begun  at  And  the  same  be, 
and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township  l)y  the  Name  of  Luning- 
bourg  And  the  Inhabitants  tliat  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said 
d'ownship,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Inti- 
tled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other 

XVII 


258 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy : And 
further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families 
resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  l\vo 
Fairs^  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than 
the  respective  following 

the  said  and  that  as 

soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consit  of  Fifty  Families,  a 
*2-481  Market  may  be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each 
Week,  as  maybe  thoughtmost  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants. 
Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable 
to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  first  Tuesda}^ 
in  August  next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  David  Page 
who  is  hereb}^  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting, 
which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs 
of  Our  said  Province;  and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter 
for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the 
Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said 
Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and 
Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  for- 
ever, upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Success- 
ors, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navj%  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 


LUNENBURG. 


259 


for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof, 
the  Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1763 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.,  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December^  Avhich  shall  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1773  One  shilling 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land;  which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth^ or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same ; and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

• In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
Fifth  Day  of  July  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  three  And  in  the  Third  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

T Atkinson  Jun*^  Sec*'^ 

Province  of  New  Hamps''  July  6.  1763 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Pro'^  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun^  Sec*'^ 


*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Luninbourg  Viz  *2-482 


David  Page 
Charles  Man 
EbeiF  Hartshorne 
Stephen  Farnsworth 
William  Bigelow 
John  Darling 
Seth  Oaks 
Caleb  Wood 
Samuel  Gates 
Timothy  Rogers 
Henry  Merchant 
Dennis  Locklin 
Oliver  Robinson 


Gustavus  Swan 
Ephraim  Stockwell 
William  Wood 
Will"’  Kimpland 
David  Fowle 
John  Peirce 
Levi  Silvister 
Jlmothy  Whitney 
Zebediah  Rogers 
James  Wheeler 
James  Shej)ard 
Henry  Sartwell 
David  Twitchel 


Jon’’  Sanderson 
Charles  Baker 
I very  Holland 
John  Page 
Philip  Goodridge 
Abner  Newton 
Walter  PYirfield 
Jonathan  Moulton 
Samuel  Rogers 
Simeon  Houghton 
Joab  Miles 
Benj"  Chandler 
Joel  Grout 


260 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Joseph  Willson 
George  Jaffrey 
ColP  John  Goffe  Esq 
Kath^  Green 
John  Blunt 
David  Sanderson 
Israel  Jenison 
Joseph  Rassell 
Hon  Nath^  Barrell 

Theo : Atkinson 
Will“  Temple 
John  Nelson 


Nath^  Wilder 
James  Shepard 
John  Sweat 
Stephen  Bo}mton 
Jon^  Grout 
John  Richardson 
Ezekiel  How 
David  West 


Jun^ 


J 


Esq^® 


Samuel  Sleeper 
Samuel  Martin 
John  Clark 
Thomas  Lord 
Cyrus  Whitcomb 
John  Curtis 
Joseph  Kelly 
Hugh  Giles 

Cap’^  Jon^  Carlton 
Joseph  Blanchard  Esq 
& Richard  Jennis  Esq’^ 


His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq.  a Tract  of  Land  to 
Contain  Five  Hundred  Acres  as  marked  B AV  in  the  Plan  w^^*^  is  to 
be  Accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares,  One  AA^hole  Share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign 
Parts,  One  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Establish’d,  One  Share  for  the  first  settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  & 
One  Share  for  the  benefit  of  a School  in  said  Town 


Pro""  New  Hamp’^  July  6 1763 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Luninbourg  under 
the  Prov^®  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jim*^  Sec’^^' 


MAIDSTONE. 


261 


Pro^  of  New  Hamp’’  July  6-  1763 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  original  Charter  of  Luninburg 
under  the  Pro'^  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun^  Sec’^^ 


MAIDSTONE. 

^Province  of  New-Hainpshire.  *2-257 

]\Iaidstone  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq ; Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
New-Pngland,  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province ; Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do 
give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabitants 
of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Govern- 
ments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Seventy 
equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and 
being  within  our  said  Province  of  Netv- Hampshire^  containing  by  Ad- 
measurement, ab‘  Twenty  five  thousand  Acres^  which  Tract  is  to  con- 
tain something  more  than  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more ; out  of 
which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable 
Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and 
Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by 
Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office, 
and  liereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begin- 
ing  at  the  Most  Easterly  Corner  of  Guildhall  from  thence  North 
Easterly  up  Connecticut  River  so  far  as  to  make  Six  Miles  on  a 
Streight  Line  then  from  Said  River  North  West  Six  Miles  & one 
half  .Slile  thence  South  Westerly  on  A Parrellel  Line  with  that  on 
the  River  to  the  East  Line  of  Grandby  from  thence  by  Granby  & 
Guildhall  to  the  River  Connecticut  to  the  Bounds  first  above  Men- 


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CHARTER  RECORDS. 


tioned  And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Town- 
ship by  the  Name  of  Maidstone  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall 
hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  En- 
franchized with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Im- 
munities that  other  Towns  vdthin  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise 
and  Enjoy : And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall 

be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty 
of  holding  Two  Fairs^  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the  annuallv,  which 

Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said  and  that  as  soon  as  the  said 

*2-258  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be  ^opened 
and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought 
most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting 
for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said 
Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  Second  Tuesday  in  November  next 
which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  M*"  Samuel  Averill  who  is 
hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which 
he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our 
said  Province ; and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for 
the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second 
Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract 
of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appur- 
tenances, to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever, 
upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township^ 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 


MAIDSTONE. 


263 


Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  oiir  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1762 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twenty- 
fifth  Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December., 
which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling  Proclama- 
tion Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses, 
and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land  ; 
which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their 
Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth.,  or  to  such 
Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same  ; and 
this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Pro- 
vince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
12“*  Day  of  October  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thou- 
sand Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  One  And  in  the  First  Year  of  Our 
Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Se*"^ 


Province  of  New  Hamps”'  Octo’’  12  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Origional  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*"^' 


*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  Maidstone  Viz 


*2-259 


Agur  Judson 
John  Yeats 
Abner  Judson 
Luke  Summers 
David  Newland 
Edmund  Pendleton 
JoiP  Judson 
John  Dunning 
P>enajah  Dickinson 


Thomas  French 
John  Mallery 
Jabez  Blake 
Thomas  Saxon 
Thomas  Bearsley 
John  Beardsley 
Ebenez''  lieardsley 
Elnathan  Lake 
William  Babbit 


John  Moss 
John  Hide 
J^each  Thomlinson 
Jonah  Newland 
Benj"  Booth 
Seth  Crane 
Daniel  Judson  juiY 
Daniel  Beardsley  jun'' 
Jeremiah  Beardsley 


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CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Edmond  Levensworth  Joseph  French 


Samuel  Hawkins 
Nathan  Birdsey 
John  Gill 

Zachariah  Blakeman 
Edmund  Curtis 
Thomas  Wooster 
Gideon  Wheeler 
Salvinus  Hatch 
Daniel  Warner  Esq 
James  Calhoon 
Joel  Frost 


Daniel  Judson 
Stiles  Curtis 
Cornelius  Hall 
Henry  Curtis 
John  Nellson 
Joseph  Thomlinson 
Sand^  Averill 
Jethr®  Hatch 
Daniel  Averill 
John  Calhoon 


Israel  Johnson 
Sevignior  Lewis  jun^ 
William  Emmes 
Joseph  Holbrook 
John  Brooks 
John  Becher 
James  Birdsley 
Joseph  Blanchard  Esq 
Rich^  Wibird  Esq 
Job  Ingraham 
Timothy  Fuller 
Joseph  Wheaton  & 


Nath^^  Bos  worth 
Theodore  Atkinson  Jun*^ 

His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to 
Contain  Five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B-  W-  in  the  Plan  which 
is  to  be  Accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares,  One  whole  Share  for 
the  Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign 
Parts,  One  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Established,  One  Share  for  the  First  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel 
& One  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  a School  in  said  Town — 


Province  of  New  Hamps'^  Octo^  12*^  1761 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  of  Maidstone 
under  the  Prov®  Seal 

Attested  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 


Province  of  New  Hamp^  Octob’^  12^^  1761 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Maidstone 
under  the  Pro’^  Seal 


Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’^^' 


MANCHESTER. 


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MANCHESTER. 

^Province  of  New-Hamoshire.  ^2-97 

Manchester  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  we  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
nieer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a Neiv  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  ; Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
New-England,  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province ; Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Succes- 
sors, do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects, 
Inhabitants  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  and  Our  other 
Governments,  and  to  theii  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names 
are  entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Sev- 
enty equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and 
being  within  our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  containing  by 
Admeasurement,  Twenty  three  Thousand  & forty  Acres^  which  Tract 
is  to  contain  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more ; out  of  which  an  Allow- 
ance is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks, 
Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free, 
according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s 
Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed, 
butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz,  Begining  at  the  North  East 
(’orner  of  Arlington  from  thence  due  North  by  Sandgate  Six  Miles 
to  the  North  East  Corner  thereof  from  thence  due  East  Six  Miles 
from  thence  due  South  Six  Miles  to  the  North  East  Corner  of  Sun- 
<lerland  from  thence  Due  West  by  Sunderland  to  the  North  West 
Corner  of  Sunderland  aforesaid  being  the  Bound  began  at — And 
that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township  by 
the  Name  of  Manchester  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  ^hall 
hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be 
Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges 
and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law 
ICxercise  and  Enjoy:  And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as 
there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have 


266 


CHAliTER  RECORDS. 


tbe  Liberty  of  holding  Two  Fairs^  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on 
the  And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue 
longer  than  the  respective  following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of 
*2-98  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or 
more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most  advan- 
tagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the 
Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province, 
shall  be  held  on  the  First  Wednesday  in  October  Next  which  said 
Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  M*^  Ephraim  Cowen  who  is  hereby  also 
appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to 
Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said 
Province;  and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the 
Choice  of  such  Officers  tor  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second 
Tuesday  of  May'cli  annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract 
of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appur- 
tenances, to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever, 
upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Laud  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Township 
as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty -fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1762 


MANCHESTER. 


26T 


V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December^  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land;  which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth^ or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same;  and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq  ; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
Day  of  August  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  One  And  in  the  First  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 

Province  of  New  Hamp*^  August  1761 

Recorded  from  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Province  Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Se^^ 

*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Manchester  *2-99 


Ephraim  Cowen 
Francis  Brakinridge 
William  Clark 
James  Halbert 
James  Harknes 
William  Dunlap 
John  Hunter 
William  Harkness 
Robert  Boyes 
George  Cowen 
Robert  Bo}'es 
Robert  Park 
James  Wough  jun*^ 
Samuel  Smith 
William  M^^Nut 
John  Kellsey 
William  Rogers 


James  Cowen 
Sam''  Willson 
Robert  Gilmore 
James  Taylor 
James  Pebbles 
John  Pebbles 
William  Blair 
James  Hunter 
Adam  Weare 
John  Concey 
Oliver  Selfige 
Joseph  Wough 
Alexander  Park 
Anti[)ass  Dodge 
James  Miller 
William  Eaton 
Robert  Archibald 


Robert  Cowen 
John  Blair 
George  Gilmore 
Sam^^  Cowden 
Partrick  Pebbles 
Isaac  Stevenson 
Isaac  Hunter 
Alexand'’  M^^Cullough 
James  Weare 
Mathew  Thornton 
Hugh  Campbell 
James  Wough 
John  Wallass 
Joseph  Parke 
William  Kelsey 
Meshech  Weare  Esq 
James  Ramsey 


268 


CHAETER  RECORDS. 


James  Boyd 
Kobert  Alexander 
William  Boyes 
James  Nevin  Esq 


William  Wough 
James  Boyes 
Andrew  Walker 
Benning  Wentworth 
& Coll  John  Goffe — 


Benj^  Willson 
Joseph  Boyes 
Daniel  Warner  Esq 
John  Wentworth  Esq 


His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  one  Tract  of  Land  to 
Contain  five  hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B — W-  in  the  Plan  which  is 
to  be  Accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares  one  whole  Share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagating  of  the  Gospel  in  foreign 
Parts  one  Share  for  A Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Established  One  Share  for  the  First  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel 
one  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  A School  in  Said  Town 


Pro'^  N Hamp’^  August  1761 

Record‘d  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Pro'^ 
Seal 


Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’^^' 


& 


MARLBORO. 


269 


Prov®  of  New  Hanip^  August  11 — 1761 

Taken  & Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  original  Charter  under  the 

Attes’^  Theodore  Atkinson  Se*^^ 


MARLBORO. 

George  the  Second  by  the  Grace  of  God  "^1-71 
of  Great  Brittain  France  & Ireland  King  Defender 
of  the  faith  &c^ — 

To  All  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  Shall 
come  Greeting — 

Know  Ye  that  We  of  our  Especial  Grace  Certain 
Knowldege  & mere  motion  for  the  Due  Encouragement 
of  Settling  A New  Plantation  within  our  Said  Province  By  & with  the 
Advice  of  our  Trusty  & wellbeloved  Benning  Wentworth  Esq 
our  Governour  & Com’ander  in  Chieff  of  our  Said  Province 
of  New  Hampshire  in  America  & of  our  Council  of  the  Said  Prov- 
ince Have  upon  the  Conditions  & reservations  herein  after  made 
given  And  Granted  and  by  these  Presents  for  us  our  heirs  & Suc- 
cessors Do  give  & Grant  in  Equal  Shares  unto  our  Loveing 
Subjects  Inhabitants  of  Our  Said  Province  of  New  Hampshire 
& His  Majesties  Other  Governments  & to  thier  heirs  and  Assignes 
forever  whose  names  Are  Entred  on  this  Grant  to  be  Divided 
to  & Amoungst  them  into  Sixty  four  Equal  Shares  All  that  Tract 
or  Parcel  of  Land  Seituate  Lying  & being  within  our  Said 
Province  of  New  Hampshire  Containing  by  Admeasurement  Twenty 
three  thousend  & forty  Acres  which  Tract  is  to  Contain  Six  miles 
Square  & no  more  out  of  which  an  Allowence  is  to  be  made  for  high 
ways  & unimproveable  Lands  by  rocks  mountains  Ponds  & rivers 
One  thousend  & forty  Acres  free  According  to  a Plan  thereof  made 
& Presented  by  our  Said  Governours  orders  & hereunto  Annexed 
Butted  & bounded  as  follows  (Viz)  Begining  at  the  North  West 
Corner  of  a Township  Called  Halifax  Lately  Granted  to  Oliver  Part- 
ridge Esq  & his  Associates  Lying  West  of  Connecticut  River  thence 
riming  by  the  Needle  North  Ten  degrees  East  Six  miles  from 
thence  East  Ten  Degrees  South  Six  miles  from  thence  South  Ten 
Degrees  West  Six  miles  A from  thence  West  Ten  degrees  North 
by  Halifax  aforesaid  Six  Miles  to  the  Corner  first  mentioned — 
A:  that  the  Same  be  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a 'fownshij) 
by  the  Name  of  Marlelirongh  and  that  the  Inhabitants  that  do 
or  Shall  hereafter  Inhabit  the  Said  'fownship  Are  hereby  Declared  to 


Pro^  Seal 


^Province  of  ) 
N : Hamp’^  ) 
Marlebrough 


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CHARTER  RECORDS. 


be  Enfranchized  with  & Intituled  to  all  & Every  the  Previledges  & 
Imunities  that  other  Towns  within  our  Said  Province  by  Law  Exer- 
cize & Enjoy,  and  further  that  the  Said  Town  as  Soon  as  there  Shall 
be  fifty  families  resident  & Settled  thereon  Shall  have  the  Liberty  of 
Holding  two  fairs  one  of  which  Shall  be  held  on  the  Lastmonday — in 
the  month  of  May — and  the  Other  In  Last  Monday — of  the  Moth  of 
Octo^  which  fairs  Are  not  to  Continue  & be  held  Longer  than  the 
respective  Saturdays  following  the  Said  respective  Days  And 
*1-72  as  soon  as  the  Said  Town  Shall  Consist  of  fifty  Families  *A 
Market  Shall  be  Opned  & Kept  one  or  more  Days  in  Each 
Week  as  may  be  tho*  most  Advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants  also  that 
the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  officers  Agreeable  to  the 
Laws  of  our  Said  Province  Shall  be  held  on  the  first  monday  In 
March  next  which  meeting  Shall  be  notifyed  by  Timothy  Dwight 
Esq  who  is  hereby  also  Appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  Said  first 
Meeting  which  he  is  to  Notify  & Govern  Agreeable  to  the  Law  & 
Custom  of  our  Said  Province  and  that  the  Annual  Meeting  forever 
hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  Such  Officers  for  the  Said  Town  Shall  be 
on  the  first  Monday  of  March  Annually  To  Have  & to  Hold  the 
Said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  Expressed  togeather  with  all  Previledges 
& Appurtenances  to  them  & thier  respective  Heirs  & Assignes  for  ever 
upon  the  following  Conditions  (Viz)  that  every  Grantee  his  Heirs  or 
Assignes  Shall  Plant  or  Cultivate  five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term 
of  five  Years  for  every  fifty  Acres  Containd  in  his  or  thier  Share  or 
Proportion  of  Land  in  the  Said  Township  And  Continue  to  Improve 
& Settle  the  Same  by  Aditional  Cultivations  on  Penalty  of  the  for- 
feiture of  His  Grant  or  Share  in  the  Said  Township  and  its  reverting 
to  his  Majesty  his  heirs  & Successors  to  be  by  him  or  them  regranted 
to  Such  of  his  Subjects  as  Shall  Effectually  Settle  & Cultivate  the 
Same  That  all  white  & other  Pine  Trees  within  the  Said  Township 
fit  for  Masting  our  Royal  Navy  be  Carefully  Preserved  for  that  Use 
& none  to  be  Cut  or  felld  without  his  Majesties  Especial  Lycence  for 
So  doing  first  had  & obtaind  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  forfieture  of 
the  right  of  Such  Grantee  his  heirs  or  Assigns  to  us  our  heirs  & Suc- 
cessors as  well  as  being  Subject  to  the  Penalty  of  Any  Act  or  Acts  of 
Parliament  that  now  Are  or  hereafter  Shall  be  Enacted  That  before 
Any  Division  of  the  Said  Land  be  made  to  & Among  the  Grantees  A 
Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Center  of  Said  Township  as  the  Land  will 
Admit  of  Shall  be  reserved  & marked  out  for  Town  Lotts  one  of  which 
Shall  be  Allotted  to  Each  Grantee  of  the  Contents  of  One  Acre 
Yeilding  & paying  therefor  to  us  our  hiers  & Successors  for  the  Space 
of  Ten  years  to  be  Computed  from  the  Date  hereof  the  rent  of  one 
Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only  on  the  Twenty  fifth  Day  of  December 


MARLBORO. 


271 


Amuialy  if  Lawfully  Demanded  the  first  Payment  to  be  made  on 
the  25^^  Day  of  December  next  Ensueing  the  Date  hereof,  Every  Pro- 
prietor Settler  or  Inhabitant  Shall  Yield  & Pay  unto  us  our  Hiers  & 
Successors  Yearl}^  & Every  Year  for  ever  from  & after  the  Expira- 
tion of  Ten  years  from  the  Date  hereof  Namly  on  the  25*^ 

Day  of  December  which  will  be  in  the  Year  *of  our  Lord  *1-73 
One  Thousand  Seven  hundred  & Sixty  Two  One  Shilling 
Proclamation  money  for  every  hundred  Acres  he  So  owns  Settles  or 
Possesses  & So  in  Proportion  for  a Greater  or  Lesser  Tract  of  the 
Said  Land  which  money  Shall  be  y^aid  by  the  respective  Persons 
above  S^  thier  Heirs  or  assigns  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth 
or  to  Such  officer  or  officers  as  Shall  be  Appointed  to  receive  the 
Same  And  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  All  other  Rents  & Services  Whatso- 
ever I Wittness  whereof  we  have  Caused  the  Seal  of  our  Said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  Affixed  Wittness  Penning  Wentworth  Esq  our 
Governour  & Com’ander  in  Chieff  of  our  Said  Province  the  Day 
of  Ayu'il  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ  one  thousend  Seven  hundred 
& fifty  One  & in  the  Twenty  fourth  year  of  Our  Reign — 

B Wentworth 

By  his  Excelencys  Comand 
with  Advice  of  Council 

Theod*"  Atkinson  Se^'y 

Entred  & recorded  According  to  the  Original  under  the  Prov® 
Seal  the  30^^  Day  of  April  1751 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^y 
Names  of  the  Grantees  Viz — 


Tim®  Dwight  Esq 
Sam“  Mather  juiP 
Benj“  Sheldon  jun^ 
Aaron  Kingsly 
Jonathan  Rust 
Ebenez''  Edwards 
Nath“  Strong 
Sam"  Kingsley 
.loiP  Kingsley  juiP 
Elihu  Dwight 
'Titus  Wright 
Xatli"  Dwight 
Noah  Edwards 
Noali  Clark 
Charles  Pliel[)S  Ben 
Ellis  Husk  Es(j 
Sampson  Sheaffe  Esq 


Tim®  Dwight  jun'’ 
Noah  Parsons  juiP 
Benj'^  Alvord 
Joseph  Allen 
Sam"  Phelps 
Israel  Rust  jun‘‘ 
Eliphaz  Clapp 
Jonathan  Edwards 
Elihu  Parsons 
Noah  Clark  juiP 
John  Vanhorn 
Jon"  Graves 
Elisha  Pumro}" 
Increese  Clark 
ning  Wentworth  Esq 
'Theodore  Atkinson  E 
Bich"  Wibird  Esq 


Sam"  Mather 
Benj"  Sheldon 
Supply  Kingsly 
Joseph  Allen  jun'' 
Daniel  Warner 
Josiah  Clark 
Asa  Wright 
Jon"  Kingsley 
Elisha  Searl 
Benj"  Lyman 
Edward  Billing 
Caleb  Sheldon 
Joseph  Bridgman 
Gideon  Clark 
Penning  Wentworth  Escj 
sq  John  Downing  Esq 


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CHARTER  RECORDS. 


one  Shear  for  the  First  Settled  Minister  one  Shear  for  the  School, 
one  Shear  for  to  remain  as  a Glebe  for  the  benefit  of  the  Church  of 
England  as  by  Law  Established  which  is  to  be  under  the  Direction  of 
the  Church  Wardens  of  the  Queens  Chaple  in  Portsm®  and  for  the 
Benefit  of  the  Church  there  till  An  Episcopal  Clergyman  is  Settled 
in  the  8^  Town  of  Marlebrough  & then  to  remain  for  the  Sole 
Benefit  of  the  Ministr}^  there  Sam^^  Wentworth  Esq  Robert  Trayl 
John  Wentworth  Esq  Foster  Wentworth  Maj*^  John  Wentworth 
Esq  Timothy  Edwards  Job  Strong  Stephen  Crowfoot  Aaron 
Lyman  Noah  Parsons  & Jon^  Philps 


Entred  And  Recorded  According  to  the  Original  the  30*^^  Day  of 
April  1751 


Theodore  Atkinson  Se*"^' 


*1-74  *A  Plat  of  the  Township  of  Marlbrough  Granted  by  his 
Excelency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  Governour  &c^  & the 
Hon^^®  his  Majesties  Council  of  the  Province  of  New  Hamp"^  in  New 
England  unto  Timothy  Dwight  Esq  & Others  April  26*^^  1751  as  it  is 
to  be  Platted  by  a Surveyor  & Chain  men  under  oath  unto  Each 
Proprietor  or  Grantee  in  Equal  Shares  be  thier  Lotts  better  or  worse 
(Excepting  the  four  Lotts  next  the  Town  Plot  or  Scite  which  Are 
Sixteen  Acres  less  Each  than  the  Other  Lotts)  as  they  were  Drawn 
by  the  Agents  for  the  Proprietors  in  Portsm®  April  30‘^  and  were 
Entred  by  the  Sec’^^  of  the  Province  upon  this  Platt  Each  man  takeing 
his  Chance  whose  name  Stands  on  the  Schedule  Annexed  to  the 
Grant  of  S‘^  Township 


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Province  of  New  Hampshire  May  P‘  1751 
Recorded  According  to  the  original — 

Theodore  Atkinson  Se*’^’ 


XVIII 


274 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


[Marlboro  Charter  Renewed,  1761.] 

^Province  of  New  Hampshire 

George  the  Third  by  the  Grace  of  God  of  Great 
Britain  France  & Ireland  King  Defender  of  the  Faith 
&c 

To  ALL  whom  these  Presents  shall  come  Greeting 
Whereas  our  Late  Royal  Grandfather  King  George 
the  Second  of  Glorious  Memory  did  of  his  Special  Grtice  & mere 
Motion  for  the  Encouragement  of  Setling  a New  Plantation  within 
our  said  Province  of  New  Hampshire  by  his  Letters  Patient  or 
Cliarter  under  the  Seal  of  our  said  Province  dated  the  29^^^  day  of 
Aprill  1751  & in  the  Twenty  Fourth  Year  of  his  Majestys  Reign, 
grant  a Tract  of  Land  equal  to  Six  Miles  Square  Bounded  as  there- 
in Expressed  to  a Number  of  our  Loj^al  subjects  whose  Names  are 
Entered  on  the  same  to  Hold  to  them  their  Heirs  & Assigns  on  the 
Conditions  therein  Declared  to  be  a Town  Corporate  by  the  Name  of 
Marlbrough  as  by  Reference  to  the  said  Charter  may  more  fully 
appear — 

And  whereas  the  said  Grantees  have  Represented  that  by  the 
Intervention  of  an  Indian  Warr  since  making  the  said  Grant  it  has 
been  Impracticable  to  comply  with  & fulfill  the  Conditions  & humbly 
Supplicated  us  not  to  take  Advantage  of  the  Breach  of  said  Condi- 
tions but  to  Lengthen  Out  & Grant  them  some  reasonable  Time  for 
Performance  thereof  after  the  said  Impediment  shall  cease — 

Now  Know  Yee  that  we  being  Willing  to  Promote  the  End  Pro- 
posed have  of  our  Further  grace  & Favour  suspended  our  Claim  of 
the  Forfeiture  which  the  said  Grantees  may  have  Incurred  & by  these 
Presents  do  grant  unto  the  said  Grantees  their  Heirs  & Assigns  the 
Term  of  One  Year  for  Performing  & fulfilling  the  Conditions  Mat- 
ters & things  by  them  to  be  done  which  Term  is  to  be  Renewed 
Annually  if  the  same  Impediment  Remains  untill  our  Plenary 
Instructions  shall  be  Received  Relating  to  the  Incident  that  has 
Prevented  a Compliance  with  the  said  Charter  According  to  the 
Intent  & Meaning  of  the  same 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  Caused  the  Seal  of  our  said 
Province  to  be  hereunto  Affixed  Witness  Benning  Wentworth 
Esq  our  Govern  our  & Comm^  in  Cheif  of  our  Province  aforesaid  the 
21®‘  of  September  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ  1761  & in  the  first 
Year  of  our  Reign 

B Wentworth 

By  his  Excellencys  Command 
with  advice  of  Council 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 


*1-242 


Marlbrough 


MARLBORO. 


275 


Prov  : of  New  Hamps’^  SepP  21,  1761 

Recorded  from  the  Origional  under  the  Province  seal 

Theodore  'Atkinson  Sec*^^ 


[Marlboro  Regrant,  1764.] 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire.  *3-106 

New  Marlborough  GEORGE  the  Third, 

the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  Ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge, 
and  meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a Neiv  Plan- 
tation within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our 
Trusty  and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor 
and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  Netv- Hampshire^  in 
New- England^  and  of  Our  Council  of  the  said  Province  ; Have  upon 
the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and  granted, 
and  by  these  Presents,’  for  Us,  Our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do  give 
and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabitants  of 
Our  said  Province  of  Neiv- Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Governments, 
and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are  entred  on 
this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Sixty  four 
equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and 
being  within  our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  containing  by  Ad- 
measurement, 23040  Acres^  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Six  Miles  square, 
and  no  more ; out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High 
Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and 
Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan 
and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and 
returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted 
and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  the  North  Westerly 
Corner  Bounds  of  the  Town  of  Hallifax,  from  thence  Riming  North  ten 
Degrees  East  by  the  Needle  Six  iNliles,  Then  turning  off  & Riming 
East  10  Degrees  South  by  the  Needle  Six  Miles,  Then  turning  off  again 
&;  Riming  South  10  Degrees  West  by  the  Needle  Six  Miles  to  the 
North  Easterly  Corner  of  Hallifax  from  thence  West  10  Degrees  North 
by  the  Needle  by  Hallifax  aforesaid  to  the  North  Westerly  C’orner 
thereof  the  Bounds  began  at — And  that  the  same  be  and  hereby  is 
Incor[)orated  into  a Township  by  the  Name  of  New  iMarlborough 


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CHARTER  RECORDS. 


And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  To^vn- 
ship,  are  hereby  declared  to  he  Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all 
and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within 
Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy : And  further,  that  the 
said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  set- 
tled thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  two  FairSs  one  of 
which  shall  be  held  on  the  And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer 
than  the  respective  following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Towui  shall  consist 
*3-107  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be  ^opened  and  kept  one 
or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most 
advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for 
the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince, shall  be  held  on  the  Second  Monday  in  May  next  which  said  Meet- 
ing shall  be  Notified  by  Charles  Phelps  Esq  who  is  hereby  also  appointed 
the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  wffiich  he  is  to  Notify  and  Gov- 
ern agreable  to  the  Law^s  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province  ; and  that 
the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers 
for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually^ 
To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed, 
together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their 
respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions, 
viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  wdthin  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fift}' 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  b}"  additional 

Cultivations,  on  Penaltv  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 

«/ 

the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Suc- 
cessors, to  be  by  Us  or  them  Re-granted  to  such  of  our  Subjects  as 
shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

H.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalt}’  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  w^ell  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  wdiich  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 


MAKLBORO. 


277 


IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  Five  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1764 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  five  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.,  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December^  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1769  One  shilling 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land ; which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth^ or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same ; and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
1P^‘  Day  of  April  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  64  And  in  the  fourth  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

Py  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

T Atkinson  Jun’’  Sec*^^ 

Province  of  New  Hampshire  April  19^^  1764 

Recorded  according  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Province  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun’’  Sec^^ 


*Names  of  the  Grantees  of  New  Marlborough  (Viz)  *3-108 


Timothy  Dwight  Es([ 
Samuel  Mather  JuiP 
Noah  Parsons 
Penjamin  Alvord 
Josepli  Allen 
Daniel  Warner 
Josiah  (’lark 
Samuel  Kingsly 
Noah  Clark  Jun'' 
Jonathan  Graves 


Timothy  Dwight  JuiF  Samuel  Mather  Esq*" 


Penjamin  Sheldon 
Supply  Kingsly 
Joseph  Allen  Jun*' 
Ebenezer  Edwards 
Nathaniel  Strong 
Jonathan  Kingsly 
Titus  Wright 
Noah  Edwards 
Increase  Clark 


Penjamin  Sheldon  JuiP 
Aaron  Kingsley 
Samuel  I^hel[)s 
Israel  Rust 
Eliphaz  Clapp 
Elisha  Searle 
Nathaniel  Dwiofht 
Joseph  Pridgman 
(i  id  eon  Clark 


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CHAPTER  RECORDS. 


Noah  Clark  Theod’"  Atkinson  ’j 

Charles  Phelps  Esq  Nath^^  Barrell 

Sam^^  Wentworth  Esq^  Theod’’  Atkinson  y ( 
Boston  M Wentworth  ) 

Solomon  Phelps  Martin  Phelps 

The  Heirs  of  John  Wentworth  Esq  ) i 

The  Heirs  of  Foster  Wentworth  ( ecease 
Nathaniel  Phelps  Nehemiah  Geylard 

Simeon  Parsons  John  Miller 

Joseph  Boot  John  Kellogg 

Eleazer  Pomroy  Ebenezer  Hutchinson 


Robert  Trail  Esq 
P rs  MafJohnWent- 
worth  Esq 
Charles  Phelps  Jun*^ 
Jonathan  Phelps 
Timothy  Phelps 
John  Phelps 
Hezekiah  Root 
Jonathan  Judd 
Eleazer  Root  and 


His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain five  Hundred  Acres  as  Mark’d  B W in  the  Plan  which  is  to  be 
Accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares.  One  Whole  Share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospell  in  h'oreign 
Parts.  One  whole  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as 
by  Law  Established.  One  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the 
Gospell  & One  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  a School  in  said  Town  for- 
ever— 


Province  of  New  Hampshire  April  19*^^  1764 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Prov- 
ince Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun’^'  Sec*"^ 


MIDDLEBURY. 


2T9 


Province  of  New  Hampshire  April  1764 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Prov- 
ince Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun^  Sec^'^ 


MIDDLEBURY. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire.  *2-297 

Midlebur}^  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq ; Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
New-England^  and  of  our  Councll  of  the  said  Province ; Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  onr  Heirs, .and  Successors, 
do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabi- 
tants of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Gov- 
ernments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Sixty 
Eight  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying 
and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  containing  by 
Admeasurement,  Twenty  Five  d'housand  & Forty  wdiich  Tract 

is  to  contain  Something  more  than  Six  Miles  scpiare,  and  no  more;  out 
of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable 
Lands  bv  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Ilivers,  One  Thousand  and 
Forty  Acres  free,  accoi-ding  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by 
Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Ollice, 
and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  follows,  Piz.  Begin- 
ing  at  the  Southerly  Corner  of  a 'Fownship  Granted  this  day  by  the 
Name  of  New  Haven,  at  a dlee  Marked  Standing  on  the  bank  of  the 
Easterlv  or  Northeasterly  Side  of  Otter  Creek  so  called,  from  thence 
riming  East  Seven  Miles,  then  turning  Off  A Riming  South  d'en 
Degrees  West  Six  Miles  A sixty  Four  Rodds,  then  dhirning  off 


280 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


& Runing  West  to  Otter  Creek  afores^^  then  down  said  Creek 
as  that  Runs  to  the  Bounds  first  Mentiond  And  that  the  same  be, 
and  hereby  is  Ineorporated  into  a Township  by  the  Name  of  Midle- 
bury  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said 
Township,  are  hereby  deelared  to  be  Enfranehized  with  and  In  titled 
to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  aud  Immunities  that  other  Towns 
within  Our  Provinee  by  Law  Exereise  and  Enjoy:  And  further, 

that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident 
and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Tivo  Fairs^  one 
of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the  annually,  which 

Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 
following  the  said  and  that  as  soon  as 

the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may 
*2-298  be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may 
be  thought  most  advantagious  to  the  Inliabitants.  Also, 
that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to 
the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  First  Tuesday  in 
January  Next  wffiich  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  Cap^  Sam^ 
Moore  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first 
Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Law's  and 
Customs  of  Our  said  Province ; and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for 
ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Towm,  shall 
be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold 
the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  wdth  all  Privi- 
leges and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and 
Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  eveiy  Grairtee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every 
fifty  Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in 
said  Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by 
additional  Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or 
Share  in  the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs 
and  Successors,  to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Sub- 
jects as  shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Towmship, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalt}^  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 


MIDDLEBURY. 


281 


the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof, 
the  Kent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1761 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twenty- 
fifth  Day  of  December.,  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December., 
which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1771  One  shilling  Proclama- 
tion Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses, 
and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land ; 
which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their 
Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth.,  or  to  such 
Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same  ; and  this 
to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq ; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
Second  Day  of  November  In  the  Year  of  oui  Lord  Christ,  One 
Thousand  Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  One  And  in  the  Second  Year 
of  Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec''^ 


Province  of  New  Hanqis^'  Nov'’  2,  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Origional  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec''^ 


*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Midlebury  (Viz)  *2-290 


John  Evarts 
Benj‘‘  Paris 
Eben*^  Ilanchit 
John  Abbit 
Elisha  Painter 
John  'J'urner  Juifi 
Zachariah  Foss 
P»enj“  Evarist 


Elijah  Skinner 
John  Baker 
Deliv'^*'  Spaulding 
M uses  Read 
Rulof  White 
Eben'^  Field  8'* 
]0l)en'^  Field 
Jeremiah  How 


Elkanah  Paris 
Gideon  I furl  bat 
Noah  Chittenden 
Sam*  Keep 
Nath*  ILvarts  Jun'’ 
Sam*  'rurner 
Nath*  Flint 
.John  Read 


282 

James  Claghorn 
Rufus  Marsh 
Amos  Hanchest 
John  How 
Cap*^  Josiah  Stoddar 
Cap*^  Sam^  Moore 
Benj^  Smalley 
Leiu*  Janna  Meigs 
Moses  Read  J un" 

John  Benton 
Natld  Skinner  Jun’^ 

Charles  Brewster  Theodore  Atkinson  Esq  & M H Wentworth  Esq 
Matt^  Bostwick  & Tho®  Chittenden — 

His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to 
Contain  Five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B-W-  in  the  Plan,  which  is 
to  be  Accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares,  One  whole  Share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign 
Parts,  One  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Established,  One  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  & 
One  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  a School  in  said  Town 

Province  of  New  Hampshire  Nov’^  2,  1761 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Origional  Charter  of  Midlebury — 
under  the  Province  Seal — 

Attested  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^' 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Lieu‘s  Matthias  Kelsey 
Elias  Read 
Sam^  Towsley 
Oliver  Evarts 
Bethel  Selick 
Hezekiah  Camp  Jun^ 
Lieifi  John  Seymour 
Elisha  Shelden  Jun^ 
Matth""  Boldwin 
John  Evarts  Jun^’ 
David  Hide  Jun"" 


Daniel  Morris 
Noah  Waddams 
John  Strong 
Russel  Hunt 
Sam^  Skiner 
John  M’Quivey 
Datis  Ensign 
David  Owen 
Lieu‘  JoiP  Moore 
JoiP  Moore  Jun*^ 
Tho®  Chipman 


MIDDLESEX. 


283 


Province  of  New  Haraps*’  Nov*^  3,  1761 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  of  Midlebnry 
under  the  Proin ce  Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Se’^^ 


MIDDLESEX. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire.  ^2-445 

Midlesex  GEORGE  the  Thied, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  tvhom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Penning  Wentwoeth,  Esq  ; Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshiee  in 
Netc-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province  ; Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors, 
do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhab- 
itants of  Our  said  Province  of  Netc-IIampshire^  and  Our  other  Gov- 
ernments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into 
Seventy  one  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate, 
lying  and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  New-IIampshire, 
containing  by  Admeasurement,  23040  Acres^  which  Tract  is  to 
contain  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more  ; out  of  which  an  Allow- 
ance is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands 
by  Hocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty 
Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by 
Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s 
Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  l)ounded  as  follows,  172. 
Begining  at  the  southerly  or  South  Easterly  ('orncr  of  Waterbury, 
on  the  Northerly  side  of  Onion  or  French  River  (So  Called)  from 
thence  Huning  Easterly  up  said  River  (&  bounding  on  the  same)  so 
far  as  to  make  it  six  Miles  on  a streight  fdne  allowing  the  same  to 
be  Perpendicular  with  the  Easterly  Line  of  said  Waterbury,  from 
thence  Northerly  a Ikirralell  Line  with  the  Ikisterly  Line  of  said 


284 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Waterbary  Six  Miles,  from  thence  Westerly  about  six  Miles  to  the 
North  Easterly  .Corner  of  said  Waterbary  from  thence  Southerly  by 
the  Easterly  Line  of  s‘^  Waterbary  Six  Miles  to  the  place  begun  at — 
And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township 
by  the  Name  of  Middlesex  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall 
hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be 
Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and 
Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise 
and  Enjoy  : And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall 

be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty 
of  holding  Two  Fairs^  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 
And  the  other  on  the  annually,  which  Fairs  are  not 

to  continue  longer  than  the  respective  following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist 
^2-446  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be  * opened  and  kept  one  or 
more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most  advantagi- 
ous  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of 
Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  beheld 
on  the  20^^  Day  of  July  next  which  said  Meeting  .shall  be  Notified  by 
Capt  Isaac  Woodruff  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator 
of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable 
to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province  ; and  that  the  annual 
Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the 
said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  Mai'ck  annually.  To 
Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed, 
together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their 
respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Condi- 
tions, viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  cul- 
tivate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every 
fifty  Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in 
said  Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  addi- 
tional Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or 
Share  in  the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs 
and  Successors,  to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Sub- 
jects as  shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Town- 
ship, fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that 
Use,  and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so 
doing  first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of 
the  Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs 
and  Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 


MIDDLESEX. 


285 


in.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof, 
the  Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1763 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December.,  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1773  One  shilling 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land ; which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth^ or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same  ; and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said 
Province  to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth, 
Esq  ; Our  Goveraor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province, 
the  Eighth  Day  of  June  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One 
Thousand  Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  three  And  in  the  Third  Year 
of  Our  Reign. 

B Wentw’orth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

T Atkinson  Jun^  Sec'’^ 

Province  of  New  Hamp^  June  8*^’’  1763 

Recorded  from  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Pro^  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun'"  Sec''^ 


*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Middlesex  (Viz)  *2-447 


Jacob  Rczeau 
Jon“  Skinner 
Josh*^  Horton 
Nath*  Littell 
; Dav‘*  Morehouse  Jun 
I Jacob  Brookfield 


Rich'*  .Johnson 
.Jon“  Dayton  .Jun'’ 
George  I toss 
Gabriel  Ogden 
.John  Force 
Isaac  Win  nans 


Dan*  Ogden 
Will'"  Reeve 
Jere“''  Mulbord 
David  Ball 

Cap'  Isaac  Woodruff  .Jun'' 
David  Lummoris 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


286 


Alex^  Carmichael 
Tho®  Dean 
Will“  Hand 
Benj‘^  Crane  3‘^ 
Jehiel  Ross 
Job  Wood 
Henry  Earle 
Tho®  Woodruff 
Jon^  Dayton  3‘^ 
David  Bonnil 
Jonas  Ball 
Rob*  French 
Seth  Crowell 
EbeiE  Canfield 
Hon  : Ja®  Nevin 
Nat:  Barrel!  ) 
Jos*^  Newmarch  i 


James  Seaward 
Amos  Day 
Sand  Crowell 
Law^^®  Egbort  Jun^' 
Lawrence  Egbert 
Cornelius  Ludlow 
John  Little  2^ 

Jos*^  Raggs  Jun’' 
Sam*  Meeker  JuiE 
Steph^  Potter 
John  David  Lamb 
Jon^  Woodruff 
James  Campbell 
Sam*  Averill 
George  Frost 


Nath*  Potter 
Will“^  Brant 
Ezekiel  Ball 
Matthias  Ross 
Rob*  Earle 
John  Roll  Jun’^ 

Sam*  Little  3^* 

Dan*  Perrnie 
John  Cory  Jun’^ 
Steph"^  Wilcocks 
James  Colie  Jun*^ 
Aaron  Barnett  Jim*' 
Tho®  Ball 
Patridge  Thatcher 
Rich‘*  Jennis  Esq’^ 


His  Excellency  Penning  Wentworth  Esq^'  a Tract  of  Land  to 
Contain  Five  Hundred  Acres  as  marked  B-W — in  the  Plan  which  is 
to  be  Accounted  two  of  the  within  shares,  One  whole  share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign 
Parts,  One  share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel,  One 
Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law  Establish’d 
& One  Share  for  the  benefit  of  a school  in  said  Town — 

Prov®  New  Hamp^  June  8-1763 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Middlesex 
under  the  Pro'^  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun*"  Sec’'^ 


MILTON. 


287 


Province  of  New  Hamp*'  June  1763 

Recorded  from  the  Plan  on  the  Back  of  the  original  Charter  of 
of  Midlesex  under  the  Pro^  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun^  Sec''^ 


MILTON. 


^Province  of  New-Hainpshire. 


^2-449 


Milton  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
/ Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 
i To  all  Persons  to  ivhom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
^ Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a Neiv  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  IVell-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
Kew-Enfjland^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province;  Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do 
give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabi- 
tants of  Our  said  Province  of  Neio- Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Govern- 
ments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Seventy 
one  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and 
being  within  our  said  Province  of  Xew-Kampsliire^  containing  by 
Admeasurement,  23040  Acres,  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Six  Miles 
square,  and  no  more;  out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for 
High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains 
and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan 
and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and 
returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Oflice,  and  hereiinlo  annexed,  butted 
and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  the  North  Easterly  Corner 
of  Colchester  which  is  the  North  Westerly  Corner  of  l^ssex  (whicli 
is  witliin  six  Miles  of  Onion  or  French  River)  (so  Called)  from 
thence  Runing  Northerly  the  same  course  of  the  Line  between  said 
Colchester  A Essex  six  Miles  from  thence  Westerly  a Parralell  line 
with  tlie  Northerly  Line  of  (’olchester  to  Lake  ('hamplaine,  from 
thence  southerly  by  the  said  laike  to  the  North  Westerly  Corner  of 
C’olcliester,  from  thence  Easterly  about  six  Miles  by  said  Colchester 


288 


CHAKTER  RECORDS. 


to  the  place  begun  at — And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incor- 
porated into  a Township  by  the  Name  of  Milton  And  the  Inhab- 
itants that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby 
declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every 
the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our  Prov- 
ince by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy:  And  further,  that  the  said  Town 
as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon, 
shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Two  Fairs^  one  of  which  shall  be 
held  on  the  And  the  other 

on  the  annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue 

longer  than  the  respective  following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall 
^2-450  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be  ^opened  and 
kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought 
most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting 
for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said 
Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  of  July  next  which  said  Meeting 
shall  be  Notified  by  M’^  Will'“  Procter  who  is  hereby  also  appointed 
the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and 
Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province; 
and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such 
Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of 
March  annually.  To  Have  and  to  PIold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as 
above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances^ 
to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the 
following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every 
fifty  Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in 
said  Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  addi- 
tional Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or 
Share  in  the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects 
as  shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 


MILTON. 


289 


ship  as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  alloted  to  each  Grantee  of  the  Con- 
tents of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Lis,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1763 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December  namely,  on  the  twenty -fifth  Day  of 
December^  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1773  One 
shilling  Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so 
owns,  settles  or  possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or 
lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land;  which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the 
respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council 
Chamber  in  Portsmouth^  or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be 
appointed  to  receive  the  same;  and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other 
Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Province 
to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq  ; Our 
Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the  Eighth 
Day  of  June  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand  Seven 
Hundred  and  Sixty  three  And  in  the  Third  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

T Atkinson  Juffi  Sen''^ 

Province  of  New  Harnp*"  June  8-1763 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  under  the  Province  Seal 

T Atkinson  JuiY  Sec'^^ 


*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Milton.  *2-451 


Sam*  Rogers 
IscUic  Rogers 
Will"'  Procter 
Peter  Came 
James  Haviland 
Sam*  Dodge 
Will'"  Burrougli 
John  Zal)risker 


James  Willmott  JuiY  Fra®  Silvestei 


Jos*'  Borden  JuiY 
Carden  Procter 
John  Inlay 
Tim"  M'Garthy 
John  Burrough 
Will'"  PopplesdoiH 
Rich'*  C'ornwell 


Jos*'  Kirkbrid* 
Alex'"  Moore 
Jos*'  Haviland 
Carden  Lee 
James  Burrougli 
un  Jos*'  Zabrisker 
Dan*  Bates 


XIX 


290 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Tho®  Liscum 
Jacob  Smith 
John  Willett 
Benj^  Lintott 
Rich*^  Evans 
Mich^  Duff 
Christo’’  Miller 
Phillip  French  Jun’’ 
Benj^  Underhill 
John  Blajsj'ge 
George  Woods 
Abert  Baker 
Hon:  RiclU  Wibird 
John  Downing  ) g „ 
Dan’  Warner  j 


Will’"  Smith 
Tho®  Miller 
Ralph  Wilh  Miller 
Will’"  Ferguhez 
Sam^  Kemble 
Paul  Miller 
Tho®  Shreave 
Adolphus  French 
David  Barcklaj 
John  Gifford 
John  Turner 
Joshua  Huchins 
Maj’’  Rich’^  Downing 


Will"’  Smith  Jun^ 
Tho®  Willett 
Jos^’  Royall 
RiclP  Sharp 
Rich'^  Kemble 
Paul  Miller  JuiF 
Phillip  French 
Henry  Franklin 
Benj”  Blagge 
John  Gifford  Jun’’ 
John  Turner  Jun’^ 
Henry  Dickinson 
Sam’  Emerson  & 


His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq’^  a Tract  of  Land  to 
Contain  Five  Hundred  Acres  as  marked  B.  W.  in  the  Plan  which  is 
to  be  Accounted  two  of  the  within  shares,  One  whole  share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign 
Parts,  One  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Establish’d,  One  Share  for  the  first  settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel, 
And  One  share  for  the  Benefit  of  a school  in  said  Town — 


Province  of  New  Hamp’^  June  8’’’  1763 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Milton  under 
the  Pro’’'  Seal  T Atkinson  JuiF  Sec’^^ 


MONKTON. 


291 


Province  of  New  Hamp*^  June  8 — 1763 

Recorded  from  the  Plan  on  the  Back  of  the  Charter  of  Milton  under 
the  Pr®  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun^  Sec’'^ 


MONKTON. 

'^Province  of  New-Hampshire.  *2-349 

Monkton  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Plantation 
within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty  and 
Well-beloved  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and  Com- 
mander in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in  New- 
Enyland^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province  ; Have  upon 
the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and  granted, 
and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do  give  and 
grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabitants  of  Our  said 
Province  of  New-Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Governments,  and  to  their 
Heim  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are  entred  on  this  Grant,  to 
be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Seventy  equal  Shares,  all  that 
Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and  being  within  our  said 
Province  of  Neiv-llampshire^  containing  by  Admeasurement,  Twenty 
four  Tliousand  Acres^  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Something  more  than 
Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more  ; out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be 
made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovalde  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds, 
Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Tliousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  according 
to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order, 
and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted 
and  Ixmiided  as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  a Tree  Marked  standing 
in  the  Nother  Esterly  Angle  of  the  Township  of  Ferrissboug  and 
from  thence  runing  South  Six  Miles  and  one  Quarter  of  A Mile  by 
Ferrisslnjurg  afore  Said  then  turning  off  & runing  East  Six  Miles 
Then  turning  off  iSi  runing  North  Six  Miles  & one  Quarter  of  A 
Mile  to  the  Southerly  Side  Line  of  the  Townshij)  of  Hindsbourough 
then  West  by  Hindslxmrough  afore  Said  ^ Charlotta  to  the  North 


292 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Easterly  Corner  Bounds  of  Ferrissbourg  afores^  the  Bounds  began  at — 
And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township  by 
the  Name  of  Monkton  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter 
inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized 
with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities 
that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy  : 
And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families 
resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Two 
Fairs^  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the  annually,  which 

Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 
following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty 
*2-350  Families,  a Market  may  be  * opened  and  kept  one  or  more 

Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most  advantagious 
to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of 
Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  beheld 
on  the  last  Wednesday  in  July  next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified 
by  M^  Benjamin  Ferriss  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator 
of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable 
to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province;  and  that  the  annual 
Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said 
Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have 
and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with 
all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs 
and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  cultivate 
five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty  Acres 
contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said  Town- 
ship, and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the  Right 
of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors, as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or  Acts  of 
Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 


MONKTON. 


293 


ship  as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1763 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay  unto 
Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever,  from 
and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twenty-fifth 
Day  of  December.,  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December^  which 
will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1773  One  Bhilling  Proclamation  Money 
for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses,  and  so  in 
Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land ; which 
Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their  Heirs 
or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth.,  or  to  such  Officer 
or  Officei's  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same  ; and  this  to 
be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Province 
to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our 
Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
Day  of  June  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand  Seven 
Hundred  and  Sixty  Two  And  in  the  Second  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

T Atkinson  .lun*’  Sec*’^ 

Province  of  New  Hamps'^  June  2T^' 

Recorded  According  to  the  Origional  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun''  Sec’’^ 

*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Monkton — *2-351 


Almdiam  Dow 
Josiali  Akins 
John  Hoag 
Patrick  Thatcher 
Daniel  Cliase 
Jolin  Hoag  mercli‘ 
David  Ferris 
Abraliam  Thomas 
J'lionias  Weller 


Benj*^  Ferriss 
Jonathan  Akins 
Nehemiah  Merritt 
Thomas  Darlincr 
Nathan  Soal  JuiF 
George  Denill 
.lohn  Brownson 
Elijah  Doty 
Seth  Weller 


Zebulon  Ferriss 
Daniel  Merrett 
Reed  Ferris 
Amos  Northrop 
John  Hoag  jun'' 
William  Nichols 
Beiij"  Ferriss  jun*^ 
Zadock  Nol)le 
El)cne7/  Ho(ffiskins 

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294 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Nathan  Soule 
George  Hill 
Edward  Wing 
Jon^  Mosher 
Peter  Dobson 
Henry  Haydock 
Thomas  Burling 
John  Franklin 
Sam^^  Burling 
John  SouthGate 
Tho®  Burling  jun’^ 
The  Hon^^®  Rich‘S 


John  Soule 
William  Davis 
James  Bridsall 
Nehemiah  Merritt  Jun^ 
Haydock  Brown 
Jacob  Watson 
Tho®  Franklin  jun^ 
Walter  Franklin 
John  Burling  jun’^ 

John  Burling 
John  Laurence 


George  Soule 
W*"  Haviland 
John  Thorn 
Thomas  Dobson 
John  Haydock 
Joshua  Watson 
James  Franklin 
Samuel  Franklin 
Robert  Southgate 
W*"  Keige 
Edward  Laurence 


Wibird  Esq  John  Downing  Esq  Dan^^  Warner  Esq 
Theod^’  Atkinson  jun*^  Esq 

His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Contain 
Five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B : W : in  the  Plan  which  is  to  be 
accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares  One  whole  Share  for  the  Incor- 
porated Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts 
one  Share  for  A Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law  Estab- 
lished One  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  & one 
Share  for  the  Benefit  of  A School  in  Said  Town — 

Province  of  New  Hamps*^  June 

Recorded  According  to  the  Origional  Charter  of  Monkton  under  the 
Prov : Seal  T Atkinson  Jun’’  Sec^^ 


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295 


Province  of  New  Ramps’^  June  1762 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  of  Monkton,  under 
the  Province  Seal 

^ T Atkinson  Jun’’  Sec^^^ 


MORETOWN. 

* Province  of  New-Hampshire.  *2-421 

GEORGE  THE  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in  New- 
Enyland^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province;  Have  upon  the 
Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and  granted, 
and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do  give 
and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabitants  of 
Our  said  Province  of  Neiv-Hamjyshire^  and  Our  other  Governments, 
and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are  entred  on 
this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  tliem  into  Seventy  one 
equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and  be- 
ing within  our  said  Province  of  Nexc-llam'pshire^  containing  by  Ad- 
measurement, 23040  Acrei<^  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Six  Miles  square, 
and  no  more;  out  of  wliich  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High 
Ways  and  unimj)rovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and 
Rivera,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan 
and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  re- 
turned into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and 
lK)unded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  the  North  Easterly  ('orncr  of 
Duxbury  on  the  southerly  side  of  Onion  or  French  River,  from 
tlience  Easterly  up  said  River  A bounding  on  the  same  so  far  as  to 
make  it  six  Miles  on  a streight  Line,  allowing  the  same  to  be  Per- 
pendicular witli  the  Easterly  Line  of  Duxbury  from  thence  southerly 
a Pan*alell  Line  with  the  said  East  Line  of  Duxbury  six  Miles,  from 
thence  Westerly  aD)ut  six  Miles  to  the  soutli  Easterly  (’orner  of 


Moretown 


296 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Duxbury,  from  thence  Northerly  by  said  Duxbury  last  line  to  Onion 
River  where  we  began — And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorp- 
orated into  a Township  by  the  Name  of  More  town — And  the  Inhabitants 
that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared 
to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Inti  tied  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges 
and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise 
and  Enjoy : And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be 
Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of 
holding  Two  Fairs,  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist 
*2-422  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be  * opened  and  kept  one 
or  more  Days  in  each  W eek,  as  may  be  thought  most  advan- 
tagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the 
Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province, 
shall  be  held  on  the  12*^^  JMy  next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Noti- 
fied by  the  Rev*^  M""  Sam^  Seabury  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the 
Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern 
agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province ; and  that 
the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers 
for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annual- 
ly, To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  ex- 
pressed, together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and 
their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Con- 
ditions, viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or  Acts 
of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 


MORETOWN. 


297 


the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Tovm  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Kent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  De- 
cember annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be  made 
on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1763 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay  un- 
to Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever,  from 
and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twenty-fifth 
Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.,  which 
will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1777  One  shilling  Proclamation 
]\Ioney  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses,  and 
so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land ; which 
Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their  Heirs 
or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth.,  or  to  such  Officer 
or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same ; and  this  to  be 
in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq ; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
Seventh  Day  of  June  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thou- 
sand Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  three  And  in  the  Third  Year  of  Our 
Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

T Atkinson  .luffi  Sec*'^ 

Province  of  New  Hamp‘‘  June  7-1763 

Recorded  according  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Pro'^  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun*'  Sec'"^ 


*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Moretown  (Viz)  *2-423 


Jonah  Forster 
Abner  Benedict 
Jabesh  Smith  JuiU 
James  Wallace  .liiiU 
Nehemiah  Reynold 
Dan*  Morehouse 
Eben*’  Lobdell 
Sam*  Averill 
John  Wright  Jun*^ 


JoiP  Smith 
James  Morehouse 
Nathan  Smith 
Benj'^  Close 
Josiah  Forstei 
James  Smith 
James  Bradley 
Tho"  Northrup 
Ephraim  Smith 


Eben’’  Rockwell 
Peter  Benedict 
James  Wallace 
EbeiF  Browne 
Steph"  Hull 
Gam*  Northruj)  JuiU 
Joseph  D^'ckman 
Augustine  Wright 
Ichabod  Doolittle 


298 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Rich^  Whitney 
Tho®  Querch 
Gershom  Sellick 
Joseph  Griffin 
Silas  Griffiths 
Benj^  Higgins 
Gabriel  Bennett 
Jeremiah  Osburn 
Joseph  Mead 
Elijah  Keeler 
James  Bradley  Jun*^ 
The  Hon^^®  Ja®  Nevin 

Natffi  Barrel! 

Jos^  Mewmarch 


Tho®  Saint  John 
Eli  Northrop 
Henry  Whitney 
George  Tollcot 
Fred‘s  Dick  man 
Dan^  Browne 
Isaac  Keeler 
Elisha  Gilbart 
Joseph  Smith 
Jon^  Whitlock 
Lemuel  Abbot 

I Esq*" 


James  Northrup 
Jeremiah  Willson 
Ezekiel  Bradley 
Natffi  Sillick 
Joseph  Stebbings 
Sam'  Bennett  Jun*^ 
John  Jones 
John  Bouton 
Sam'  Olmsted  Jun"^ 
Bartlett  Folliot 
Isaac  Keeler  Jun’^ 
Maj*'  Rich*^  Downing 
Sam'  Emerson  Esq*" 


His  Excellenc}^  Benning  Wentworth  Esq^  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain Five  Hundred  Acres  as  marked  B W in  the  Plan  which  is  to  be 
Accounted  two  of  the  within  shares,  One  whole  Share  for  the  Incor- 
porated Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts, 
One  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law  Estab- 
lish’d One  Share  for  the  first  settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel,  & One 
Share  for  the  benefit  of  a school  in  said  Town — 


Pro’^  of  New  Hamp^  June  7 — 1763 
Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  original 
Seal 


Charter  under  the  Pro^ 
T Atkinson  Jun’^  Sec^^ 


MOUNT  TABOR. 


299 


Pro'^  of  New  Hamp*‘  June  7 — 1769 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Moretown  under 
the  Pro^  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun’^  Sec^'^ 


MOUNT  TABOR. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire.  *2-153 

Harwich  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a J}^etv  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
New-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province ; Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors, 
do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabi- 
tants of  Our  said  Province  of  Neiv-Hampshire.,  and  Our  other  Gov- 
ernments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Sixty 
Eight  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying 
and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  containing  by 
Admeasurement,  thirty  Three  thousand  & forty  Acres^  which  Tract 
is  to  contain  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more;  out  of  which  an  Allowance 
is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds, 
Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  accord- 
ing to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s 
Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed, 
butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  the  North  East 
Corner  of  Dorsett  thence  runing  due  North  Six  Miles  by  Dauby 
to  the  North  East  Corner  thereof  thence  due  East  Six  Miles  Thence 
Due  South  Six  Miles  Thence  Due  West  Six  Miles  to  the  North  East 
Corner  of  Dorset  afore  Said  which  is  Also  the  South  East  Corner  of 
Danby  afores''  & is  the  Station  began  at  And  that  the  same 
be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the  Name 


300 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


of  Harwich  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit 
the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with 
and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities 
that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy: 
And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  a^  there  shall  be  Fifty 
Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  hold- 
ing Two  Fairs^  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 
And  the  other  on  the  annually,  which  Fairs 

are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said  and  that  as  soon  as  the 

said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be 
*2-154  ^opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may 
be  thought  most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also, 
that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the 
Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  fourth  Tuesday  of  Sep- 
tember next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  M"^  Jonathan 
Willard  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first 
Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and 
Customs  of  Our  said  Province  ; and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever 
hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be 
on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold 
the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privi- 
leges and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and 
Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  ]\Iasting  OurRo^^al  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs 
and  Successors,  as  well  ^as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any 
Act  or  Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  En- 
acted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  wdll  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 


MOUNT  TABOR. 


301 


Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1762 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  ahovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.,  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December.,  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land  ; which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth., or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same ; and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
28^^^  Day  of  August  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thou- 
sand Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  one  And  in  the  First  Year  of  Our 
Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*’^ 

Province  of  New  Hamp^  August  28^^  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  under  the  Prov®  Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec'^ 


*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Harwich  Viz — *2-155 


Jonathan  Willard 
Elijah  Ferris 
Nath**  Marshall 
Amos  Fuller 
Abraham  Finch 
James  Palmer 
Eli  Parsons 
John  Lampson 


John  Howard 
John  Ren  aid 
David  Hunter 
Peter  Ren  aid 
Joseph  Cranch 
Lewis  Barton 
Nehemiah  Messenger 
John  Walbridge 


Will-"  Buck 
Thos  Hunter 
Ezekiel  Napp 
Sam**  Rowley 
Gabril  Sherwood 
Daniel  Harris 
Sarah  Lampson  Wid® 
Jn°  Williams  the  3'* 


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CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Sam^^  Cantfield 
Will'"  Fimont 
Beriah  Lomis 
Judah  Aulger 
Joseph  Fames 
John  Aulger 
Rich*^  Truesdall 
W"'  Hare 
Anthony  Woolf 
Asa  Douglass 
Dan^^  Warner  Esq 
Tho®  Wentworth 
Thomas  Martin 


Eldad  Van  wort 
Ebenez''  Strong 
Abraham  Utter 
Elisha  Smith 
Ebenez'"  Fames 
Ebenez’’  Napp 
John  Joslin 
Hendrick  Minard 
Sam^^  Willard 
Jacob  Lomis 
James  Nevin  Esq 
John  Chamberlain 
John  Nellson 


Sam^^  Rose  jun'^ 
David  Aulger 
Cyrus  Aulger 
Rich‘S  Fogeson 
Dan^^  Hare 


Rich‘S  Wibird  Esq 


John  Wentworth 
Charles  Foot 


Christian  Ray 
Jonas  Cutler 


Hezekiah  Lomis 


John  Rice 


His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  in  the  Plan  B W : which  is  to 
be  accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares  one  whole  Share  for  the  incor- 
porated Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  foreign  Parts 
one  Share  for  A Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law  Estab- 
lished one  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  & one 
Share  for  the  Benefit  of  a School  in  Said  Town 

Prov®  of  N Hamp’^  August  28*^  1761 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  for  Harwich  under 
the  Pr"  Seal 


^ Theodore  Atkinson  Sec'’^ 


7 


NEWBURY. 


303 


Prov  N Hamp'^  August  28 — 1761 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  original  Charter  of  Harwich 

Theodore  Atkinson  Se^^ 


NEWBURY. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire.  *2-393 

GEORGE  THE  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq  ; Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
New-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province ; Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do 
give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabi- 
tants of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Gov- 
ernments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Eighty 
one  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and 
being  within  our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  containing  by 
Admeasurement,  Acres^  which 

Tract  is  to  contain  Something  more  than  Six  Miles  square;  out 
of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimj)rov- 
able  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand 
and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made 
by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s 
Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz. 
Begining  at  a Tree  marked  standing  on  the  Bank  of  the  Westerly 
Side  of  Connecticut  River  opposite  to  the  Mouth  of  amonusock  River 
so  called  and  from  thence  Southerly  or  South  VV’^esterly  down  Con- 
necticut River  as  that  runs  til  it  comes  to  A Tree  there  standing 
marked  with  the  Figures  and  is  about  Seven  Miles  on  A Strait 

Line  below  the  Mouth  of  Amonusock  afores'*  from  thence  runing 


Newbury 


304 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


North  fifty  nine  degrees  West  Six  Miles  & one  Quarter  of  A Mile  to 
A Stake  & Stones  from  thence  North  Twenty  deg®  East  Six  Miles  & 
one  half  Mile  to  a Stake  & Stones  from  thence  to  the  Marked  Tree 
on  the  Side  of  the  river  the  Bound  first  above  mentioned — And  that 
the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the 
Name  of  Newbury  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter 
inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized 
with  and  In  titled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities 
that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy : 
And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Fam- 
ilies resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding 
Two  Fair 8^  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the  annuall}",  which  Fairs 

are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said  and  that  as  soon  as  the  said 

*2-394  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be  ^opened 
and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought 
most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting 
for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said 
Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  Second  Monday  in  June  next  which 
said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  Jacob  Bayley  Esq  who  is  hereby 
also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to 
Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said 
Province ; and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the 
Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second 
Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract 
of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appur- 
tenances, to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever., 
upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  cultivate 
five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty  Acres, 
contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said  Town- 
ship, and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional  Cul- 
tivations, on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in  the 
said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors, 
to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs,  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 


NEWBURY. 


305 


III.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1763 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  ^field  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.,  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December^  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1773  One  shillmg 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land ; which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth., or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same ; and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
IS*'*'  Day  of  May  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundrd  and  Sixty  Three  And  in  the  Third  Year  of  Our 
Reign. 

B Wentwortli 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Jun‘‘  Sec'’^ 

Province  of  New  Ilamp*'  May  18-1763 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun''  Sec*"^ 


*The  Names  of  tlie  Grantees  of  Newburv  Viz  *2-305 


Jacob  Bay  ley  Es([ 
E[)h'"  Noyse 
David  Flanders 
.Joshua  Copp 


John  Ilazzan 
Jeremiah  Allen 
.John  l^eard 
John  Ingalls 


Ei)hraim  Bayley 
Enoch  Thurstin 
Samuel  Stevens 
Abner  Sawyer 


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CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Joshua  Bayley 
John  Goodwin 
Joshua  Haward 
Moses  Little 
Simeon  Stevens 
Abner  Newton 
Hayns  Johnson 
Ebenezer  Eaton 
Thomas  Danforth 
Timothy  Beadle 
Ebenez^  Mudget 
Dan^^  Appleton 
Thomas  Chamberlain 
Will“‘  Haywood 
Benj^  Emerson 
Archelaus  Miles 
.Fry  Bayley 
Hon^^®  John  Temple 
Theodore  Atkinson 
Mark  Hunk§  Wentworth 
Will™  Temple 


William  White 
Simeon  Goodwin 
Edmond  Morse 
Stephen  Little 
Jacob  Kent 
Jaasiel  Herriman 
Samuel  Hobart 
Zacheus  Beasley 
Caleb  Johnson 
William  Holden 
Asa  Foster 
Rich‘S  Chamberlain 
Jonathan  Broads  tree  t 
Sam^^  Stevens  Esq 
Peter  Morse 
Joshua  Hains 
Coll  Will™  Symes 


John  Ha^eltine 
Noah  White 
Jesse  Johnson 
Peter  Page 
Abner  Bayley 
John  Hugh 
Joseph  White 
John  White  juiT 
James  King 
Moses  Hazzan 
Joseph  Chamberlain 
Abiel  Chamberlain 
Sam^^  Johnson 
Jacob  Eaton 
Nath^  Morton 
Edward  Bayley 


1 


V 

r 


Esq^® 


Martin  Severeuce 
Benj^  Winn  Samuel  Cummins 
John  Cummins  Elnathan  Blood 
Elias  Alexander  Coll  Clem*  March 
Cap*  Markquand  of  Newbury  And 
Coll  John  Goffe— 

His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B : W : in  the  Plan  which  is  to 
be  accounted  two  of  the  within  Sares — one  whole  Share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign 
Parts — one  Share  for  A Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law^ 
Established  One  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gosoel 
and  one  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  A School  in  Said  Town 

Province  of  New  Hamp'^  May  18**^  1763 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  original  Charter  of  Newbury  under 
the  Pro^  Seal 


T Atkinson  Jun’^  Sec’'^ 


NEWFANE. 


307 


Pro’^  of  New  Hamj/  May  18-1763 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Newbury  under 
the  Province  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun’’  Sec*'^ 


NEWFANE. 

^Province  of  New  Hamj/  *1-153 

George  by  the  Grace  of  God  of  Great  Brittain  France 
& Ireland  King  Defender  of  the  faith  &c‘^ 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  Shall  Come 
Greeting 

Know  ye  that  We  of  our  especial  Grace  Certain  knowl- 
edge & meer  motion  for  the  Due  Encouragement  of  Settling  a New 
Plantation  within  our  s'^  Province  By  & with  the  Advice  of  our 
Trusty  & well  beloved  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  our  Governour  & 
Com’ander  in  Chieff  of  our  Province  of  New  Hampshire  in  America 
aud  of  our  Council  of  the  s‘‘  Province  Have  upon  the  Condilions 
and  Reservati(jns  hereafter  made  Given  & Granted  and  by  these 
Presents  for  us  our  heirs  ^ Successors  Do  give  & Grant  in  E(pial 
Shares  unto  our  Loveing  Subjects  inhabitants  of  our  Said  Province  of 
New  Hamj)shire  & his  Majestys  other  Governments  and  to  their 
Heirs  assignes  for  Ever  whose  names  Are  Entered  on  this  (irant  to 
be  Divided  to  & amoungst  them  into  Seventy  four  Equal  Shares  all 
that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  Scituate  Lying  & being  witliin  our 


I I’-Seal  I 


Fane 


308 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Province  of  New  Hampshire  Containing  by  admeasurement  Twenty 
three  thonsend  and  forty  acres  which  Tract  is  to  Contain  Six  Miles 
Square  & no  more  out  of  which  an  Allowence  is  to  be  made  for  high- 
ways & unimproveable  Lands  by  Rocks  mountains  Ponds  & Rivers 
one  thousend  & forty  Acres  free  According  to  the  Plan  thereof  made 
& Presented  by  our  Said  Governours  orders  and  hereunto  Annexe 

t.'  

Butted  & bounded  as  follows  (Viz)  Begining  at  A Stake  & Stones 
five  hundred  Rods  East  10*^  South  by  the  Needle  from  the  North 
East  Corner  of  the  Town  of  Marlebrough  and  from  thence  riming 
Six  miles  North  20*^  East  by  the  Needle  to  A Stake  & Stones  from 
thence  West  10^^  North  by  the  Needle  Six  miles  to  A Stake  & Stones 
from  thence  South  20^^  West  by  the  Needle  Six  miles  to  the  North 
side  of  Marlebrough  aforesaid  thence  by  Marlebrough  Line  East  10*^ 
South  to  Marlebroughs  North  East  Corner  from  thence  Continueing 
that  Course  to  the  Stake  & Stones  first  above  mentioned  And  that 
the  Same  be  & is  Incorporated  into  a Township  the  Name  of  Fane 
and  that  the  Inhabitants  that  Do  or  Shall  hereafter  Inhabit  said 
Township  Are  hereby  Declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and 
*1-154  Entituled  to  all  & every  the  *Previledges  & Immunities 
that  other  Towns  within  our  said  Province  by  Law  Exercize 
& Enjoy  and  further  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  Shall  be 
fifty  familys  resident  & Settled  thereon  Shall  have  the  Liberty  of  hold- 
ing Two  fairs  one  of  which  Shall  be  held  on  the 
And  the  other  on  the  Annually  which  fairs  are 

not  to  Continue  & be  held  Longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  s^  respect  Days  and  as  soon  as  the  Town  shall 
Consist  of  fifty  familys  A market  Shall  be  opened  & kept  one  or 
more  Days  in  Each  week  as  may  be  tho‘  most  advantagious  to  the 
Inhabitants  Also  that  the  first  meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  officers 
agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  Said  Province  Shall  be  held  on  the  Last 
Wednesday  in  August  next  which  Meeting  Shall  be  notifyed  by  M^ 
Abner  Sawyer  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the 
Said  first  Meeting  which  he  is  to  Notify  & Govern  Agreable  to  the 
Laws  & Customs  of  our  Said  Province  and  that  the  Annual  Meet- 
ing for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  officers  of  said  Town 
Shall  be  on  the  Second  Wednesday  in  March  Annually  To  have  & 
TO  HOLD  the  Said  Tract  of  Land  as  abve  Expressed  togeather  with 
all  the  Previledges  & Appurtenances  to  them  & their  Respective 
heirs  and  assignes  for  ever  Upon  the  following  Conditions  (Viz)  That 
every  Grantee  his  heirs  or  assignes  Shall  Plant  or  Cultivate  five 
Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  vears  for  everv  fifty  Acres 
Contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  s*^  Town- 
ship & Continue  to  Improve  & Settle  the  same  by  aditional  Culti- 


NEWFANE. 


V 


309 


vations  on  Penalt}^  of  the  forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in  the 
said  Township  and  its  reverting  to  his  Majesty  his  heirs  & succes- 
sors to  be  by  him  or  them  regranted  to  such  of  his  subjects  as  Shall 
Effectually  Settle  & Cultivate  the  Same  That  all  white  Pine  Trees 
within  the  said  Township  fit  for  Masting  our  Ro}ml  Navy  be  Care- 
fully Preserved  for  that  Use  & none  to  be  Cut  or  felled  without  his 
Majestys  Especial  Lycence  for  So  Doing  first  had  And 
Obtained  upon  the  Penalty  *of  the  forfeiture  of  the  right  of  ^1-155 
such  Grantee  his  heirs  and  assigns  to  us  our  heirs  & Succes- 
sors as  well  as  being  Subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or  Acts  of 
Parliament  that  now  are  or  hereafter  Shall  be  Enacted  That  before 
Any  Division  of  the  Said  Lands  be  made  to  and  Amoungst  the 
Grantees  A Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Center  of  the  Township  as 
the  Land  will  Admit  of  Shall  be  reserved  & marked  out  for  Town 
I.otts  one  of  which  Shall  be  allotted  to  Each  Grantee  of  the  Con- 
tents of  one  Acre  Yeilding  & Paying  therefor  to  us  our  heirs  & 
Successors  for  the  Space  of  Ten  years  to  be  Computed  from  the 
Date  hereof  of  the  rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only  on  the  first 
Day  of  Jan’’^  Annually  if  Lawfully  Demanded  the  first  Payment  to 
be  made  on  the  day  of  January  next  Ensueing  the  Date  hereof  And 
every  Proprietor  Settler  or  Inhabitant  Shall  Yield  & Pay  unto  us  our 
Heirs  & Successors  Yearly  A every  year  for  ever  from  & after  the 
Expiration  of  the  Ten  years  from  the  Date  hereof  namely  on  the 
first  day  of  Jari’’^'  which  will  be  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  Christ  one 
thousend  Seven  hundred  & Sixty  four  one  Shilling  Proclamation 
money  for  every  hundred  Acres  he  so  owns  Settles  or  Possesses  & 
So  in  Proportion  for  a Greater  or  Lesser  Tract  of  the  Said  Land 
which  money  Shall  be  paid  by  the  Respective  Persons  above  said 
their  heirs  or  assignes  In  Our  Council  Cliamber  in  Portsmouth  or  to 
such  officer  or  officers  as  Shall  be  Appointed  to  receive  the  Same 
And  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  & Services  whatsoever 

In  Testimony  thereof  we  have  Caused  the  Seal  of  our  Said  Prov- 
ince to  Vje  hereunto  affixed  Witness  Henning  Wentworth  Esq  our 
Governour  A Coni’and*^  in  Chiefl  of  our  Said  Province  the  19‘‘‘ 
Day  of  June  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  Christ  1753  and  in  the  Twenty 
Sixth  year  of  our  reign 

H Wentworth 

Hy  his  Excellencys  Command 
with  Advice  of  (-ouncil 

J'heodore  Atkinson  Se'’^ 

Entred  A reconled  According  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the 
Province  Seal  this  21  June  1753 — 


Tlieodore  Atkinson  Sec'"^ 


310 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


*1-156 


*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Faine 


Abner  Sawyer, 
Vespacian  Milieu, 
James  Ball, 

Jabez  Beaman, 
John  Young, 
Joseph  Dyer  jutF, 
Ebenezer  Tavlor, 

t/  f 

Edward  Goodail, 
Joshua  Hoten, 
Jonathan  Osgood, 
Thomas  Sawyer, 
Sam^^  Kendal, 
Joseph  Bayley, 
Philip  Goos, 

Benj^  Glazer, 
William  Densmore, 
Nathaniel  Bexby, 
Peter  Larkin, 
Jotham  Wilder, 
Esera  Sawyer  junb 


John  Milling 

Joseph  Baker, 

John  Ball, 

John  Hazeltine, 

John  Adams, 

John  Chadock, 

Ebenez’'  Prescot, 

John  Holond, 

Asa  Boucker, 

Asa  Whitcomb, 

Saul  Houghton, 

Daniel  Allven, 

«/ 

NatK^  Houghton, 
Joseph  Glazer, 
Abner  Wilder, 
Barzilia  Holt, 
Ruben  Moore, 
Matthias  Larkin, 
Title  Wilder, 


Ebenez^  Morse 
Thomas  Adams 
Samuel  Brown, 

Rowse  Wyman, 
Charles  Brigham, 
Barnet  Waite 
Isaac  Tempel, 

Phineas  Wilder, 
David  Osgood, 
Samuel  Bayley, 
Ezekiel  Kindal, 
Ebenezer  Taylor  jun% 
John  M^^bride, 

Jacob  Pike, 

Josiah  Wilder, 

John  Glazer, 

Aaron  Nuton, 

Samuel  Moor, 

Esera  Sawyer, 

John  Stone, 


Fortunatus  Taylor, 

His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  one  Tract  of  Land  of  the 
Contents  of  five  hundred  acres  which  is  to  be  accounted  Two  of  the 
within  Shares  one  whole  Share  for  the  Incorporated  Society  for  the 
Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  foreign  Parts  one  whole  Share  for  the 
first  settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  in  the  Said  Town  one  whole 
share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Ministry  of  the  Church  of  England  as  by 
Law  Established — Henry  Sherburn  Theodore  Atkinson,  Richard 
Wibird,  SanJ^  Smith  John  Downing,  Sam^’  Solley,  Sampson  Sheaffe 
& Daniel  Warner,  John  Wentworth  jun^ 

Prov  New  Hamp*’  Entied  & recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Charter 
of  Faine  the  21  June  1753 


Theodore  Atkinson  Se""^ 


NEWFANE. 


311 


Taken  from  the  Plan  on  the  back  of  the  Charter  of  Paine  June  21 
1753 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec''^ 


New  Fane 


[Newfaxe  Regrant,  1761.] 
^Province  of  NewTlampshire. 
GEORGE  THE  Thiud, 


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p s 


By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a Xeiv  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq  ; Our  (Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-IIampshire  in 
New-Fjmfland^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Ihovince ; Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors, 
do  give  and  grant  in  ecjual  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhab- 
itants of  Our  said  Province  of  New-IIampshire.,  and  Our  other 
(iovernments,  and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names 
are  entred  on  this  (irant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into 
Seventy  Two  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate, 
lying  and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  New- Hampshire.,  con- 


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charter  records. 


taining  by  Admeasurement,  Twenty  Three  Thousand  & Forty  Acre^^ 
which  Tract  is  to  contain  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more;  out  of 
which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable 
Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and 
Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Flan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by 
Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office, 
and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begin- 
ing  at  a Stake  & Stones,  Five  Hund*^  Rods  East,  Ten  Deg®  South 
by  the  Needle,  from  the  North  East  Corner  of  the  Town  of  Marle- 
brough,  & from  thence  Riming  Six  Miles  North,  Twenty  Deg®  East 
by  the  Needle  to  a Stake  & Stones,  From  thence  West  Ten  Deg® 
North  by  the  Needle  Six  Miles  to  a Stake  & Stones,  From  thence 
south  Twenty  Deg®  West  by  the  Needle  Six  Miles  to  the  North  Side 
of  Marlebrough  aforesaid,  thence  by  Marlebrough  Line  East  Ten 
Deg®  South,  to  Marlebrough’s  North  East  Corner,  from  thence  Con- 
tinuing that  Course  to  the  Stake  & Stones  first  above  Mentiond — 
And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township 
by  the  Name  of  New  Fane  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall 
hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be 
Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and 
Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise 
and  Enjoy:  And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall 
be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty 
of  holding  Two  Fairs.,  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of 
*2-318  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be  ^opened  and'  kept 

one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most 
advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting 
for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said 
Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  Second  Tuesday  in  December  which 
said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  M’^  Luke  Brown  who  is  hereby 
also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is 
Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said 
Province;  and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the 
Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second 
Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of 
Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appurten- 
ances, to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon 
the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 


NEWFA^^E. 


313 


vate  five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  Two  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  addi- 
tional Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or 
Share  in  the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs 
and  Successors,  to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Sub- 
jects as  shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  four  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1762 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  four  \Tars  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December.,  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1766  One  shillin/j 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  II uiidred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land;  which  iMoney  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
aljovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Porta- 
mouthy  or  to  such  Ofiicer  or  Ofticers  as  shall  l)e  appointed  to  receive 
the  same;  and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Bennincj  Wentwohth  Es<]  ; 
Our  ( fovernor  and  (Vunmander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
Tliird  Day  of  November  In  tlie  ^ ear  of  our  Lord  CnnisT,  One  d'hoii- 
sand  Seven  Hundred  ami  Sixty  One  .And  in  the  Second  Year  of  Our 
Reign. 


R Wentworth 


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CHARTER  RECORDS. 


By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

d'heodore  Atkinson  Sec’^^' 


Province  of  New  Hamps^^  Nov^  3,  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Origional  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal 


Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’^^ 


*2-319  *The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  New  Fane. 


Benj‘^  Flagg 
Sam^  Jones 
Abijah  Brown 
Tho*  Sawyer 
Simon  Davis 
Simon  Davis  Jnn’^ 
Sam^  Brown 
Sam^  Brooks 
EbeiT  iMorse 
Ross  Wyman 
James  Tayler 
Thomas  Green 
Benj''^  Stowell 
Tim®  Payne  Esq 
Joseph  Hubbard 
Sam^  Ball 
Sam^  Heywood 
Joseph  Hubbard 
Joir^  Fisk 


James  Barra t 
Sand  Jones  Jmd 
Isaac  Glezon 
David  Fiske 
Sand  Potter 
Ephra*"  Brown 
Luke  Brown  Juid 
]\Iary  Sawyer 
Isaac  Miller 
Charles  Brigliam  Esq 
Incress  Sternes 
John  Woodward 
Isaac  Barnard  Esq 
Will™  Young 
David  Wheeler 
Luke  Brown 
Amos  Heywood 
Isaac  Hubbard 


Tho*^  Barra t 
Jonas  Potter 
John  Brooks 
Israel  Davis 
Sand  Potter  Jun*’ 
Edward  Brown 
JoiP  Heywood 
John  Milling 
John  Hazleton  Esq 
Ezra  Sawver  Juid 

t/ 

Job  Cushing 
Isaac  Willard 
Joseph  Bixby 
Tho®  Hubbard 
Jonas  Hev^wood 

\j 

Tim®  Brown 
Charles  Hevwood 
Thos  Davis 
Daniel  Warner  Esq 


Ezra  Sawv^er 

*/  

Mark  Hunking  Wentworth  Esq  Theodore  Atkinson  Esq 
jMaj'’  John  Wentworth  Esq  Eph™  Potter  • Timothy  Wheeler 
Simon  Hunt  Joseph  Hubbard  Juid  & Josiah  Conant 


His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to 
Contain  Eight  Hundred  Acres  which  is  to  be  Accounted  Three  of 
the  within  shares.  One  whole  Share  for  the  Incorporated  Society  for 
the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts,  One  Share  for  a 
Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England,  as  by  Law  Established,  One  Share 
for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospell  & One  Share  for  the 
Benefit  of  a School  in  said  Town 


NEW  HAVEN. 


315 


Province  of  New  Ramps’^  Nov’^  3,  1761 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  of  New  Fane 
under  the  Province  Seal — 

Attested  Theod^'  Atkinson  Sec^-' 
Province  of  New  Hamps^Nov^  3 1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Origional  Charter  of  New  Fane  under 
the  Prov^^®  Seal 

Tlieodore  Atkinson  Sec*"^' 


NEW  HAVEN. 


* Province  of  New-TIainpshire. 


*2-293 


New  Haven 


lirl 


GEORGE  THE  Third, 

I>y  tlie  Grace  of  (ioi),  of  (ireat-Rritain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  Ac. 

To  all  I*erH0H8  to  xvliom  these  Presoits  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  sj>ecial  Cirace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a Neir  Thnitat  'uni 
witliin  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  tlie  Advice  of  C)ur  Trusty  and 
Well-lxiloved  Penning  Wentworth,  Es(j  ; ( )ur  Governor  and  (7)in- 
mander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Provinee  of  New-1  I amrsh ire  in  A7//'- 
Knt/larnl^  and  of  onr  Council  of  the  said  I*rovince  ; Have  upon  tlie 
Conditions  and  Reservations  lierein  after  made,  given  and  granted, 
and  ])y  these  Presents,  for  ns,  onr  Heii*s,  and  Snccessoi*s,  do  give  and 


316 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabitants  of  Our 
said  Province  of  Xeiv-HampsMre^  and  Our  other  Governments,  and  to 
their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are  entred  on  this 
Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Sixty  Eight  equal 
Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and  being  within 
our  said  Province  of  New-Hampsliire^  containing  by  Admeasurement, 
Twenty  Five  Thousand  & Forty  Acres^  which  Tract  is  to  contain 
Something  more  than  Six  ^Miles  square,  and  no  more ; out  of  which 
an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands 
by  Pocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty 
Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said 
Governor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  here- 
unto annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  a Tree 
^Marked  on  the  Easterly  Side  of  Otter  Creek  so  Called  Standing  near 
the  Head  of  the  Falls  in  said  Creek,  from  thence  RuningEast  Twenty 
Degrees  South  Seven  Miles  thence  Riming  South  Six  Miles,  then 
Turning  of  at  Right  Angles  & Runing  West  to  Otter  Creek  afores*^ 
then  to  follow  the  Course  of  the  Creek  as  that  Runs  to  the  Tree  at 
the  Head  of  the  falls  begun  at — And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is 
Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the  Name  of  New  Haven  And  the 
Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are 
hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every 
the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province 
by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy:  And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon 
as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall 
have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Two  Fairs.,  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on 
the  And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue 

longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said  and  that  as  soon 

as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a iMarket 
*2-294  may  be  * opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week, 
as  may  be  thought  most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants. 
Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to 
the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  First  Tuesday  in 
January  next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  Deacon  John 
Bostwick  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  ffi’st 
Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and 
Customs  of  Our  said  Province ; and  that  the  annual  iMeeting  for  ever 
hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be 
on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annuall}-.  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the 
said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges 


NEW  HAVEN. 


317 


• 

and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns 
forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  cultivate 
five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty  Acres 
contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said  Town- 
ship, and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in  the 
said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors, 
to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall  effect- 
ually settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  he  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the  Right 
of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors, as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or  Acts  of 
Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1761 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.^  namely  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December^  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1771  One  shilling 
Proclamation  Money  for  ever}"  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land;  which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth^ or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  a])[)ointed  to  receive 
the  same ; and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wkntwohtii,  Esq  ; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  tlie 
Second  Day  of  November  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thou- 


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CHARTER  RECORDS. 


sand  Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  One  And  in  the  Second  Year  of  Our 
Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’’^ 


Province  of  New  Hampshire  Nov^  2,  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Origional  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^'^ 

*2-296  The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  New  Haven  (Viz) 


John  Evarts 
Daid  Hopkins 
Soloman  Bingham 
Nehemiah  Hopkins 
Tim®  Chittenden 
Peter  Cogswell 
Jacob  Scarromhorn 
Rev*^  Jon^  Lee 
Edw^  Bostwick 
Sand  Hurlbat 
James  Nichols 
John  Turner 
Luke  Camp 
Sand  Graves 
Sam^  Pettebone  Esq 
Benj^  Smalley 
Sam^  Cole 
Seth  Dean 
Cap*  Sam*  Bebee 
Amos  Bird 
The‘*^  Atkinson  Esq 


Lieu*  John  Pardee 
Cap*  Sam*  Elmer 
Eliser  Claghorn 
Lois  Buck 
And'^  Squiar 
Sam*  Chipman 
Wild®  Read 
Jon®  Buell 
Simeon  Lyman 
Ebeid  Hopkins 
James  Claghorn  Jun*' 
Moses  Roode 
Joshua  Porter 
John  Grees would 
Jon®  Buck 
John  Newbury 
Cap*  Benj®  Cowles 
Eben’^^  Smith  Jun^ 
John  Hutchinson  Esq 
Caleb  Smith  Esq 
& Rich^  Wibird  Esq 


Joel  Camp 
Cap*  Nath*  Evarts 
And^  Barton 
Ebeid  Stevens 
Doc*  John  Bostick 
John  Skinner 
James  Owen 
Enoch  Strong 
Benj®  Everist 
Dan*  Bingham 
David  Evarist 
Jon®  Buck  Juid 
Ezekiah  Camp 
Nathan  M’  Quivey 
Noah  Isbell 
Alex*^  Thompson 
Elias  Reed 
Jabez  Bingham 
Lieu*  James  Bird 


Geo : Mash 


His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain Five  Hundred  Acres  as  marked  B-W-  in  the  Plan,  which  is  to 
be  Accounted  two  of  the  within  shares.  One  whole  Share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign 
Parts,  One  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Established,  One  share  for  the  First  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel 
& One  share  for  the  Benefit  of  a School  in  said  Town — 


Province  of  New  Hamps""  Nov’'  2,  1761 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Origional  Charter  of  New  Haven 
under  the  Prov®  Seal  Attested  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’'^ 


NOEWICH. 


319 


Province  of  New  Hamps^  Nov’^  8,  1761 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  of  New  Haven 
under  the  Prov^  Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec‘'^ 


NORWICH. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire.  *2-17 

GEORGE  THE  Thied, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  PermiiH  to  ivliom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  tl)at  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
ineer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Penning  WENTWOirni,  Es(]  ; Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  ITovince  of  New-I  I ampshiue  in 
New-Pnf/land,  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province;  Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors, 
do  give  and  grant  in  e([ual  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhab- 
itants of  Our  said  Province  of  New- Hampshire^  and  Our  other 


Norwhich 

'77! 


320 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Governments,  and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names 
are  entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amoncjst  them  into 
Sixty  Nine  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate, 
lying  and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  New- Hampshire^  contain- 
ing by  Admeasurement,  Twenty  three  Thousand  Acres,  which  Tract 
is  to  contain  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more ; out  of  which  an  Allow- 
ance is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,. 
Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free, 
according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s 
Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed, 
butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  a Hemlock  Tree 
marked  with  the  Figures  5 & 6 that  Stand  on  the  Bank  of  Connecti- 
cut River  just  at  the  Head  of  White  River  Falls  and  is  opposite  to 
the  North  West  Corner  of  Labanon  from  thence  North  Sixty  degrees 
West  Six  Miles  from  thence  North  forty  five  degrees  East  Six  Miles 
from  thence  South  Sixty  degrees  East  Seven  Miles  to  an  Elm  Tree 
marked  with  the  figures  6 & 7 from  thence  down  the  river  to  the 
first  Bounds  Mentioned  And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereb}"  is  Incor- 
porated into  a Township  by  the  Name  of  Norwhich  And  the  Inhab- 
itants that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  here- 
by declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every 
the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our  Prov- 
ince by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy:  And  further,  that  the  said  Town 
as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fiftv  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon, 

C/  ' 

shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Two  Fairs,  one  of  which  shall  be 
held  on  the  And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer 
than  the  respective  following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Fami- 
*2-18  lies,  a Market  may  be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in 
each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most  advantagious  to  the 
Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town 
Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on  the 
last  Wednesday  of  August  Next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified 
by  M’^  Eleazer  Wales  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of 
the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to 
the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province ; and  that  the  annual 
Meetinsf  forever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said 
Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  3Iarch  annually.  To  Have 
and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together 
with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective 
Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 


NORWICH. 


321 


I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  enlti- 
vate  five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Success- 
ors, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penal t}^  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  w^ell  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1762 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly%  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.,  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December^  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Pro])ortion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land;  which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  res[)ective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth^ or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same;  and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
fourth  Day  of  July  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Chhi.st,  One  JJiousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  One  And  in  the  First  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

P Wentworth 


XXI 


322 


CHAETEE  EECOEDS. 


By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’’^ 

Province  of  New  Hamp"^  July  5*^  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal 

AttesP  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*'^' 


2-19 


*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Norwhich 


Eleaz’^  Wales 
Ebenez^  Wales 
Gideon  Noble 
Calvin  Topliff 
Seth  Wales 
John  Fowler 
AVilliam  Johnson 
Joseph  Blanchard 
George  Swain 
Moses  Holmes 
Lemuel  Holmes 
Samuel  Long 
Thomas  Welch 
Judah  Heath 
Jonathan  Hatch 
James  Bicknall 
Eleaz’’  West 
Stephen  Palmer 


Daniel  Welch 
Ebenez^  Heath 
James  West 
Samuel  Johnson 
Amos  Fellows 
Nathan  Strong 
Samuel  Root 
Josiah  Root 
Samuel  Root  jun’^ 
Benj^  Sheapard 
Abner  Barker  jun’’ 
Ebenez’’  Smith 
Joseph  Soores 
James  Russell 
Samuel  Slafter 
Jacob  Fenton 
Andrew  Crocker 


Abner  Barker 
WTlliam  Johnson  y®  3*^ 
Daniel  Baldwin 
Elisha  Wales 
Jedediah  Brin  ton 
Robert  Turner 
Solomon  Wales 
Adoniram  Grant 
Benj^  Jennings 
Elisha  Carpenter 
Natha^^  Herriman 
John  Johnson 
Samuel  Cobb 
Hezekiah  Johnson 
Benj^  Whitney 
Moses  Barnard 
Eliphas  Hunt 
Abijah  Learned 
Richard  Wibird  Esq 


Eleaz*"  Warner 

The  Hon^^®  Theod’^  Atkinson  Esq 

Henry  Sherburne  Esq  M^‘  Andrew  Clarkson  Clement  March  Esq 
John  Shackford  Meshech  Weare  Esq  Rev^  M^  Samuel  Haven 

& Peter  Gillman  Esq 

One  whole  Share  for  the  Society  for  Propagating  the  Gospell  in 
foreign  Parts  one  whole  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  Eng- 
land as  by  a Law  Established  one  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister 
— one  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  A School  in  Said  Town  His  Excellency 
Benning  Wentworth  Esq  Five  Hundred  Acres  to  be  laid  out  as 
marked  in  the  Plan  B:  W:  and  is  to  be  Accounted  two  of  the  within 
Shares — 

Province  of  New  Hamp’”  July  5*^^  1761 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Norwhich 
under  the  Province  Seal 


AttesP  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’’^ 


ORWELL. 


323 


Province  of  Xew  Hampshire  July  5*^^  1761 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  original  Plan  of  Norwhich  under 
the  Province  Seal 

AttesP  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^ 


ORWELL. 


Orwell 


^Province  of  New-IIampshire. 
GEORGE  THE  Third, 


*3-26 


.... 

' ~ _\i*~  . — ^ ^ ^ 


By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c. 

To  all  Pensona  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  Ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a Xeiv  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  witli  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Penning  Wi:ntworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New- Hampshire^  in 
New-Pnfjland^  and  of  Our  Council  of  the  said  iTovince  ; Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  Us,  Our  Heirs,  and  Successors, 
do  give  and  grant  in  etiual  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Sulqects,  Inhabi- 
tants of  Our  said  Province  of  New- Ifampxhire^  and  Our  other  Gov- 
ernments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 


324 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Seventy 
equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and 
being  within  our  said  Province  of  New- Hampshire^  containing  by 
Admeasurement,  Twenty  three  Thousand  five  Hundred  Acres^  which 
Tract  is  to  contain  Something  More  then  Six  Miles  square,  and  no 
more;  out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and 
unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One 
Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey 
thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the 
Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  fol- 
lows, Viz.  Begining  at  A Marked  Tree  Standing  on  the  Easterly 
Side  of  the  Wood  Creek  so  called  which  Tree  bears  East  from 
Ticonderoga  Fort  and  is  the  South  Westerly  Corner  Bound  of  the 
Town  of  Shoram  from  thence  riming  East  by  Shoram  Seven  Miles  to 
the  South  East  Corner  thereof  thence  South  Six  Miles  to  A Stake  & 
Stones  thence  turning  of  & runing  West  to  the  Shores  of  the  Wood 
Creek  afore  Said  then  runing  down  Notherly  as  the  Said  Creek 
runs  to  the  South  West  Corner  of  Shoram  afore  Said  the  Bound 
began  at  And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a 
Township  by  the  Name  of  Orwell  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or 
shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be 
Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and 
Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise 
and  Enjoy  : And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall 
be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty 
of  holding  two  Fairs.,  one  of  which  shall  held  on  the 
And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty 
^3-27  Families,  a Market  may  be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or  more 

Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most  advantagious  to 
the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town 
Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on 
the  Third  Thursday  in  September  Next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be 
Notified  by  M*^  Benj^^  Underhill  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the 
Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Gov- 
ern agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province ; and 
that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such 
Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March 
annually.  To  Hav"e  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above 
expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them 
and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following 
Conditions,  viz. 


ORWELL. 


325 


I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors, to  be  by  Us  or  them  Re-granted  to  such  of  our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

H.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and 
among  the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said 
Township  as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked 
out  for  Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of 
the  Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof, 
the  Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1763 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.,  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December^  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1773  One  shilling 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  x\cres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land ; which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth^ or  to  such  Officer  or  (Mficers  as  shall  be  apjiointed  to  receive 
the  same ; and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  d'estiniony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  said  Province 
to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  AVentwortii,  Es(|  ; Our 
Governor  and  Commander  in  (diief  of  Our  said  Ihovince,  the  18'*' 
Day  of  xXugust  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  63 — And  in  the  3'*  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 


326 


CHAETER  RECORDS. 


By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

T Atkinson  Jun”^  Sec’^^ 

Province  of  New  Hamp^  August  18-1763 

Recorded  according  to  the  original  Charter  under  the  Pro'^  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun^  Sec’"^ 

^3-28  *The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Orwell — Viz 


Benj^  Underhill 
JoiP  Cowpland 
Benj^  Seaman 
Benj‘"  Seaman  jiin’^ 
Thomas  Brookman 
William  Milner 
John  Milner 
Daniel  Beats 
Henry  Seaman 
John  Hadock 
Zebulon  Ferriss 
Benj'^  Blage  jun^ 
John  Gifford 
George  Woods 
Cranoley  Borrowe 
David  M^Cleish 
Benj^^  Ogden 
Robert  Boyd  Jun*’ 
James  Nelart 
Isaac  Peck 


Henry  Frankling 
Uriah  Woolman 
Edmund  Seaman 
Thomas  Brookman 
JuiF  WilP  Brookman 
Andrew  Gautier 
Daniel  Gautier 
Thomas  Liscomb 
Paul  Mathews 
Paul  Mathews  juiF 
Benj^  Blage 
Edward  Blage 
Henry  Tedford 
John  Turner 
John  Borrowe 
William  M^Cleish 
Benj^  Walker 
Andrew  Burn 
John  Mitchell 
Elijah  Doty 
Hoid'^®  Theodore  Atki 
Mark  H®  Wentworth 
John  Temple  & 

NatU'  Barrel! 


Benj^  Farris  JuiF 
Joseph  Jacobs 
Rich‘s  Seaman 
John  Brookman 
Joseph  Holmes 
Andrew  Gautier 
Rich*^  Cornwell 
John  Seaman 
Benj^  Mathew's 
JoiP  Akin 
John  Blage 
Joseph  Webb 
Gafford  Dally 
James  Glean 
Sam^^  Borrowe 
John  Ogden 
Robert  Boyd  Sen*^ 
Alexander  Burn 
David  Potts 
Read  Ferris 
nson 


V 


Esq’’® 


For  His  Excellency  Penning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  to  Contain 
Five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B-W-in  the  Plan  which  is  to  be 
accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares  one  whole  Share  for  the  Incor- 
porated Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  foreign  Parts 
One  Share  for  A Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law  Estab- 
lishd  One  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  in  Said  Town  & one 
Share  for  the  Benefit  of  A School  there 


Pro’^  of  New  Hamp^  August  18*^  1763 

Recorded  According  to  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Orwell 
under  the  Pro^  Seal 

T Atkinson  JuiF  Sec’’^ 


PANTON. 


327 


Pro^  of  New  Harap*'  August  18-1763 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  original  Charter  of  Orwell  under 

T Atkinson  Jun”'  Sec’’^ 


PANTON. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire.  *2-313 

GEORGE  THE  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c. 

To  all  Perso7iH  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greetiiiff. 

Know  ye,  tliat  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Plantation 
within  our  said  Province,  hy  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty  and 
Wcll-heloved  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and  C'om- 
niander  in  Cliief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-IIamrsfhre  in  New- 
Pntjland^  and  of  our  (’otncil  of  the  said  Province;  Have  upon  the 
Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and  granted, 
and  l)y  these  Jh-esents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successoi-s,  do  give 
and  grant  in  e([ual  Sliares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhal)itants  of 
Our  said  Ihovince  of  Xew-JI<nnpshire^  ixnd  ()ur  other  Governments, 
and  to  their  IIeii>}  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are  entred  on 


ye  x^ro’^  Seal 


Panton 


328 


CHAKTEK  EECORDS. 


this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Seventy  Six  equal 
Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and  being 
within  our  said  Province  of  New- Hampshire^  containing  by  Admeasure- 
ment, abo‘  25,000  Acres,  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Something  more 
than  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more ; out  of  which  an  Allowance  is 
to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds, 
Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  according 
to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order, 
and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  hutted 
and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  a Tree  Marked  Standing 
on  the  West  Side  of  Otter  Creek  so  Called  near  the  Head  of  the  Falls 
in  said  Creek,  from  thence  Runing  West  Seven  Miles,  Then  South 
Six  Miles,  then  Turning  off  & Runing  East  to  Otter  Creek  afores'^ 
then  Down  the  Creek  as  that  Runs  to  the  Bounds  first  above  Men- 
tioned Then  begining  again  at  the  End  of  the  South  Line  afores"^ 
Avhich  in  the  Grant  of  the  Town  of  Wayhridge  is  called  the  South 
WesP^  Corner  of  Panton  & is  the  North  Westerly  Corner  of  s'^  Way- 
bridge  & from  thence  runing  West  to  Lake  Champlain  thence 
Northerly  by  the  Shores  of  the  Said  Lake  to  A Stake  & Stones  there 
standing  in  the  Side  of  the  Seven  Miles  West  Line  afore  said  And 
that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the 
Name  of  Paiiton  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter 
inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized 
with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities 
that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy : 
And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty 
Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding 
Two  Fairs.,  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the  annually,  which  Fairs  are 

not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said  and  that  as  soon 

as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market 
*2-314  may  be  * opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  W eek, 
as  may  be  thought  most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants. 
Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable 
to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  Second  Tues- 
day in  December  next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  Cap‘ 
J osiah  Dean  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said 
first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the 
Laws  and  Customs  or  Our  said  Province  ; and  that  the  annual  Meeting 
for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town, 
shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have  and  to 
Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all 


PANTON. 


329 


Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and 
Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  cultivate 
five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty  Acres 
contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said  Town- 
ship, and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  onr  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Onr  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or  Acts 
of  Parliament  that  are  now,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  l^ots,  one  of  Avhich  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV^.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
I)ecemher  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  tlie  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  17(il 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inliabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heii'S  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  ^"ears  from  tlie  abovesaid  twenty- 
fifth  Day  of  l>ecemhei\  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December^ 
which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Imrd  1771  One  shilling  Proclama- 
tion Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  lie  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses, 
and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  tlie  said  Land  ; 
which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their 
Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  .Port.^ mouth.,  or  to  such 
Ofiicer  or  Ofiicers  as  shall  lie  appointed  to  receive  the  same  ; and  this 
to  lie  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  'restimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Province 
to  lie  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Pknninc;  WiONTWoirrn,  fisq  ; ( )ur 
Governor  and  Commaiidei'  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the  'riiird 
Day  of  November  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  (hiitisT,  One  'riiousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  One  And  in  the  Second  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

I>  Wentworth 


830 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theod^'  Atkinson  Sec*"^' 

Province  of  New  Hamps*^  Nov^  8,  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Origional  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec”'^ 

*2-815  *The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Panton  (Viz) 


James  Nichols 
SanP  Kellog 
James  Claghorn 
Nath^  Dean 
John  Coburn 
Peter  Knickerbacker 
Isaac  Peck 
Pulof  White 
JoiP  Russel 
Elieazer  Wright 
Collins  Chapman 
John  Waddams 
Caleb  Strong 
EbeiP  Jackson 
EbeiP  Hill 
Timothv  Horsford 
Jahiel  Williams 
EbeiE  Fletcher 
Sam^  Blodget  JuiP 
Sampson  Sheafe  Esq 
Jdio®  Little 
Odel  Squire 
James  Eason 


Soloman  Wright 
David  Holcomb 
Elisha  Painter 
Zach^  Hanchet 
Benj^  Phelps 
John  Dean 
Tho®  Ensign 
Charles  Burrell 
Phineas  Waller 
Cap^  Nath^  Evarts 
Appleton  Burnham 
JoiP  Deverix 
RiclP  Brockway 
John  Clothier  JuiP 
NatlJ  Moodey 
Joseph  Langborn 
William  Warner 
Sand  Norton 
Cap*  Benj^  Coles 
John  Downing  Esq 
John  Sweetland 
Jesse  Saw}^er  Juid 
Tim°  Holcom 
Titus  Hill 


Daniel  Dean 
WilD  Coit 
Ezra  Fellows 
Will"'  Fellows 
John  Knickerbacker 
Elisha  Ensign 
Oliver  Dean 
Phineas  Spaulding 
Cap*  John  Fellows 
Joseph  Hanchet 
Noah  Waddams 
Cap*  Isaac  Laurence 
John  Clothier 
JoiP  Edge  ton 
Benj^  Sedgwick 
Joseph  Langborn  Jun’^ 
David  Whitney 
Sam*  Blodget 
Cap*  Josiah  Dean 
John  Kimbolly  Esq 
Russell  Hunt 
Josiah  Deane  Juid 
Isaiah  Dean  & 


His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain Five  Hundred  Acres  as  iMarked  B-  W-  in  the  Plan,  which  is  to 
be  Accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares,  One  whole  Share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign 
Parts,  One  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Established,  One  Share  for  the  First  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel 
& One  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  a School  in  said  Town — 

Province  of  Noav  Hamps''  Nov*^  8,  1761 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  of  Pan  ton  under 
the  Prov®  Seal  Attested  Theod"  Atkinson  Se*^^ 


PAWLET. 


331 


Province  of  New  Hamps^  Nov’^  3,  1761 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  of  Panton  under 
the  Province  Seal 

Tlieodore  Atkinson  Sec*^^ 


PAWLET. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire.  *2-145 

GEORGE  THE  Third, 

Ry  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  tlie  Eaith,  &c. 

To  all  Pe7'Hons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Onr  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a Xew  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  l>y  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-heloved  P>enning  Wentworth,  Es(j  ; Our  (Jovernor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-IIampshire  in 
Neiv-Enijland^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province;  Have  upon 
the  (k)nditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  heirs,  and  Successors,  do 
give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Sul)jccts,  Inhab- 
itants of  Our  said  Province  of  Xeu'-IIampshire^  and  Our  other 
Governments,  and  to  their  Heirs  ami  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names 


Pawlet 


332 


CHAPTER  RECORDS. 


are  entrecl  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into 
Sixty  Eight  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate, 
lying  and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  Seu'-ITampshire,  contain- 
ing by  Admeasurement.  Twenty  three  Thousand  A forty  Aores^ 
which  Tract  is  to  contain  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more ; out  of 
which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable 
Lands  by  Rocks.  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers.  One  Thousand  and 
Fortv  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survev  thereof,  made  bv 
Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office, 
and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begining 
the  North  West  Corner  of  Rupert  from  thence  riming  due  North 
Six  Miles  Thence  due  East  Six  Miles  thence  Due  South  Six  Miles  to 
the  North  East  Corner  of  Rupert  afore  Said  thence  due  West  by 
Rupert  Six  Miles  to  the  North  West  Corner  thereof  being  the 
Bounds  began  at  And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated 
into  a Township  by  the  Name  of  Pawlett  And  the  Inhabitants  that 
do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared 
to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges 
and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law 
Exercise  and  Enjoy:  And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as 
there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have 
the  Liberty  of  holding  Two  Fairs,  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the 
annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue 
longer  than  the  respective  following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall 
*2-146  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be  *opened  and 
kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought 
most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting 
for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said 
Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  Second  Tuesday  in  October  next 
which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  Jonathan  Willard  who  is 
hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which 
he  is  to  Notifv  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of 
Our  said  Province;  and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter 
for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the 
Second  Tuesday  of  ^larch  annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said 
Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and 
Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  for- 
ever, upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 


PAWLET. 


833 


Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors, to  be  by  Us  or  them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall 
effect uallv  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

\j  

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so 
doing  first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of 
the  Light  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs 
and  Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalt}^  of  au}^  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  })aying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
JJecemher  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1762 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twent}'-fifth  Day  of  December.,  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
J)ecemher.,  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land;  which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth^ or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same ; and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  d'estimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentwouth,  Es(^  ; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
26^''  Day  of  August  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  (hiuiST,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  one  And  in  the  First  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

P Wentworth 

Py  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  CouNcn., 

'riieodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 


334 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Province  of  New  Hamp’’  August  26*^  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  under  the  Province  Seal 

^ Theodore  Atkinson  Se^^' 


*2-147  *The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Pawlett  (Viz) 


Jonathan  Willard 
Benj*^  Brooks 
John  Huff 
Zephania  Snow 
Martin  Dewey 
James  Stanley 
John  Peno}’er 
Hezekiah  Parsons 
Noah  Jellet  jun’^ 
Henry  Morris 
Charles  Clark 
Benj^  Willard 
Gideon  Wright 
George  Havens 
Mathew  Davis 
Daniel  Ross 
Roswell  W^  ill  cocks 
Daniel  Warner  Esq 
John  Clark 
By  field  Loyd — Boston 


Benj^  Wright 
Charles  Read 
David  Huff 
Moses  Fuller 
David  Pixley 
John  Daman 
SanJ^  Roberts 
David  Parsons 
Elisha  Prat 
Jonas  Wilds 
Noah  Lomis 
Abner  Baldwin 
Joel  Fisk 
Josiah  Willard 
Nath^^  Fellows 
Asaph  Putman 
Peter  Vancampen 
James  Stoodly 
Daniel  Barber 
John  Gould  Jun^ 


James  Apthorp  & Theodore  Atkinson  jun’ 


Abner  Fuller 
Justus  Ashman 
John  Stark 
John  Willard 
Samuel  Wright 
Ebenez^  Ashman 
Jeremiah  Clements 
Amasa  Jones 
John  Tain  ter 
Jonathan  Carver 
Joel  Lomis 
Josiah  Carpenter 
Silas  Howard 
William  Blunt 
John  Abbot 
William  Kenady 
Rich‘S  Wibird  Esq 
William  Clark 
Benning  Wentworth 
Benj'""  Fannil 


His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to 
Contain  five  hundred  Acres  as  Marked  in  the  Plan  B W-  which 
is  to  be  accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares  one  whole  Share  for 
the  Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  foreign 
Parts  one  Share  for  A Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Established  one  Share  for  the  first  Settled  minister  of  the  Gospel 
One  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  A School  in  said  Town 


Province  of  New  Hamp*^  August  26 — 1761 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Pawlett  under 
the  Pro’^  Seal 


Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’^^ 


PEACHAM. 


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PEACHAM. 


Peacham 


^Province  of  New-HamDsliire. 

JL 

GEORGE  THE  Third, 


^3-74 


L.  S. 


By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  P^aitli  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  ivhom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  Ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Penning  Wentworth  Esq  ; Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Onr  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  in 
Neu'-Priffland^  and  of  Our  Council  of  the  said  Province;  Havp: 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  Us,  Our  Heirs,  and  Succes- 
sors, do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects, 
Inhabitants  of  Our  said  Province  of  Neiv- Hampshire^  and  Our  other 
Governments,  and  to  theii  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names 
are  entred  on  this  Grant,  to  l)e  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Sev- 
enty Six  e(pial  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying 
and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  New- Hampshire^  containing  l)y 
Admeasurement,  4'wenty  Three  'riiousand  A forty  Acres^  which  'i'ract 
is  to  contain  Six  Miles  s(piare,  and  no  more;  out  of  which  an  Allow- 


336 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


ance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks, 
Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free, 
according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s 
Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed, 
butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  the  North  West- 
erly Corner  Bounds  of  the  Township  of  Ryegate  which  is  the  South 
Westerly  Corner  of  Barnet  & runing  from  thence  North  Sixty  Eight 
Degrees  West  Six  Miles  then  Turning  of  & Runing  Northerly  on  a 
Parrallel  line  with  the  Head  or  Westerly  Side  Line  of  the  said 
Township  of  Barnet  Six  Miles  & an  half  then  Turning  off  & Runing 
South  Sixt}^  Eight  Degrees  East  Six  Miles  to  the  said  Head  Line  of 
Barnet  aforesaid  thence  on  said  Line  Southerly  to  the  Bounds  began  at 
And  that  the  same  be  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township 
by  the  Name  of  Peacham  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall 
hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be 
Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges 
and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law 
Exercise  and  Enjoy : And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as 
there  shall  be  Fift}^  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have 
the  Liberty  of  holding  two  Fairs.,  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on 
the  And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue 
longer  than  the  respective  following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of 
^3-75  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or 
more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most  advan- 
tagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the 
Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province, 
shall  be  held  on  the  Third  Wednesday  in  JaiW  next  which  said 
Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  Gideon  Lyman  Esq  who  is  hereby  also 
appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to 
Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said 
Province;  and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the 
Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second 
Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract 
of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appur- 
tenances, to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever, 
upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 


PEACH  AM. 


337 


the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Township 
as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Paj^ment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1764 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pajr 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever,, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twenty- 
fifth  Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.,. 
which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1774  One  shilling  Proclama- 
tion Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses,, 
and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land  ; 
which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their 
Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth.,  or  to  such 
Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same  ; and 
this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
Thirty  first  Day  of  December  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One 
Thousand  Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  Three  And  in  the  fourth  Year 
of  Our  Reign.  B Wentworth 

By  11  is  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

T Atkinson  JuiP  Sec’’^ 

Province  of  New  Hampshire  Dec’’  31"^  1763 

Recorded  from  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Province  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun’’  Sec*^ 


XXII 


338 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


* 


2-76  *Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Peach  am  (Viz) 


David  Smith  Samuel  Smith 

Jonathan  Warner  of  Hadley 


Lemuel  Warner 
Warum  Warner 
Stephen  Goodman 
John  Kellog 
Oliver  White 
Oliver  Smith 
James  Meecham 
Phineas  Lyman  Esq 
Jonathan  Smith 
Eliakim  Smith 
Joseph  Burt 
Coleman  Cook 
Abraham  Kellog 
Moses  Montague 
Noah  Smith  Jun*^ 
Moses  Warner 
Hezekiah  Hubbard 
Henry  Merchant 


Noahdiah  Warner 
Jacob  Warner  Jun^ 
Aaron  Cleveland 
John  White 
Thomas  Jud 


Oliver  Bartlet 
Orange  Warner 
Jacob  Warner 
Nath^^  Phelps 
Elihu  Warner 
Samuel  White 
Samuel  Cutts 


Edmund  Houbord  Jun^  Elijah  Lyman 


Moses  Houbord 
Aaron  Burt 
Enos  Smith 
Seth  Smith 
Oliver  Warner 
Elisha  Cook  JuiP 
Benj^  Buckman 
Samuel  Hopkins 
Josiah  Smith 
Aaron  Warner 
Joseph  Hubbard 
Gideon  Lyman  Esq 
Selah  White 


y Esq’’* 


Joseph  Hutchins 
Elihu  Smith 
Noah  Cook 
Eleazer  Burt 
Elisha  Cook 
Samuel  Cook 
Nath^^  Kellog 
Noah  Smith 
Elisha  Porter  Esq 
Moses  Graves 
John  Pickern  of 
Benjamin  Burt 
Waitstill  Cook 
John  Marsh  . 

Wyseman  Clagett  Esq 
Hunking  Wentworth  Esq  & 
John  Penhallow 


Gideon  Lyman  Jun^ 

Hon^^®  Mark  Wentworth  ^ 

James  Nevin 
Theod"^  Atkinson  j^ 

Nath  Barrel!  J 

His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B W : in  the  Plan  which  is  to  be 
Accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares.  One  whole  Share  for  the  Incor- 
porated Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  foreign  Parts, 
One  whole  share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Established.  One  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel 
& One  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  a School  in  said  Town  forever 

Province  of  New  Hampshire  Dec^  31®‘  17d3 

Recorded  from  the  Back  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal 


T Atkinson  JuiTSec^^ 


PERU. 


339 


Pa  r r>  t (4  i/«a  U L.  \ r\  ^ 


Province  of  New  Ramps’^  Dec*^  31®*  1763 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  under  the  Prov. 
Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun^  Sec’’^ 


PERU. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire.  *2-273 

GEORGE  THE  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a Neiv  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Bp:nning  Wentworth,  Esq ; Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshike  in 
New-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province;  Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  l)y  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do 
give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabi- 
tants of  Our  said  Province  of  Neic- Hampshire,  and  Our  other  Gov- 
ernments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into 
Seventy  two  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  01  Land  situate. 


Brumley 


340 


CHAETER  RECORDS. 


Ijing  and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  Hew-Hampshire^  con- 
taining by  Admeasurement,  Twenty  Three  Thousand  & Forty  Acres. 
which  Tract  is  to  contain  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more;  out  of 
which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable 
Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and 
Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by 
Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office, 
and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begin- 
ing  at  the  North  West  Corner  of  Winhall  & from  thence  Due  North 
Six  Miles  to  the  South  West  Corner  of  Harwich  from  thence  East  by 
Harwich  aforesaid  Six  Miles  to  the  South  East  Corner  thereof  thence 
due  South  Six  Mile  to  the  North  East  Corner  of  Winhall  afores** 
thence  due  West  by  M^inhall  Six  Miles  to  the  Bounds  begun  at  And 
the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the  Name 
of  Brumley  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the 
said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Inti- 
tled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other 
Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy : And 
further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families 
resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Tivo 
Fairs,  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the  annuallv,  which  Fairs  are 

not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said  and  that  as 

soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a 
*2-274  Market  may  be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each 
Week,  as  maybe  thought  most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants. 
Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable 
to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  first  Monday 
in  November  next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  Sam^  Gilbert 
Esq  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meet- 
ing, which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Cus- 
toms of  Our  said  Province ; and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  here- 
after for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the 
Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Ha\’R  and  to  Hold  the  said 
Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and 
Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  for- 
ever, upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 


PERU. 


341 


the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Success- 
ors, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof, 
the  Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be  made 
on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December  1762 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant  shall  yield  and  pay  unto 
Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly  and  every  Year  forever,  from 
and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twenty-fifth 
Day  of  December^  namely,  on  tlie  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December^  which 
will  be  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  1772  One  shilling  Proclamation 
Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses,  and 
so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land ; 
which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid, 
their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth^  or  to 
such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same ; 
and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
13‘‘*  Day  of  October  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  One  And  in  the  First  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

P Wentworth 

Py  his  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council. 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’’y 

Province  of  New  Hamps’’  Octo*^  13‘^  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Origional  Charter  under  tlie  Province 
J^eaL  'I'heodore  Atkinson  Sec*^ 


342 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


^2-275  *The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Brumley  (Viz) 


William  Summer 
Ebenezer  Buck 
Sam^  Gilbert  Jun^ 
Worthy  Waters 
Joseph  Waters 
Eldad  Post 
Obediah  Willcox 
Joseph  Waters  Jun 
Johu  Curtis 
Jourden  Post 
David  Curtis 
Dan  Clark 
Thomas  Buck 
Thomas  Post 
Peter  Post 
Asael  Strong 
Elijah  Webster 
Joseph  Webster 
Aaron  Wright 
Daniel  Little  . 
Benjamin  Hale 
Benj^  Harriman 


Sam^  Gilbert 
Elijah  Lathrop 
John  Gillitt 
John  Kilborn 
Lyzer  Hubbard 
Elisha  Dunk 
Nath^  Davis 
Tho*  Rowley 
Abijah  Rowley 
John  Nelson 
Ezekiel  Kelloge 
Phillip  Mattoon 
Gideon  Post 
Isaac  Ford 
Ebenezer  Root 
Tho®  Gilbird 
Simeon  Webster 


Tho®  Perring 
Benj^  Summer 
John  Gillitt  Jun^ 
John  Perkins 
Tho*  Post  Jun^ 
Jonathan  Summer 
Joseph  Davis  Jun^ 
James  Noble 
Richard  Curtis 
Ichabod  Phillips  Jun^ 
Thomas  Summer 
Isaac  Waters 
Jeremiah  Post 
Adam  W’^aters 
Ebenezer  Root  Jun^ 
John  Post 
David  Webster 
Darius  Post 


Roger  Loomis 

Mark  H°  Wentworth  Esq  Joseph  Newmarch  Esq 
John  Hogg  Edmund  Morse 

Reuben  Harriman  John  Atwood 

JoiP  Kimball  & Benj"^  Kimball 

His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain Five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B-  W in  the  Plan  which  is  to 
be  Accounted  two  of  the  within  shares  One  whole  share  for  the 
Incorporated  Scociety  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign 
Parts,  One  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Established,  One  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel,  & 
One  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  a School  in  said  Town 


Province  of  New  Hamps’’  Octo’^  13, 1761 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  of  Brumley — 
under  the  Province  seal — 

Attested  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec''^ 


PITTSFORD. 


343 


Dldt  Sa$i  ltffl\lt» 


Province  of  New  Hainps^  Octo*'  13*^^^  1761 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal — 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’^^ 


PITTSFORD. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire.  *2-249 

Pittsford  GEORGE  the  Third, 

Ry  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  ivhom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
ineer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a Neiv  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  ITiisty 
and  Well-beloved  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-I Iampshiue  in 
Kew-FjtuflaiuU  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province;  Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do 
give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabitants 


344 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Governments, 
and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are  entred  on 
this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Seventy  equal 
Shares,  ail  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and  being  within 
our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  containing  by  Admeasurement, 
Twenty  three  thousand  & forty  Acres^  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Six 
Miles  square,  and  no  more  ; out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made 
for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains 
and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan 
and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned 
into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded 
as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  the  North  Westerly  Corner  of  Rutland 
thence  Runing  North  Four  Degrees  West  Six  Miles  thence  East  Five 
Degrees  South  Six  Miles  thence  South  Twenty  Degrees  East  to  Rut- 
land aforesaid  thence  West  Five  Degrees  North  by  Rutland  the  North 
Westerly  Corner  thereof  the  Bounds  first  above  Mention’d — And 
that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the 
Name  of  Pittsford  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter 
inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized 
with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities 
that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy  : 
And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty 
Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of 
holding  Two  Fairs^  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 
And  the  other  on  the  annually,  which  Fairs 

are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said  and  that  as  soon 

as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market 
*2-250  may  be  * opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week, 
as  may  be  thought  most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants. 
Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable 
to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  Second  Tues- 
day of  December  next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  Cap* 
Ephra*"  Doolittle  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the 
said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the 
Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province  ; and  that  the  annual  Meet- 
ing for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said 
Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually,  To  Have 
and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together 
with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective 
Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 


PITTSFOKD. 


345 


Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Town- 
ship, fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that 
Use,  and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so 
doing  first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of 
the  Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  otir  Heirs 
and  Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof, 
the  Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1762 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.,  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December^  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  Mlling 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land;  which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Porta- 
mouthy  or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same;  and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
12*‘‘  Day  of  October  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  One  And  in  the  First  Yearof  Our  Reign. 

P>  Wentworth 

By  Ilis  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

I'heodore  Atkinson  Sec*^ 


346 


CHAKTER  RECORDS. 


Province  of  New  Haraps*'  Octo’^  12,  1761 

Kecorded  According  to  the  Origional  Charter  under  the  Province 
seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’’^’ 


*2-251  *The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Pittsford  (Viz) 


Ephraim  Doolittle 
Joshua  Hutchens 
Alex*  Scott 

Eben*  Harvev 

*/ 

Aaron  Deniho 
Josiah  Ames 
Edward  Flynt 
Phineas  Stayward 
David  Oakes 
Dan^  Thomas 
Elihu  Hall 
Lint  Merry  man 
Natld  Chauncy  Esq 
Chauncy  Whittelsey 
David  Purple 
Dan^  Drigs 
Elisha  Fuller 
Elisha  Harvey 
John  Loomis 
Dan^  Boy  den 
Joshua  Johnson 


Will™  Nutting 
Abraham  Morton 
Andrew  Powers 
Joseph  Burt 
David  Field 
NatlF  Moore  Jun* 
Dan^  M’Farland 
Ezra  Sanger 
John  Jenks 
Elisha  Whittelsey 
Sam^  Mansfield 
Elihu  Hall  Jun* 
Lucius  Hall 
Jedediah  Winslow 
Nathan  Jewitt 
Amos  Jones 
Sam^  Fuller  Jun* 
Daniel  Lord 
Daid  Warner  Esq 
The:  Atkinson  Jun* 
Sam^  Johnson 
Sand  Braver 


Samuel  Bowers 
John  Hubbard 
Lucius  Doolittle 
Aaron  Burt 
John  Armes 
Robert  Crawford 
Geo : Robins 
John  Oakes 
John  Benham 
Asbel  Stiles 
John  Hall  5^^ 

Cha®  Whittelsey  Esq 
Sam^  Whittelsey 
Timothy  Patterson 
Benajah  Huntley 
Phineas  Newton 
Elkanah  Fox 
Will™  Steward 
Richard  Wibird  Esq 
Esq  Peter  Johnson 
Jacob  He  mining  way 


His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain Five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B-W-  in  the  Plan  which  is  to 
be  Accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares  One  Share  for  the  Incorpo- 
rated Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts, 
One  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law  Estab- 
lished one  Share  for  the  First  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  & One 
Share  for  the  benefit  of  a School  in  said  Town — 


Province  of  New  Hamps*  Octo*  12,  1761 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  of  Pittsford 
under  the  Province  Seal 

Attested  ^ Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*-'” 


PLYMOUTH. 


34T 


Province  of  New  Hamps^  Octo*^  12,  1761 
- Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  of  Pittsford 
under  the  Prov®  Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Se’’^ 


PLYMOUTH. 

^Province  of  New-Hainpshire.  *2-29 

GEORGE  THE  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a Neiv  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq  ; Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
Neiv-Ewfland^  and  of  our  (Vjuncil  of  the  said  Province  ; Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do 
give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabitants 
of  Our  said  Province  of  New- Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Govern- 
ments, and  to  their  Heirs  a!id  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are  entred 
on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Seventy 


Saltash 


348 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and 
being  within  our  said  Province  of  Neiv-Hampshire^  containing  by 
Admeasurement,  Twenty  five  Thousand  Six  hundred  Acres^  which 
Tract  is  to  contain  Six  and  one  third  Miles  square,  and  no  more ; 
out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unim- 
provable Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One 
Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey 
thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the 
Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  fol- 
lows, Viz,  Begining  at  the  South  West  Corner  of  Reading  from 
thence  North  Sixty  five  degrees  West  Six  Miles  from  thence 
North  Seventeen  Degrees  East  Seven  Miles  from  thence  South  Sixty 
four  Degrees  East  Six  Miles  to  the  North  West  Corner  of  Reading 
from  thence  South  fifteen  Degrees  West  Six  Miles  & Three  Quarters 
of  A Mile  by  Reading  line  to  the  first  Bounds  Mentioned — And 
that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township 
by  the  Name  of  Salt  Ash  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall 
hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be 
Enfranchized  with  and  In  titled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and 
Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise 
and  Enjoy : And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall 
be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty 
of  holding  Two  Fairs,,  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the  annually,  which 

Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 
following  the  said  and  that  as  soon  as 

the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may 
'^2-30  be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as 
may  be  thought  most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants. 
Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable 
to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  First 
Wednesday  in  August  Next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by 
Jeremiah  Hall  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the 
said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the 
Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province ; and  that  the  annual 
Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the 
said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To 
Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed, 
together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their 
respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions, 
viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every 


PLYMOUTH. 


349 


fifty  Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land 
in  said  Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by 
additional  Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or 
Share  in  the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs 
and  Successors,  to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Sub- 
jects as  shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the 'same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Town- 
ship, fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that 
Use,  and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so 
doing  first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of 
the  Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs 
and  Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act 
or  Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Township 
as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for  Town 
Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the  Contents 
of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty -fifth  Day  of  December.  1762 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay  unto 
Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever,  from 
and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twenty- 
fifth  Day  of  December^  namel3%  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December., 
which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling  Proclama- 
tion Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses, 
and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land  ; 
which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their 
Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth,  or  to  such 
Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same ; and  this 
to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said 
Province  to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth, 
Esq;  Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province, 
the  Sixth  Day  of  July  In  the  Year  of  our  Ivord  Christ,  One  Thous- 
and Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  One  And  in  the  first  Year  of  Our 
Reign. 


P Wentworth 


350 


CHAKTER  RECORDS. 


By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’^^ 

Province  of  New  Hamp^  July  6“^  1761 

Recorded  in  the  Book  of  Charters  According  to  the  Original  under 
the  Province  Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec'^ 

^2-31  *The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Saltash  Yiz — 


Jeremiah  Hall 
Josiah  Willard 
William  Willard 
Samuel  Willson 
Edward  Coburne 
Samuel  Roberson 
John  Hunt 
John  Armes 
Bildad  Andrews 
Enos  Stevens 
Thomas  Cresson 
James  Grimes 
Sam^^  Field  juiT 
Ebenez*^  Allexander 
Stephen  Temple 
Icabod  Fisher 
Jon^  Whetherby 
Wright 
Paul  March 
Sam^^  Appleton 
Jacob  Sheaffe 


Samuel  Hall 
John  Grims 
Benjamin  Chandler 
Ebenez’^  Hartshorn 
Thomas  Cambell 
Daniel  Ide 
Eph“’  Dorman 
Joseph  Hammon 
Aron  Hill 
Phineas  Stevens 
Ebenez’^  Nims 
Moses  Field 
Paul  E^ield 
Ruben  Allexander 
Isaac  Temple 
Nathan  Blake 
Timothy  Root 
John  Combs 
Gregory  Purcell 
James  Clarkson  jun^ 
John  Downing  Esq 
and  Coll  John  Harte 


David  Nims  jun^ 
David  Goddard 
Benj^  Willson 
Samuel  Willson  jun^ 
Ralph  Rice 
Ebenez’^  Sanderson 
Eleaz^  Burt 
Sam^^  Root 
Michael  Medcalf  juiF 
Samuel  Hills 
John  French 
Samuel  Field 
William  Carr 
John  Ellis 
John  Peirce 
James  Nutter  Willard 
William  McClure 
Thos  Davis 
Sand^  Livermore 
Rich‘S  Downing 
Sampson  Sheaffe  Esq 


His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  Contain- 
ing five  hundred  Acres  which  is  to  be  Accounted  Two  of  the  within 
Shares  One  whole  Share  for  the  Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propa- 
gation of  the  Gospel  in  forreign  Parts  one  whole  Share  for  the  first 
Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  one  Whole  Share  for  a School  for  the 
Town  one  whole  Share  for  A Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by 
Law  Established 


Recorded  According  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Seal  from 
the  Back  thereof  this  July  1761 


Theodore  Atkinson  Sec"^^ 


POMFRET. 


351 


Province  of  New  Hamp’^ 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Charter  of  Salt  Ash  this  Day  of 
July  1761— 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’^^ 


POMFRET. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire.  *2-49 

Pomfret  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  ivhom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Plantation 
within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty  and 
Well-l>eloved  Bp:nning  Wentwortfi,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-IIampshihe  in 
Netv-Etnjland^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province  ; Have  upon 
the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and  granted, 
and  l)y  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heii’S,  and  Successors,  do  give  and 
grant  in  equal  Sliares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhal)itints  of  Our 
said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  and  Our  otlier  Governments,  and  to 
their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are  entred  on  this 
Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  tliem  into  Seventy  'Fwo  equal 
Sliares,  all  that  4'ract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and  being  within 


352 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


our  said  Province  of  JS’eiv-Hamjyshire^  containing  by  Admeasurement, 
twenty  Three  Thousand  and  five  Hundred  Acres^  which  Tract  is  to 
contain  Something  more  Than  Six  jMiles  square,  and  no  more ; out  of 
which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable 
Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and 
Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by 
Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office, 
and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begingng 
at  the  Southwest  Corner  of  Hartford  from  Thence  North  Sixty  two 
degrees  west  five  miles  and  one  half  mile  from  Thence  North  Thirty 
four  degrees  East  Seven  miles  from  Thence  South  Sixty  degrees 
East  five  miles  and  one  half  mile  to  the  North  West  Corner  of  Hart- 
ford from  Thence  South  thirty  four  degrees  West  by  Hartford  line 
Seven  Miles  to  the  first  Bounds  Mentioned — And  that  the  same  be, 
and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the  Name  of  Pomfret 
And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Town- 
ship, are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all 
and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within 
Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy:  And  further,  that  the 
said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  set- 
tled thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Two  Fairs.,  one  of 
which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the  annually,  which 

Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said  and  that 

as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families, 
a Market  maybe  * opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  *2-50 
each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most  advantagious  to  the 
Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town 
Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on 
the  First  Monday  in  September  Next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Not- 
ified by  M""  Isaac  Dana  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of 
the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to 
the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province ; and  that  the  annual 
Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said 
Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have 
and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together 
with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective 
Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  cultivate 
five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty  Acres 
contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said  Town- 
sliip,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 


NEWBURY. 


353 


Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the  Right 
of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors, as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or  Acts  of 
Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors- 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
Jjecemher  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December,  1762 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever,, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December,,  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December^  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shillinff 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land ; which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  tlie  respective  Persons 
al)ovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Forts^ 
mouthy  or  to  sucli  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same ; and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince U)  ]>e  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  G overnor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  tlie 
Eightli  Day  of  .July  In  tlie  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thou- 
.sand  Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  one  And  in  the  First  Year  of  Our 
Reign. 

P Wentworth 

Py  His  Excellenc’y’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Col^NoiL, 

d'heodore  Atkinson  Sec’’^ 


XXIII 


354 


CHAKTEK  RECORDS. 


Province  of  New  Hamp^’  July  8^^^  1761 

Recorded  in  the  Book  of  Charters  According  to  the  original 

Theodore  Atkinson 

*2-51  *The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Pomfrett 


Isaac  Dana 
Gersham  Sharp 
John  Stone 
William  Sharp 
William  Dawes 
James  Dana 
Isaac  Wen  Chester 
John  Wenchester  Dana 
Elijah  Sharp 
Judah  Dana 
Darius  Sessions 
Thomas  Williams  Esq 
Amariah  Dana 
Jedediah  Dana  jun’^ 
William  M^^night 
Joseph  Dana  juiT 
John  Williams 
JoiP  Morrison 
Hunking  Wentworth 
Daniel  Warner  Esq 


John  Sharp 
John  Weld 
Elias  Weld 
Joseph  Weld 
Peter  Roberts 
Edward  Weld 
John  Wenchester 
Mathew  Bowen 
William  Dana 
Eph™  Hide 
Ebenez^  Demining 
Benj'^  Sharp 
Josiah  Saben 
Samuel  Cutt 
Benj^  Frissell 
David  Chandler 
Samuel  Dana 


Isaac  Sharp 
Solomon  Sharp 
William  Wenchester 
Samuel  Weld 
Elijah  Chandler 
Edmond  Weld 
Isaac  Dana  jun^ 

John  Thorpe 
Gilberd  Homey 
Simeon  Sessions 
Joseph  Ormsby 
Amasa  Sessions 
Ebenez’'  Williams  Esq 
Henry  Thompson 
Joseph  Scarborough 
Richard  Servan 
John  Parker 
Joseph  Blanchard  Esq 


Samuel  Farle}^ 

Sam*^  Wentworth  Esq  Boston 
Joseph  Newmarch  Esq  Thomas  Dering 
TheRev^^  Edw*^  Holyoke  President  of  Harv*^  ColP 
Rever‘d  M"^  Henry  Caner  James  Clarkson  Esq  Amos  Sevey 
John  Knight  jun^  John  Chamberlain  Jonathan  Warner 


His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  Con- 
taining five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  in  the  Plan  B:  W:  which  is 
to  be  Accounted  Two  of  the  within  Shares  one  whole  Share  for  the 
Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Forreign  Parts  one  Share 
for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  One  Share  for  the  Benefit 
of  A School  in  Said  Town — one  whole  Share  for  A Glebe  for  the 
Church  of  England  as  by  Law  Established 

Prov®  of  New  Hamp^  JMy  8^^  1761 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Charter  of  Promfrett  under  the 
Province  Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 


POULTNEY. 


355 


Prov  New  Hampshire  July  1761 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Charter  of  Pomfrett  under  the 
Province  Seal. 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’^y 


POULTNEY. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire.  *2-201 

GEORGE  THE  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
*meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  Np:w-Hampshire  in 
New-England^  and  of  Our  Council  of  the  said  Province;  Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors, 
do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabi- 
tants of  Our  said  Province  of  Neic-llampuhire^  and  Our  other  Gov- 
ernments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Seventy 
equal  Sliares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  I^and  situate,  lying  and 
being  within  our  said  Province  of  Neiv- Hampshire^  containing  b}' 


Poultney 


356 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Admeasurernent,  Twenty  three  thousand  & forty  Acres^  which  Tract 
is  to  contain  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more;  out  of  which  an  Allow- 
ance is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks, 
Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,, 
according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s- 
Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto 
annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  the  North 
West  Corner  of  Wells  A Township  lately  granted  in  this  Province 
and  from  thence  runing  due  North  Six  Miles  Thence  Turning  off  at 
Right  Angles  & runing  due  East  Six  Miles  Thence  Turning  off  at 
Angles  again  & runing  Due  South  Six  Miles  to  the  North  East 
Corner  of  Wells  aforesaid  thence  Due  West  by  Wells  afore  Said  Six 
Miles  to  the  North  West  Corner  thereof  being  the  Bound  began  at — 
And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township 
by  the  Name  of  Poultney  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  here- 
after inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfran- 
chized with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immun- 
ities that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and 
Enjoy:  And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be 

Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of 
holding  Two  Fairs.,  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than 
the  respective  following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as 
the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market 

*2-202  may  be  * opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each 

Week,  as  may  be  thought  most  advantagious  to  the  Inhab- 
itants. Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers, 
agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on  the 
Second  Tuesday  in  October  Next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified 
by  M^  Samuel  Brown  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of 
the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to 
the  Law's  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province ; and  that  the  annual 
Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said 
Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have 
and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together 
with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective 
Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and 
cultivate  five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every 
fifty  Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in 
said  Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by 


POULTNEY. 


357 


additional  Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or 
Share  in  the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as 
-shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the  Right 
of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors, as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or  Acts  of 
Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  Q.m\udi\\y^  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be  made 
on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1762 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twenty- 
fifth  Day  of  December.,  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December., 
which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling  Proclama- 
tion Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses, 
and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land ; 
which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their 
Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth.,  or  to  such 
Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  sauie  ; and  this 
to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq ; 
■Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
21"‘  Day  of  Septemb*'  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One 
Thousand  Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  One  And  in  the  First  Year 
-of  Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Tlieodore  Atkinson  Sec*^^ 


358 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Province  of  New  Hamp^  Sep’^  21®*^  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal 


AttesP  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’'^ 


*2-203  *The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Poultney  Viz 


Samuel  Brown 
Ezra  Whitersy 
Sam^^  Brown 
Counrod  Vanduson 
Jacob  Vanduson 
Ruben  Pixly 
Stephen  Hallock 
David  Whitney 
John  Nellson 
John  Hart 
Will*"  Dunkay 
Ely  Cowle 
William  Buck 
Daniel  Moldich 
Rich‘S  Southgate 
Sam^^  Hide 
Nath^^  Fellows 
Isaac  Garfin 
David  Glaizier 


Isaac  Laurence 
Isaac  Brown 
Elijah  Brown 
John  Vanduson 
Isaac  Vanduson' 
Elijah  Willson 
John  Chamberlain 
Benj*^  Cowle 
Isaac  Davis 
Aaron  Whitmore 
Thomas  Ashley 
Solomon  Whitney 
Eph*"  He  wet 
James  Cornwall 
Thomas  Gage 
William  Gage 
Stephen  Davey 
Abner  Dewey 


Timothy  Hopkins 
Coffe  Vanschans 
Abraham  Vanduson 
Mathew  Vanduson 
Jon"  Nash 
Abraham  Brown 
Sam^^  Southgate 
Gideon  Laurence 
John  Dunkay 
Thomas  Sumner 
Elijah  Cobb 
Ruiuff  Dutcher 
Caleb  Culver 
Elkanah  Parris 
Solomon  Blodget 
Tim"  Demuck 
Joseph  Paterson 
John  Brown 
John  Fassit 
John  Langdon  jun*^ 
Woodbury  Langdon  & 


Stephen  Say 

Theodore  Atkinson  Esq  Daniel  Warner  Esq 
Moses  Boynton  Tho®  Bradford 

Titus  Salter 

His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B : W : in  the  Plan  which  is  to 
be  Accounted  two  of  the  Within  Shares  one  whole  Share  for  the 
incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  foreign 
Parts  one  Share  for  A Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Established  One  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  &> 
one  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  A School  in  Said  Town 


Province  of  New  Hamp*^  September  21  1761 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  y®  Original  Charter  of  Poultney — under 
the  Province  Seal 

AttesP  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*"^' 


POWNAL. 


359 


Province  of  New  Hamp’^  Septemb’^  21 — 1761 
. Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  original  Charter  of  Poultney — 
under  the  Pro’^  Seal — 

AttesP  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’’^ 


POWNAL. 

^Province  of  j George  the  Second  by  the  Grace  of  God  of  *1-214 
New  Hamp*’  ) Great  Britain  France  & Ireland  King  De- 
fender of  the  Faith  &c^ 

To  All  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  Shall  Come 
Greeting 

Know  Ye  that  We  of  Our  Special  Grace  Certain 
Knowledge  & mere  Motion  for  the  due  Encourage- 
ment of  Settling  A New  Plantation  within  Our  Said  Province 
by  & with  the  Advice  of  Our  Trusty  & well  beloved  Benning 
Wentworth  Esq  our  (jovernour  & Com’ander  in  Chieff  of  our 
Said  Province  of  New  Hampshire  in  America  and  of  our  Council  of 
Said  Province  Have  upon  the  Conditions  & Reservations  hereafter 
made  Given  & Granted  & by  these  Presents  for  us  and  our  Succes- 
sors do  give  & grant  in  Equal  Shares  unto  our  Loving  Subjects 
Inhabitants  of  our  Said  Province  of  New  Ilamp’’  and  his  Majest}'s 
other  Governments  and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assignes  for  ever  whose 
Names  Are  Entred  on  this  Grant  to  be  Divided  to  and  amoungst  them 
into  Sixty  Two  Shares  All  that  d'ract  or  Ihircel  of  Land  Scit- 
uate  Lying  & being  within  *()ur  Province  of  New  Hampshire  *1-215 
containing  by  admeasurement  about  Twenty  three  thousand 


Pownal 


360 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Acres  which  Tract  is  to  Contain  Six  Miles  Square  & no  more  out  of 
which  an  Allowence  is  to  be  made  for  higways  & unimprovable 
Lands  by  Rocks  Mountains  Ponds  & Rivers  One  Thousand  & forty 
Acres  free  and  According  to  A Plan  thereof  made  & Presented  by 
Our  said  Governours  Orders  And  hereunto  Annexed  butted  & 
Bounded  as  follows  Viz  South  on  the  Massachusetts  Line  West  on 
New  York  Line  North  on  Bennington  & East  on  Stamford  by  the 
Name  of  Pownal  and  that  the  Inhabitants  who  do  or  Shall  hereafter 
Inhabit  the  Said  Township  are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized 
with  & Entituled  to  all  & every  the  Previledges  & Immunities  that 
other  Towns  within  Our  said  Province  by  Law  exercise  & Enjoy  and 
Further  that  the  Said  Town  as  soon  as  there  Shall  be  fifty  Families 
Resident  & Settled  thereon  Shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Two 
Fairs  one  of  which  Shall  be  held  on  the  First  Tuesday  in  June  and 
the  Other  on  the  first  Tuesday  in  October  Annually  which  Fairs  Are 
not  to  Continue  & be  held  Longer  then  the  next  Thursday  following 
the  s*^  Respective  Days  & as  soon  as  the  Said  Town  Shall  Consist 
of  Fifty  Families  A Market  Shall  be  Opened  & kept  one  or  more 
Days  in  each  Week  as  may  be  tho*  most  Advantagious  to  the  Inhab- 
itants also  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers 
agreable  to  the  Laws  of  Our  said  Province  Shall  be  held  on  the  first 
Tuesday  in  March  which  meeting  Shall  be  Notifyed  by  Seth  Hudson 
Gentleman  who  is  also  hereby  Appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  Said 
first  Meeting  which  he  is  to  Notify  & Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws 
& Customs  of  our  Said  Province  & that  the  Annual  Meeting  forever 
hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  officers  of  the  Said  Town  Shall  be 
on  the  first  Tuesday  in  January  Annually — To  Have  & to  Hold  the 
said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  Expressed  togeather  with  all  Previledges 
& Appurtenances  to  them  & their  Respective  Heirs  & Assigns  for 
ever  upon  the  following  Conditions  (Viz)  That  every  Grantee  his 
heirs  or  Assigns  Shall  Plant  or  Cultivate  Five  Acres  of  Land  within 
the  Term  of  Five  Years  for  every  Fifty  Acres  Contained  in  his  or 
their  Shares  or  Proportions  of  Land  in  the  Said  Township  & Con- 
tinue to  Improve  & Settle  the  Same  by  Additional  Cultivations  on 
Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in  the  Said  Town- 
ship & its  Reverting  to  His  Majesty  his  heirs  & Successors  to  be  by 
him  or  them  Regranted  to  such  of  His  Subjects  as  Shall  Effectually 
Settle  & Cultivate  the  Same  That  all  white  & other  Pine  Trees 
within  the  Said  Township  fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy  be  care- 
fully Preserved  for  that  Use  & none  to  be  cut  or  felld  without  his 
Majestys  especial  Lycence  for  so  doing  first  had  & Obtained 
*1-216  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  ^Forfeiture  of  the  Right  of  such 
Grantee  his  heirs  or  Assigns  to  us  our  Heirs  & Successors  as 


POWNAL. 


361 


well  as  being  Subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or  Acts  of  Parlia- 
ment that  now  Are  or  hereafter  Shall  be  Enacted — That  before  Any 
Division  of  the  Said  Lands  be  made  to  and  Amoimgst  the  Grantees  A 
Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Center  of  the  Township  as  the  Land  will 
Admit  of  Shall  be  Reserved  & Marked  out  for  Town  Lotts  one  of 
which  shall  be  Allotted  for  each  Grantee  of  the  Contents  of  One  Acre 
Yeilding  & Paying  therefor  to  us  our  heirs  & Successors  for  the 
Space  of  Ten  years  to  be  Computed  from  the  Date  hereof  the  Rent  of 
One  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only  on  the  Tenth  Day  of  January  Annually 
if  Lawfully  Demanded  the  first  Payment  to  be  made  on  the  Tenth 
Day  of  January  next  Ensuing  the  Date  hereof  & every  Proprietor 
Settler  or  Inhabitant  Shall  Yield  & Pav  unto  us  Our  Heirs  & Sue- 
cessors  Yearly  & every  Year  forever  from  & After  the  Expiration  of 
the  Ten  Years  from  the  Date  hereof  Namely  on  the  Tenth  Day  of 
January  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  Christ  one  thousand 
Seven  Hundred  & Seventy  One  One  Shilling  Proclamation  money 
for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns  Settles  or  Possesses  & so  in 
Proportion  for  a greater  or  Lesser  Tract  of  the  Said  Land  which 
Money  Shall  be  paid  by  the  Respective  Persons  whose  Names  Are 
Entred  on  this  Grant  as  aforesaid  their  heirs  or  Assigns  in  Our  Coun- 
cil Chamber  in  Portsmouth  to  Such  Officer  or  Officers  as  Shall  be 
Appointed  to  Receive  the  Same  and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  All  Other 
Rents  & Services  whatsoever  In  Testimony  whereof  We  have  caused 
the  Seal  of  One  Said  Province  to  be  hereunto  Affixed  Wittness  Ben- 
ning  Wentworth  Esq  our  Governor  & Com’ander  in  Chieff  of  Our 
Said  Province  the  Eighth  Day  of  January  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord 
Christ  1760  and  in  the  Thirty  third  Year  of  Our  Reign 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellencys  Com’and 
With  Advice  of  Council 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*'^ 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal  this  Day  of  January  1760 — 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’’^ 


The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Pownal  Viz 


Seth  Hudson, 

George  Willis  Esq, 
Jonathan  Willard  jun 
Isaac  Searle, 

John  Vanernum, 
Gideon  Warren, 
Jonathan  Arthurton, 


Seth  Hudson  2'*, 
Abraham  Jacob  L 

Joseph  Denio, 
Isaac  Wallace, 
ICbenezer  Smead, 
David  Billings, 


Seth  Hudson  3'\ 
m Esq,  Reverend 
Mr  Canar  of  Boston 
Isaac  Vanernam, 
Derrick  Webb, 
David  Smead, 

Peter  Train, 


362 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Samuel  Dickinsou,  Thomas  Train,  Joel  Wells,’ 

*1-217  *Asa  Wells,  Gad  Chapin  Jonathan  Train, 

Abiel  Smead  Theodore  Atkinson,  jun*^ 

Samuel  Allen,  Benjamin  Willson,  Jonas  Carrath, 

Nathaniel  Phelps,  William  Lyman  Esq,  Seth  Pomroy  Esq, 
Oliver  Wendall  i\P  Speaker  Sherburne,  John  Micha  Wendall, 

Jacob  Wendall  Esq  Reverend  John  Searle,  one  Share  for  A Glebe 
for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law  Established,  Samuel  Hill,  Benoni 
Danks  Esq,  Gideon  Lyman  jun^.  His  Excellency  Governour  Pownal, 
Brigadier  Gen^^  William  Brattle,  Joseph  Pynchon  Esq  Thomas  Clark 
Deputy  Secretary,  Gad  Cross,  Joel  Graves,  John  Moffat,  Gamaliel 
Wallace  Esq,  Ezra  Hudson,  Abraham  Vanderdum  Esq,  John  Pownal 
Esq,  Sec’^^to  the  Right  Hon'^^®  the  Lord  for  Trade  and  Plantations, 
Hunking  Wentworth  Esq,  The  Hon^^®  Daniel  Warner  Esq,  the  Hon’^^® 
Mark  Hunking  Wentworth  Esq,  the  Hon^^®  James  Nevin  Esq,  Wyse- 
man  Clagett  Esq — The  first  Ordained  Minister,  Publick  School  for 
Said  Town,  five  Hundred  Acres  to  be  laid  out  for  his  Excellency 
Governour  Wentworth  his  heirs  & Assigns  in  Lieu  of  Two  Shares 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Pownal  Jan^ 
28'^  1760 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 


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Taken  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Pownal  & Recorded 
here  the  28*^^  Jan’'^’  1760 — Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^ 


PUTNEY. 


36a 


PUTNEY. 


* 


Province  of  New-Hamp’’ 


*1-18^ 


p~s 


Putney  George  the  Second  by  the  Grace  of  God  of  Great 

Britain  France  & Ireland  King  Defender  of  the  faith 
&c^ 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  Shall  Come 
Greeting 

See  (234)  Know  Ye  that  We  of  our  Especial  Grace  Certain  Know- 
Longer  Time  ledge  and  mere  Motion  for  the  Due  Encouragement  of 
Allowed  Settling  A New  Plantation  within  our  Said  Province 
By  & with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty  & well  beloved  Benning  Went- 
worth Esq  our  Governour  & Com’ander  in  Chieff  of  our  Said 
Province  of  New  Hamp’’  in  America  and  of  our  Council  of  the  Said 
Province  Have  upon  the  Conditions  & Reservations  hereafter  made 
Given  & Granted  And  by  these  Presents  for  us  our  heirs  & Succes- 
sors Do  give  & Grant  in  Equal  Shares  unto  our  Loving  Subjects 
Inhabitants  of  our  Said  Province  of  New  Hampshire  and  his  Maf^® 
Other  Governments  and  to  their  heirs  and  assignes  forever  whose 
Names  Are  Entered  on  this  Grant  to  be  Divided  to  and  Amoungst  them 
into  fifty  Six  Shares  (Two  of  which  Shares  to  be  Laid  out  in  One 
Tract  of  the  Contents  of  Eight  hundred  Acres  for  his  Excellency 
Benning  Wentworth  Esq  and  is  in  full  for  his  Two  Shares  Entred 
on  the  Back  hereof  which  Tract  is  bounded  As  follows  (Viz)  begining 
one  hundred  Rods  South  of  the  mouth  of  Shims  brook  so  Called  then 
riming  North  up  Connecticut  River  Two  hundred  rods  then  carrying 
that  Breadth  Back  West  10*^  North  until  Eight  hundred  Acres  are 
fully  Measured  out)  All  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  Scituate  Lying 
& being  within  our  Province  of  New  Hampshire  Containing  by 
Admeasurement  Nineteen  thousend  three  hundred  & Sixty  Acres 
which  Tract  is  to  Contain  five  & one  half  miles  Square  & no  more 
out  of  which  an  Allowence  is  to  be  made  for  highways  & unimprov- 
able Lands  by  Rocks  Mountains  Ponds  & Rivers  One  thousend  & 
forty  Acres  free  x\ccording  to  A Plan  thereof  made  & Presented  by 
our  Said  Governours  orders  and  hereunto  Annexed  Butted  & bounded 
as  follows  Viz)*  Begining  at  A Stake  & Stones  on  the  bank  of  (Con- 
necticut River  being  the  North  East  Corner  of  Fullum  & runs  West 
10‘‘  North  on  s'*  Fullum  to  Fanes  East  l^ine  thence  Notherly  on  s'* 
Fane  & 4'ownshend  Line  till  it  comes  to  the  South  West  Corner  of 
Westminster  from  thence  East  10'*  South  till  it  comes  to  Connecti- 
cut River  and  from  thence  Down  Said  River  till  it  comes  to  the 


364 


CHAKTER  RECORDS. 


bounds  first  mentioned  Excepting  A Tract  of  Land  Lying  in  the 
North  East  Corner  of  the  Said  Township  Containing  about  four 
hundred  Acres  as  the  Same  is  now  Fenced  in  & Improved  which  is 
hereby  granted  and  assigned  to  Josiah  Willard  his  heirs  and  assignes 
forever  one  of  the  within  Grantees  he  having  heretofore 
^1-190  Cleared  & Improved  the  Said  Tract  and  is  to  be  * in  full  for 
his  Share  & Proportion  of  the  Said  Township  Said  four 
hundred  acres  is  bounded  as  follows  Begining  At  the  Rocks  on  the 
bank  of  Connecticut  River  at  the  Lower  End  of  the  Meadow  Called 
the  great  meadow  and  runs  Westerly  about  forty  rods  to  the  foot  of 
the  Hill  and  then  runs  under  Said  Hill  as  the  Said  Hill  runs  to  A 
brook  at  the  upper  End  of  the  Said  Meadow  at  the  T"own  Line  thence 
on  Said  Town  Line  about  forty  Rods  to  the  river  and  from  thence 
down  the  Said  river  to  the  rocks  first  mentioned  And  that  the  Same 
be  & is  Incorporated  into  A Township  by  the  Name  of  Putny  and 
that  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  Inhabit  said  Township 
Are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  & Entituled  to  All  & 
■every  the  Previledges  & Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  our 
Said  Province  by  Law  Exercize  & Enjoy  and  further  that  the  s‘^  Town 
as  Soon  as  there  shall  be  fifty  familys  resident  & Settled  thereon  Shall 
have  the  Liberty  of  Holding  two  fairs  one  of  which  Shall  be  held  on 
the  Second  Thursday  in  May  Annually  And  the  Other  on  the  Second 
Thursday  in  September  Annually  which  fairs  Are  not  to  Continue  & 
be  held  Longer  than  the  Respective  Saturdays  following  the  Respective 
Thursdays  and  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  Shall  Consist  of  fifty  familys 
A Market  Shall  be  Opened  & kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week 
as  may  be  tho*  most  Advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants  Also  that  the 
Trst  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers  Agreable  to  the  Laws 
of  our  Said  Province  Shall  be  held  on  the  fifteenth  Day  of  January 
next  which  meeting  Shall  be  Notifyed  by  Josiah  Willard  Esq  who  is 
hereby  Also  Appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  meeting  which 
he  is  to  notify  & Govern  Agreable  to  the  Laws  & Customs  of  our 
Said  Province  and  that  the  Annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the 
Choice  of  Such  Officers  of  Said  Town  Shall  be  on  the  first  ^Monday  in 
March  Annually  To  have  & to  hold  the  Said  Tract  of  Land  as  above 
Expressed  togeather  with  all  the  Previledges  & Appurtenances  to 
them  & their  Respective  heirs  and  assignes  for  ever  upon  the  following 
Conditions  (Viz)  that  every  Grantee  his  heirs  or  assignes  Shall  Plant 
or  Cultivate  five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  years  for 
overy  fifty  Acres  Contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of 
Land  in  Said  Township  and  Continue  to  Improve  & Settle  the  Same 
hy  aditional  Cultivations  on  Penalty  of  the  forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or 
•Share  in  Said  Township  and  its  reverting  to  his  Majesty  his  heirs 


PUTNEY. 


365 


& Successors  to  be  by  him  or  them  Regranted  to  Such  of  his  Subjects 
as  Shall  Effectually  Settle  & Cultivate  the  Same  That  all  white  And 
other  Pine  Trees  within  the  s^  Township  fit  for  Masting  our  Royal 
Navy  be  carefully  Preserved  for  that  use  and  none  to  be  Cut  or  felld 
without  his  Majestys  Especial  Lycence  for  So  doing  first  had  & 
obtaind  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  forfeiture  of  the  right 
of  Such  Grantee  his  heirs  or  Assignes  to  us  * Our  heirs  & *1-191 

Successors  as  well  As  being  Subject  to  the  Penalty  of  Any 
Act  or  Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  Are  or  hereafter  Shall  be  Enacted 
That  before  an}"  Divission  of  the  Said  Lands  be  made  to  & amoungst 
the  Grantees  A Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Center  of  the  Township  as 
the  Land  will  Admit  of  Shall  be  Reserved  & Marked  out  for  Town 
Lotts  One  of  which  Shall  be  Allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the  Contents 
of  one  Acre  Yeilding  & Paying  therefor  to  us  our  heirs  & Successors 
for  the  Space  of  Ten  years  to  be  Computed  from  the  Date  hereof  the 
Rent  of  One  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only  on  the  first  Day  of  January 
Annually  if  Lawfully  Demanded  the  first  Payment  to  be  made  on 
the  first  Day  of  January  1764  next  Ensueing  the  Date  hereof  And 
every  Proprietor  Settler  or  Inhabitant  Shall  Yeild  & Pay  unto  us  our 
heirs  & successors  Yearly  & Every  Year  for  ever  from  and  after  the 
Expiration  of  the  Ten  Years  from  the  Date  hereof  Namely  on  the  first 
Day  of  January  which  will  be  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  Christ  one 
thousend  Seven  hundred  & Sixty  four  One  Shilling  Proclamation 
Money  for  every  hund'^  Acres  he  So  owns  Settles  or  Possesses  and  So 
in  Proportion  for  A Greater  or  Lesser  Tract  of  the  Land  which  money 
Shall  be  paid  by  the  Respective  Persons  above  Said  their  heirs  or 
Assigns  In  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth  or  to  Such  officer  or 
officers  as  Shall  be  Appointed  to  receive  the  Same  and  this  to  be  in 
Lieu  of  All  other  Rents  & Services  whatsoever  In  Testimonv  hereof 
We  have  Caused  the  Seal  of  our  Said  Province  to  be  hereunto  Affixed 
Wittness  Penning  Wentworth  Esq  our  Governour  & Comander  in 
Chieff  of  our  Said  Province  the  Twenty  Sixth  Day  of  December  in 
the  year  of  our  Lord  Christ  1753  &in  the  Twenty  Seventh  year  of  our 
reign — 

H Wentworth 

By  1 1 is  Excellencys  Com’and 
with  Advice  of  Council 

Theodore  Atkinson  Se'-'' 

Entred  And  recorded  According  to  tlie  Original  under  the  Prov- 
ince Seal  the  27‘“  Day  of  December  1753 — 

'riieodore  Atkinson  Sec^'^ 


566 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Putney  Viz — 


Josiah  Willard, 
Nathan  Willard, 
Joseph  Ashley, 
Oliver  Willard, 
Joseph  Baker, 
John  White, 
Thomas  Hill, 
Sam^^  Hews  jun’'. 


Moses  Wright, 
Louis  Butler, 
John  Moor, 
Thomas  Whiting, 
Timothy  Baker, 
Benj^  White, 
Henry  Hill, 
Francis  Bowles, 


John  Bowles,  James  Tileston, 


John  Armes, 

John  Peirce, 
Wilder  Willard, 
Daniel  Rogers, 
Isaac  White, 
James  Clemmens, 
Sam^^  Hews, 

Isaac  Bowles, 
John  Newel, 


*1-192  Samuel  Sparhawk,  Samuel  Sparhawk  jun^  Jeremiah  *Hall, 


Samuel  Hall,  William  Smeed, 
Thomas  Prentice,  Samuel  Allen, 


Elnathan  Blood, 
Isaac  Power, 

Josiah  Willard  juiT, 
Jonathan  Cummins, 
Richard  Wibird, 


Prentice  Willard, 
Jonathan  Hammon, 
Ephraim  Addams, 
elonathan  Hubbard, 
John  Usher, 

Elias  Alexander, 


Amasa  Parker, 

Robert  Fletcher, 

Robert  Usher, 

Thomas  Parker, 

Theodore  Atkinson,  His  Excellency  Pen- 
ning Wentworth  Esq  A Tract  of  Land  to  Contain  Eight  hundred 
Acres  which  is  to  be  Accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares  and  Laid 
out  & bounded  as  within  mentioned  One  whole  Share  for  the  Incor- 
porated Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  forreign  Partes 
One  v/hole  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  in  Said 
Town  one  whole  Share  for  A Glebe  for  the  Ministry  of  the  Church 
of  England  as  by  Law  Established  also  Jonathan  Willard — 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  for  Putney  this 
Day  of  December  1753 

TQ  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 


M 


PUTNEY. 


367 


Taken  from  the  Back  of  the 
her  27  1753  . • 


Original  Charter  of  Putny — Decem- 
Theodore  Atkinson  Se’'^ 


[Putney  Charter  Renewed,  1760.] 

^Province  of  New  Hampshire  ^1-224 

George  the  Second  by  the  Grace  of  God  of  great 
Britain  France  & Ireland  King  Defender  of  the  Faith 
&c^ 

To  All  People  unto  whom  the  Presents  Shall  come 
Greeting 

Whereas  we  of  Our  Special  Grace  & Mere  Motion 
for  the  due  Encouragement  & Settling  A New  Plan- 
See  Page  (189)  tation  within  our  Pro^dnce  of  New  Hampshire  by 
Our  Letters  Patent  or  Charter  under  the  Seal  of  Our  Said  Province 
dated  the  Tw^enty  Sixth  of  December  in  the  Twenty  Seventh  Year 
of  Our  Reign  granted  A Tract  of  Land  equal  to  Six  Miles  Square 
bounded  as  therein  expressed  to  A Number  of  Our  Loyal  Subjects 
whose  Names  are  Entred  on  the  Same  to  hold  to  Them  their  Heirs  & 
Assigns  on  the  Conditions  therein  declared  to  be  a Town  Corporate 
by  the  Name  of  Puttney  as  by  referrence  to  the  Said  Charter  may 
more  fully  Appear 

And  Whereas  the  Said  Grantees  have  represented  That  by  the  Inter- 
vention of  an  Indian  War  since  the  making  the  s'^  Grant  it  has  been 
Impracticable  to  Comply  with  & fullfill  the  Conditions  aforesaid  and 
Humbly  Supplycated  us  not  to  take  advantage  of  the  Breach  of  Said 
Conditions  but  to  Lengthen  out  & Grant  them  Some  reasonable 
Term  for  the  Performance  thereof  after  after  the  Said  Impediment 
Shall  Cease 

Now  Know  Ye  that  We  being  Willing  to  Promote  the  End  Pro- 
posed have  of  Oiir  Farther  Grace  & favour  Suspended  Our  Claim  of 
the  Forfeiture  which  the  Said  Grantees  may  have  Incurrd  and  by 
these  Presents  Do  Grant  unto  the  Said  Grantees  their  Heirs  & 
assigns  the  Term  of  one  Year  for  Performing  A fulfilling  the  Con- 
ditions Matters  & Things  by  them  to  be  done  which  Term  is  to  be 
renewd  Annually  until  his  Maj^^"  Plenary  Instructions  Shall  be 
receivd  relative  to  the  Incident  that  has  Prevented  a Com[)lyence 
with  the  Charter  According  to  the  'Frue  Intent  & Meaning  thereof 

In  Testimony  whereof  We  have  Caused  the  Seal  of  Our  s'‘  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  Afiixed  Wittness  Benning  Wentworth  Escj  Our 


Putney 
Lengthned 
out  &c^ 


368 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Governour  & Com’ander  in  Chieff  the  12^^  Day  of  Jane  in  the  33*^ 
Year  of  Our  Regn  Anno  Dom^  1760 

B Wentworth 

By  his  Excellencies  Com^^ 
with  Advice  of  Council 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*"^’ 

Prov  of  New  HamjY 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  under  the  Province  Seal  the 
12^*^  Day  of  June  1760 — 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*"^' 


[Putney  Charter  Renewed,  1761.] 

^Province  of  New  Hampshire 

George  the  Third  by  the  Grace  of  God  of  Great  Britain 
France  & Ireland  King  Defender  of  the  Faith 
To  all  whom  these  Presents  shall  Come  Greeting 
Whereas  our  Late  Royall  Grandfather  King  George 
the  Second  of  Glorious  Memory  did  of  his  Special 
Grace  & mere  Motion  for  the  Encouragement  of  Setling  a New 
Plantation  within  our  said  Province  of  New  Hampshire  by  his  Letters 
Patient  or  Charter  under  the  seal  of  our  said  Province  Dated  the  26‘^ 
day  of  December  1753  and  in  the  Twenty  Seventh  Year  of  his 
Majestys  Reign  Grant  a Tract  of  Land  equal  to  Five  & i Miles 
square  Bounded  as  therein  Expressed  to  a Number  of  ourLoyall  Sub- 
jects who’s  Names  are  Entered  on  the  same  to  Hold  to  them  their 
Heirs  or  Assigns  on  the  Conditions  therein  Declared  to  be  a Town 
Corporate  by  the  Name  of  Putny  as  by  Referrence  to  the  said  Charter 
may  more  fully  appear 

And  AVhereas  the  said  Grantees  have  Represented  that  b}^  the 
Intervention  of  an  Indian  Warr  since  making  the  said  Grant  it  has 
been  Impracticable  to  Comply  with  & fullfill  the  Conditions  & 
humbly  Supplicated  us  not  to  take  Advantage  of  the  Breach  of  said 
Conditions  but  to  Lengthen  out  & Grant  them  some  Reasonable  time 
for  Performance  thereof  after  the  said  Impediment  shall  Cease 

Now  Know  Ye  That  we  being  Willing  to  Promote  the  End  Pro- 
posed have  of  our  Further  Grace  & Favour  Suspended  our  Claim  of 
the  Forfeiture  which  the  said  Grantees  mav  have  Incurred  & bv 

*/  t/ 

these  Presents  do  Grant  unto  the  said  Grantees  their  Heirs  & Assigns 
the  Term  of  one  Year  for  Performing  and  fullfilling  the  Conditions 
Matters  & things  by  them  to  be  done  w'hich  Term  is  to  be  Renewed 


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Putny 


READING. 


369 


Annually  if  the  same  Impediment  Remains  untill  our  Plenary 
Instructions  shall  be  Received  relating  to  the  Incident  that  has  Pre- 
vented a Compliance  with  the  said  Charter  According  to  the  Intent 
& meaning  of  the  same 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  Caused  the  seal  of  Said  Province 
to  be  hereunto  Affixed  Witness  Ben^  Wentworth  Esq’^  our  Governour 
& Comm^  in  Cheif  of  our  Province  afores'^  the  6 Day  of  July  in  the 
Year  of  our  Lord  Christ  1761  & in  the  First  Year  of  his  Majestys 
Reign 

B Wentworth 

By  his  Excellencys  Comand 
with  Advice  of  Council 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’’^ 

Recorded  this  Patent  the  7*^^  Day  of  July  1761 — 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*’^ 


READING. 


Trovince  of  New-Hampshire. 


*2-25 


Readinor 

O 


L S 


GEORGE  THE  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and  Ire- 
land, King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a Neiv  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Bennincj  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-IIamrshire  in  Neiv- 
Kiujland^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province ; Have  upon  the 
Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and  granted, 
and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do  give  and 
grant  in  equal  Sliares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabitants  of  Our 
said  Province  of  Neiv-ILampshire^  and  Our  otlier  Governments,  and  to 
their  I leirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are  entred  on  this  Grant, 
to  b(;  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Sixty  Eight  ecpial  Shares, 
all  tliat  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and  l)eing  within  our 
said  Province  of  Neu'- Hampshire^  contiining  by  Admeasurement, 
dwenty  d'hree  d'housand  Acres^  which  d'ract  is  to  contain  Six 


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CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Miles  square,  and  no  more;  out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be 
made  for  High  Waj^s  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds, 
Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  accord- 
ing to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s 
Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed, 
butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Beginning  at  the  South  West 
Corner  of  Winsor  from  thence  North  Seventy  four  degrees  West 
Six  Miles  from  thence  North  fifteen  Degrees  East  Six  Miles  & Three 
Quarters  of  A Mile  Thence  South  Sixty  five  degrees  E.  Five  Miles  & 
one  half  Mile  to  the  North  West  Corner  of  Windsor  thence  South 
Ten  degrees  West  6 Miles  on  Winsor  Line  to  the  Bounds  first 
Mentioned — And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated 
into  a Township  by  the  Name  of  Reading — And  the  Inhabitants  that 
do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared 
to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges 
and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise 
and  Enjoy : And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be 
Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of 
holding  Two  Fairs.,  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty 
*2-26  Families,  a,  Market  may  be  * opened  and  kept  one  or 

more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most  advan- 
tagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the 
Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province, 
shall  be  held  on  the  Last  Tuesday  in  J uly  Instant  which  said  Meeting 
shall  be  Notified  by  Zedekiah  Ston  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the 
Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern 
agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province ; and  that 
the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers 
for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually, 
To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed, 
together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their 
respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Condi- 
tions, viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  LTs,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 


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sors,  to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or  Acts 
of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  De- 
cember annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be  made 
on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December,  1761 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay  unto 
Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever,  from  and 
after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twenty-fifth  Day 
of  December,,  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December,,  which  will 
be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling  Proclamation  Money 
for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses,  and  so  in 
Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land ; which 
Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their  Heirs 
or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth,,  or  to  such  Ofiicer 
or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same  ; and  this  to 
be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  wliereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Province 
to  1)6  hereunto  afiixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq  ; Our 
Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the  Sixth 
Day  of  July  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  CmiiST,  One  Thousand  Seven 
Hundred  and  Sixty  One  And  in  the  First  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

P Wentworth 

P>y  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Ojuncil, 

JJieodore  Atkinson  Sec''^ 

Province  of  New  Hamp'’ 

Recorded  According  to  the  original  under  the  Province  Seal  this 
6*^  July  1761 


J'heodore  Atkinson  Sec*^^ 


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CHARTER  RECORDS. 


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*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Reading- 


Zedeekiali  Stone 
Joseph  Martin 
James  Putman 
Caleb  Stone — 

Sharp  Addams 
Ebenezer  Winslow 
Daniel  Pond 
Thomas  Clemmons 
William  Grimes 
Jacob  Addams 
Joseph  Negos 
Jonathan  Sanderson 
Jonathan  Prescot 
Timothy  Heald 
W™  Smead 
Thomas  Stearns 
Isaac  Butterfield 
John  Hilton 
Sam^^  Wentworth  of 
Henry  Loyd  Boston 
Robert  Trade  Esq 


James  Clements 
Joseph  Howell 
Jonas  Wheeler 
William  Negos 
Elijah  Mattoon 
Joseph  Chandler 
Jacob  Amsdell 
Israel  Stowed 
Nathan  Stone 
John  Sawyer 
Nathaniel  Stevens 
David  Nims 
John  Wait 
George  Robins 
Nathaniel  Sanderson 
William  Temple 
John  Wilder 


John  Butterfield 
Michael  Medcalf 
John  Willson 
David  Stone 
Seth  Eaton 
Nahum  MTllard 
Joshua  Willard — 
Jonathan  Hammon 
W“^  Jenison  Sterns 
John  Wilder  juiT 
Philip  Mattoon 
Simon  Stevens 
Joel  Stone 
Joseph  Stowed 
Daniel  Spooner 
Timothy  Pain 
MTseman  Clagget 
Cap*  Thomas  Palmer 


Henry  Hilton 

Boston  Sam**  Wentworth  of  Portsm® 

Arthur  Brown  jun^  George  March — 

Dan**  Warner  Esq  & Joseph  Newmarch  Esq 


One  whole  Share  for  the  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gos- 
pel in  forreign  Parts — one  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of 
the  Gospell  One  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  A School  in  Said  Town 
one  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Established  for  his  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of 
Land  to  Contain  Five  Hundred  Acres  which  is  to  be  Accounted 
Two  of  the  within  Shares — marked  B W in  the  Plan — 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  P"'  Seal 
this  6**^  Day  of  June  1761 — 


Theodore  Atkinson  Se’*^ 


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373 


Province  of  New  Hamp’’ 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Charter  of  Reading  this  6^^  Day  of 
July  1761 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec”"^ 


READSBORO. 


[Grant  to  Andrew  F.  Phillips,  1764.] 
* Province  of  New  Hampshire 


*1-267 


Feint  Philips  George  the  third  by  the  Grace  of  God  of  Great 
, — - — Britain  France  & Ireland  King  Defender  of  the  Faith 
) ( &C  &c 

) ‘ ( To  all  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come  Greeting 

^ ^ ' Whereas  We  have  tho’t  fit  by  our  Proclamation 

(liven  at  James’  the  7‘*^  Day  of  October  in  the  Third  Year  of  our 
Reign  Anno((  Domini  1763  amongst  other  things  to  testif}"  our  Royal 
Sence  A Approbation  of  the  Conduct  A Bravery  of  tlie  Oflicers  A 
Soldiers  of  our  Armies  A to  Signify  our  desire  of  Rewarding  the 
same,  A have  therein  Commanded  A Impower’d  our  several  Governoi-s 
of  our  respective  Provinces  on  tlie  (’ontinent  of  America  to  grant 
without  Fee  or  Reward  to  such  Reduced  ( )lhcei*s  as  liave  served  in 
Nortli  America  during  tlie  Fate  War  A to  such  Private  Sohliem  as  have 
l>een  or  shall  lie  Disbanded  there  A shall  Pemonally  Apjily  for  such 
(^uantitys  of  Fand  Respectively  as  in  A by  our  aforesaid  Proclama- 
tion are  iiarticularly  mentioned,  subject  nevertheless  to  the  same  (piit 


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CHARTER  RECORDS. 


rents  & Conditions  of  Cultivations  & Improvements  that  as  other  our 
Lands  are  subject  to  in  the  Province  within  which  they  are  granted. 
And  Whereas  Andrew  Fanedil  Phillips  Gent*"  of  Boston  in  the 
County  of  Suffolk  & Province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  had  an  Ap- 
pointment under  the  Hand  & Seal  of  George  Williaimson  Esq  Col- 
onel & Commanding  Officer  of  our  Royal  Train  of  Artil- 
*1-268  ERY  in  America  &c  he  Conductor  of  our  Stores  in  our 
Said  Train  & served  during  the  late  War  in  North 
America  & is  now  Reduced  & having  agreahle  to  our  aforesaid 
Proclamation  Personally  Solicited  such  Grant  Know  ye  that 
we  of  our  Especial  Grace  certain  Knowledge  & Mere  Motion  do 
Signify  our  approbation  as  aforesaid  & for  Encouraging  the  Settle- 
ment & Cultivation  of  our  Lands  within  our  Province  of  New 
Hampshire  in  New  England  Have  by  & with  the  Advice  of  our 
Trusty  & well  beloved  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  Governor  & 
Commander  in  Chief  of  our  Said  Province  of  New  Hampshire  & our 
Council  for  said  Province  agreahle  to  our  aforesaid  in  Part  recited 
Proclamation  & upon  the  Conditions  & Reservations  hereinafter 
mentioned  Given  & Granted  & by  these  Presents  for  us  our  Heirs  & 
Successors  do  Give  & Grant  unto  the  said  Andrew  Faneuil  Phillips 
his  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever  a Certain  Tract  of  Land  Containing 
Two  Thousand  Acres  lying  & being  within  our  said  Province  of 
New  Hampshire  Butted  & bounded  as  Follows  (Viz)  Beginging  at 
the  North  Easterly  Corner  Bounds  of  a Tract  of  Land  lately  granted 
to  Robert  Rogers  Esq  which  Tract  is  bounded  on  the  Eastern  side 
Line  of  the  Township  of  Stamford  in  this  Province  & from  the  said 
North  Easterly  of  said  Rogers’s  said  Grant  to  Run  due  West  by  said 
Rogers’s  Grant  to  the  Easterly  side  Line  of  Stamford  aforesaid  & 
from  thence  to  Carry  the  Length  of  that  Line  Back  due  North  so  far 
as  that  a Parrellel  Line  will  Include  Two  Thousand  Acres  of  Land 
To  have  & to  hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  Expressed  to  him 
the  said  Andrew  Fanieuil  Phillips  & to  his  Heirs  & Assigns  forever 
upon  the  Following  Conditions  & Reservations  (Viz)  1^^  that  the 
said  Andrew  Faneuil  Phillips  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  Plant  & 
Cultivate  five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for 
every  fifty  Acres  contain’d  in  this  his  grant  & Continue  to  Im- 
prove & Settle  the  same  by  additional  Cultivating  on  Penalty  of 
the  forfeiture  of  this  his  Grant  & of  it’s  Reverting  to  us  our  Heirs  & 
Successors  to  be  by  us  or  them  Regranted  to  such  of  our  subjects  as 
shall  Effectually  Settle  & Cultivate  the  Same  2‘^  That  all  white  & 
other  pine  Trees  within  said  Tract  fit  for  Masting  our  Royal  Navy  be 
carefully  preserved  for  that  use  & none  to  be  cut  or  fell’d  without 
our  Especial  Lincence  for  so  doing  first  had  & Obtaind  upon  the 


READSBORO. 


375 


Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the  Right  of  the  Grantee  his  Heirs  or 
Assigns  to  us  our  Heirs  & successors  as  well  as  being  subject 
to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or  Acts  of  Parliament  that  *Now  *1-269 
are  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted.  3‘^  Yeilding  & Paying 
therefor  to  us  our  Heirs  & Successors  for  the  Space  of  Ten  Years  to 
be  Computed  from  the  date  hereof  the  Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian 
Corn  only  on  the  25^^  Day  of  December  Annually  if  Lawfully  De- 
manded. The  said  Grantee  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  Yeild  & pay 
unto  us  our  Heirs  & Successors  Yearly  & Every  Year  for  ever  from 
& after  the  Expiration  of  Ten  Years  from  the  above  said  25^^  Day  of 
December  Namely  on  the  25  Day  of  December  which  will  be  in  the 
Year  of  our  Lord  1774  one  Shilling  Proclamation  Money  for  every 
Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns  Settles  or  Possesses  & so  in  Proportion 
for  a greater  or  Lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land  which  money  shall  be 
paid  by  the  Respective  Owner  Settler  or  Possessor  as  aforesaid  in  our 
Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth  in  the  Province  aforesaid  or  to  such 
Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  Receive  the  same  & this  to 
be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  & Services  whatsoever  In  Testimony 
Whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Province  to  be  hereunto 
Affixed  Witness  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  our  Governor  & Comman- 
der in  Chief  of  our  said  Province  the  11*^^^  Day  of  August  in  the 
Year  of  our  Lord  Christ  1764  & in  the  fourth  Year  of  our  Reign — 

B Wentworth 

By  liis  Excellency’s  Command 
With  Advice  of  Council 

T Atkinson  Jim  Sec^^ 

Province  of  New  Hampshire  August  20*^^  1764 

Recorded  according  to  tlie  Original  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun  Sec*’^ 

Province  of  New  Hampshire  August  20  1764 

I do  liereby  Acknowledge  to  have  Received  a Grant  of  Two 
'rhousand  Acres  of  T^and  as  by  tlie  Above  Pattent  will  Appear  in 
Virtue  of  Ids  ^Majesty’s  Proclamation  above  Refer’d  to,  A 1 do  hereby 
Declare  that  J never  have  Received  any  Satisfaction  of  any  of  Ids 
Majesty’s  Goverments  before.  Witness  my  Hand 

A F Phillii)s 

August  20“'  1764 

Recorded  from  tlie  Bottom  of  the  Original  Gnint  Signed  by  Andrew 
Faneuil  Phillips 


AtP  T Atkinson  Jun  Sec*^^ 


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CHARTER  RECORDS. 


[Grant  to  Robert  Rogers,  1764.] 

^George  the  Third  by  the  Grace  of  God  of  great 
Britain  France  & Ireland  King  Defender  of  the 
Faith 

To  all  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come  Greet- 
ing 

Whereas  we  have  tho*  fit  by  our  Proclamation 
given  at  S*  James’s  the  7*^^  Day  of  October  in 
the  third  year  of  our  reign  Annoq  Domini  1763 
Amongst  Other  Things  to  Testify  Our  Royal 
Sence  & Approbation  of  the  Conduct  & Bravery  of  the  officers  & sol- 
diers of  Our  Armies  & to  signify  our  Desire  of  rewarding  the  same 
& have  therein  Comanded  &;  Impowered  Our  Several  Governors  of 
our  respective  Provinces  on  the  Continent  of  America  to  Grant  with- 
out Fee  or  reward  to  such  reduced  officers  as  have  Served  in  North 
America  during  the  Late  War  and  to  such  Private  Soldiers  as  have 
been  or  Shall  be  disbanded  there  & shall  Personally  apply  for  Such 
Quantitys  of  Land  Respectivly  as  in  & by  our  aforesaid  Proclamation 
are  Perticularly  mentioned  Subject  Nevertheless  to  the  Same  Quit 
rents  & Conditions  of  Cultivations  & Improvements  that  Other  our 
Lands  are  Subject  to  in  the  Province  within  which  they  are  granted 
and  Whereas  Robert  Rogers  Esq  now  Resideing  at  Portsmouth  in 
our  Province  of  New  Hamp^  had  our  Appointm*^  as  Cap*  of  our 
New  York  Independent  Company  & Served  During  the  Late  War  in 
North  America  and  is  now  reduced  and  having  agreable  to  our  afore- 
said Proclamation  Personally  Solicited  Such  Grant  Know  Ye  that 
We  of  our  especial  Grace  certain  Knowledge  & mere  motion  to  Sig- 
nify our  approbation  as  aforesaid  & for  Encouraging  the  Settlement 
& Cultivation  of  Our  Land  within  our  Province  of  New  Hampshire 
in  New  England  Have  by  & with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty  & well 
beloved  Penning  Wentworth  Esq  Governour  & Comander  of  Our 
Said  Province  of  New  Hamp^  & of  our  Councel  for  said  Province 
agreable  to  our  aforesaid  in  Part  recited  Proclamation  & upon  the 
Conditions  & Reservations  hereinafter  mentioned  Given  & Granted 
& by  these  Presents  for  us  our  Heirs  & Successors  Do  Give  & Grant 
into  the  Said  Robert  Rogers  Esq  his  Heirs  & Assigns  for  ever  a Tract 
of  Land  Containing  three  Thousand  Acres  Lying  & being  within  our 
Said  Province  of  New  Hamp'^'  and  bounded  as  follows  (Viz)  begining 
at  a Stake  & Stones  Standing  in  the  Dividing  Line  between  this  Prov- 
ince & the  Massachusetts  at  the  Distance  of  Six  Miles  Due  West 
from  the  South  Westerly  Corner  of  Halifax  & from  thence  due  West 
to  the  South  East  Corner  of  Stamford  & carrying  the  Length  of  that 


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Cap*  Rob*  Rogers’s 
Grant 


READSBOKO. 


377 


Line  back  clue  North  by  Stamford  aforesaid  so  far  as  to  comprehend  & 
Include  Three  Thousand  Acres  of  Land  to  Have  & to  Hold  the  Said 
Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed  to  him  the  said  Robert  Rogers  Esq 
& to  his  Heirs  & Assigns  for  ever  upon  the  following  Conditions  & 
Reservations  Viz  First  that  the  said  Robert  Rogers  Esq  his  Heirs  & 
Assigns  shall  Plant  & Cultivate  five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term 
of  Five  Years  for  every  fifty  acres  Containd  in  this  his  Grant 
Continue  to  Improve  & Settle  the  Same  by  additional  Cultivating  on 
Penalty  of  the  forfeiture  of  this  his  Grant  & of  its  Reverting  to  us 
our  Heirs  & Successors  to  be  us  or  them  regranted  to  such  of  our 
subjects  as  shall  effectually  Settle  & Cultivate  the  Same — Secondly — 
that  all  White  & other  Pine  Trees  within  Said  Tract  fit  for  Masting 
our  Royal  Navy  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use  & none  to  be  Cut 
or  Felld  without  our  Special  Licence  for  so  Doing  first  had  & 
obtain d upon  the  Penalty  of  the  forfeiture  of  the  Right  of  the 
Grantee  his  Heirs  or  assigns  to  us  our  Heirs  and  Successors  as  well 
as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  Any  Act  or  Acts  of  Parliament 
that  now  are  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted  Thirdly — Yielding  & Pay- 
ing therefor  to  us  our  Heirs  & Successors  for  the  Space  of  Ten  Years 
to  be  Computed  from  the  Date  hereof  One  Ear  of  Indian 
Corn  only  *on  the  Day  of  December  annually  if  Law-  *1-265 
fully  Demanded — Fourthly — The  s*^  Grantee  his  Heirs  or 
Assigns  Shall  Yield  & Pay  unto  us  our  heirs  & Successors  Yearly  & 
every  Year  forever  from  & after  the  expiration  of  Ten  Years  from 
the  above  s''  Twenty  fifth  of  December  namely  on  the  25“‘  Day  of 
December  which  shall  be  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  1774  One  Shilling 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns  Settles 
or  Possesses  & so  in  Pro{)ortion  for  A greater  or  lesser  Tract  of 
the  Said  Land  which  money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective 
owners  Settlers  or  Possessors  as  aforesaid  in  our  Council  Chamber  in 
Portsmouth  in  the  Province  afores''  or  to  such  officer  or  officers  as 
Shall  be  a[)pointed  to  Receive  the  Same  & this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all 
other  Rents  A Services  whatever — 

In  Testimony  whereof  We  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Province 
to  be  hereunto  affixed  Wittness  Benning  Wentworth  Es(j  our  Govern- 
our  A Com’ander  in  Chieft  of  our  Said  Province  the  4“'  Day  July 
in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ  1764  A in  the  Fourth  Year  of  our 
Reign — 

B Wentworth 

% 1 us  Excellencys  Coni'' 
with  advice  of  C’ouncil 

4'heod'’  Atkinson  JuiF  Sec*^^ 


378 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Recorded  from  the  Original  Grant  under  the  Prov®  Seal  the  6^^  Day 
of  July  1764 

? 

Province  of  New  Hamp'' 

I do  hereby  acknowledge  to  have  Received  a Grant  of  Three 
Thousand  Acres  of  Land  as  by  the  above  Patent  will  appear  in 
Virtue  of  his  Maj*^  Proclamation  above  referrd  to  & do  hereby 
Declare  that  I never  have  Rec*^  any  Satisfaction  of  Any  of  his  Maj‘^* 
Governments  before  Wittness  my  Hand — 

July  6*^^  1764 

Robert  Rogers 


Recorded  from  the  Bottom  of  the  foregoing  Grant  Signed  by  Rob- 
ert Rogers  Esq 


T Atkinson  Jun  Sec^^^ 


ROCKINGHAM. 

^Province  of  New  Hamp"^ 

George  the  Second  by  the  Grace  of  God  of  Great 
Brittain  France  & Ireland  King  Defender  of  the  faith, 
&c"^ — 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  Shall  come 
Greeting — 

that  We  of  our  Special  Grace  Certain  Knowledge  & 
mere  motion  for  the  Due  Encouragement  of  Settling  a New  Planta- 
tion within  our  Said  Province  By  & with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
& Wellbeloved  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  our  Governour  & Com- 
mand in  Chieff  of  our  Said  Province  of  New  Hamp’^  in  America  and 
of  our  Coujicil  of  the  Said  Province  Have  upon  the  Conditions  & 
reservations  hereafter  made  Given  & Granted  And  by  these  Presents 
for  us  our  heirs  and  Successors  Do  give  & Grant  in  Equal  Shares 
unto  our  Loveing  Subjects  Inhabitants  of  our  Said  Province  of  New 
Hampshire  and  his  other  Governments  And  to  thier  heirs  and 

Assip-nes  for  ever  whose  names  Are  Entered  on  this  Grant  to  be 
Divided  to  and  Amongst  them  into  Seventy  four  Equal  Shares  All 
That  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  Scituate  Lying  & being  within  our 
Province  of  New  Hamp*^  Containing  by  admeasurement  Twenty  three 
thousend  & forty  Acres  which  Tract  is  to  Contain  Six  IMiles  Square 
& no  more  out  of  which  An  Allowence  is  to  be  made  for  higlnvays 
& unimproveable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Mountains,  Ponds  & Rivers  One 


*1-111 


Rockingham 


Know  Ye 


ROCKINGHAM. 


379 


thousencl  & forty  Acres  free  According  to  a Plan  thereof  made  & 
Presented  by  our  Said  Governours  orders  & hereunto  Annexed  P>ut- 
ted  & bounded  as  follows  (Viz)  Begining  at  the  North  East  Corner 
of  Westminister  & running  up  by  Connecticut  River  till  it  Extends 
Six  j\Iiles  upon  A Strait  Line  Notherly  to  A Stake  & Stones  upon 
the  Bank  of  Said  River  in  Hickup  ^leadow  Thence  running  Due 
West  Six  Miles  to  A Stake  & Stones,  Thence  running  Southerly 
Six  Miles  to  the  North  West  Corner  of  Westminster  thence  running 
Due  East  to  the  Bounds  first  mentioned — And  that  the  Same  be  & 
is  Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the  name  of  Rockingham  and 
that  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  Shall  hereafter  Inhabit  Said  Town- 
ship are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  & Intituled  to  all  & 
every  the  Previledges  & Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  our  Said 
Province  by  Law  Exercise  & Enjoy  and  further  that  the  Said  Town 
as  Soon  as  there  Shall  be  fifty  families  resident  & Settled 
thereon  Shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  two  fairs  *One  of  *1-112 
which  Shall  be  held  on  the  And  the  other 

on  the  Annually  which  fairs  are  not  to  Con- 

tinue And  he  held  Longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  respective  Days — And  as  Soon 

as  the  S'^  Town  shall  Consist  of  fifty  families  A market  Shall  be 
Opened  & kept  one  or  more  Days  in  Each  Week  as  may  he  tho^ 
most  Advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants  also  that  the  first  Meeting  for 
the  Choice  of  Town  officers  Agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  Said  Prov- 
ince Shall  be  held  on  the  Last  Wednesday  in  March  next  which 
Meeting  Shall  be  Notifyed  by  Mr  Benjamin  Bellows  who  is  hereby 
Also  Appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  Said  first  meeting  which  he  is 
to  Notify  & Govern  Agreable  to  the  Laws  & Customs  of  our 
Said  Province  And  that  the  Annual  Meeting  forever  hereafter  for  the 
Choice  of  Such  officers  of  Said  Town  Shall  be  on  the  Last  Wednes- 
day in  March  Annually  To  Have  & to  hold  the  Said  Tract  of  Land 
as  above  Expressed  togeather  with  all  Ihiviledges  & appurtenances 
to  tliem  And  their  respective  lieirs  & Assignes  for  ever  Lpon  tlie 
following  (Conditions  (Viz)  That  every  Grantee  his  lieirs  or  Assignes 
Shall  Plant  or  Cultivate  five  Acres  of  F.and  within  the  Term  of  live 
Years  for  every  fifty  Acres  ('ontained  in  liis  or  tlieir  Share  or  Pro- 
portion of  Land  in  Said  Townsliip  And  Continue  to  Improve 
Settle  the  Same  by  Additional  Cultivations  on  Penalty  of  the  forfeit- 
ure of  his  Grant  or  Share  in  the  Said  d'owiishij)  and  its  reverting  to 
liis  Maj^y  liis  heirs  & Successoi-s  to  lie  by  Him  or  tliem  regranted  to 
Such  of  his  Subjects  as  Shall  Effectually  Settle  A C’ultivate  the 
Same — Tliat  All  white  A other  Pine  Trees  within  the  S'*  Township 
fit  for  masting  our  Royal  Navy  lie  Carefully  reserved  for  that  Lse 


380 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


and  none  to  be  Cut  or  felld  without  his  Especial  Lycence  for 

So  doing  first  had  & obtained  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  forfeiture  of 
the  right  of  Such  Grantee  his  heirs  or  Assigns  to  us  our  heirs  & Suc- 
cessors as  well  as  being  Subject  to  the  Penalty  of  Any  Act 
or  Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  Are  or  hereafter  Shall  be  Enacted 
that  before  any  Division  of  the  Said  Lands  be  made  to  & amongst  the 
Grantees  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Center  of  the  ToAvnship  as  the 
land  will  admit  of  Shall  be  reserved  & marked  out  for  Town  Lotts 
one  of  which  Shall  be  Allotted  to  Each  Grantee  of  the  Contents  of 
one  Acre  Yielding  & Paying  therefor  to  us  our  heirs  & Succes- 
sors for  the  Space  of  Ten  Years  to  be  Computed  from 
*1-113  the  Date  hereof  the  rent  of  One  Ear  of  Indian  *Corn  only 
on  the  first  Day  of  January  Annually  if  Lawfully 
Demanded  the  first  Payment  to  be  made  on  the  first  Day  of 
Jan^^  1754  after  the  Date  hereof  And  Every  Proprietor  Settler  or 
Inhabitant  Shall  Yield  & Pay  unto  us  Our  heirs  & Successor  Yearly 
& Every  Year  for  ever  from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  the  Ten 
Years  from  the  Date  hereof  Namly  on  the  first  Day  of  JaiY^  which 
will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  Christ  one  thousend  Seven  hun- 
dred & Sixty  four  one  Shilling  Proclamation  money  for  Every 
hundred  Acres  he  So  owns  Settles  or  Possesses  And  so  in  Propor- 
tion for  A Greater  or  Lesser  Tract  of  the  Said  Land  which  money 
Shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  above  Said  their  heirs  or 
Assigns  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth  or  to  vSuch  officer 
or  officers  as  Shall  be  Appointed  to  receive  the  Same  And  tliis  to  be 
in  Lieu  of  All  other  rents  & Services  whatsoever  In  Testimony 
hereof  We  have  Caused  the  Seal  of  our  Said  Province  to  be  hereunto 
Affixed  Wittness  Bexnixg  Wentworth  Esq  our  Governour  and 
Com’ander  in  Chief!  of  our  Said  Province  the  28*^^  Day  of  Decem- 
ber in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ  1752  & in  the  26^^  vear  of  our 

«/ 

reign 

B Wentworth 

By  his  Excellency s Com’and 
with  Advice  of  Council 

Theodore  Atkinson  Se''^' 

Entred  & recorded  According  to  the  Original  LTider  the  Prownce 
Seal  this  30*^  of  DecemV  1752 

Theodore  Atkinson  Se"^' 
Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Eockingham  Yz 


Samuel  Johnson 
William  Parker 
John  Killburne 


Nathan  Smith 
Isaac  Parker 
Lemuel  Hastings 


Ezra  FarnsAVorth 
Jonah  Moor 
Silvanus  Hastings 


flOCKINGHAM. 


381 


Jonathan  White 
Nathan  Willard 
Benj^  S to  well 
Peter  Bellows 


Josiah  Willard 
Benjamin  Bellows 
William  Willard 
Jonathan  Wetherbee 


Andrew  Gardner  juiP  William  Symons 
Oliver  Willard  David  Farnsworth 

Asel  Stebens  Jonathan  Bigelow 
*1-114  Jotham  Bush* John  Arms 

Jacob  Elmore  Samuel  Larrabee 
Thomas  Stebbins 
Asa  Douglass 


David  Page 
Benjamin  French 
Johanna  Wetherbee 
Daniel  Warren 
Obediah  Dickinson 
Timothy  Taylor 
Joseph  Lee 
Tuttle  Hubbard 
James  Pitts 
Henry  Sherburne 
Samuel  Smith 


Daniel  Maynard 
John  Stow 
Jon^  Marble 
Palmer  Goulding 


Valentine  Butler 
Robert  Henry 
Andrew  Gardner 
Abijah  Wetherbee 
Sam^^  Wetherbee 
Stephen  Farnsworth 
John  Densmore 
Simeon  Knight 
Josiah  Sawyer 
Hezekiah  Elmore 
John  Moffat 
Jaazemel  How 
Ebenezer  Hindsdale 
William  Symes 
Isaac  Winslow 
Thomas  Martin 


Richard  Clark 

Samuel  Wentworth  of  Boston 
John  Wentworth  juiF  Byfield  Loyde 
Theodore  Atkinson  Richard  Wibird 

John  Downing  Samuel  Solley 

Sampson  Sheaffe  his  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  A Tract  of 
Land  to  Contain  five  hundred  Acres  which  is  to  be  Accounted  two 
of  the  within  mentioned  Shares,  one  whole  Share  for  the  Incorporated 
Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  forreign  Parts,  One 
whole  Share  for  the  first  Settled  ^Minister  of  the  Gospel  in  Said  Town 
one  whole  Share  for  A Glebe  for  the  Ministry  of  the  Church  of 
England  as  by  Law  Established — 

Entred  & recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Charter  of  Rockingham 
the  30“’  Day  of  December  1752 

Theodore  Atkinson  Se’’^ 


382 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Taken  from  Plan  on  the  back  of  the  Charter  of  Rockingham  & 
Record‘d  this  30*^^  December  1752 — 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 


RUPERT. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire 
GEORGE  THE  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  ' of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Oar  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a Neiv  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
New-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province ; Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors, 
do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabi- 
tants of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Gov- 
ernments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Sixty 
Eight  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying 
and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  containing  hy 
Admeasurement,  Twenty  Three  Thousand  & forty  Acres^  which  Ti  act 
is  to  contain  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more ; out  of  which  an  Allowance 
is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds, 
Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  accord- 
ing to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s 
Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed, 
butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  the  North  Westerly 
Corner  of  Sand  Gate  from  thence  due  North  Six  Miles  thence  due 
East  Six  Miles  thence  due  South  Six  Miles  to  the  North  East  Corner 
of  Sandgate  afore  Said  thence  Due  West  by  Sandgate  to  the  Bounds 
first  mentioned  And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into 
a Township  by  the  Name  of  Rupert  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or 
shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be 


*2-129 


Rupert 


RUPERT. 


383 


Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and 
Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  Law  Exercise 
and  Enjoy  : And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be 
Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of 
holding  Tivo  Fairs^  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 
And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty 
Families,  a Market  may  be  ^ opened  and  kept  one  or  more  *2-130 
Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most  advanta- 
gious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice 
of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall 
be  held  on  the  First  Tuesdaj^  of  November  Next  which  said  Meeting 
shall  be  Notified  by  Cap‘  Samuel  Robiuson  who  is  hereby  also 
appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to 
Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said 
Province ; and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the 
Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second 
Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of 
Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appurten- 
ances, to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon 
the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  cultivate 
five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty  Acres 
contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said  Town- 
ship, and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or  Acts 
of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 


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CHARTER  RECORDS. 


IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  tlie  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1762 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay  unto 

Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever,  from 
and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twenty-fifth 
Day  of  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.,  which 

will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shillmg  Proclamation 
Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses,  and 
so  in  Proportion  for  a great  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land  ; which 
Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their  Heirs 
or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth^  or  to  such  Officer 
or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same ; and  this  to  be 
in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimonv  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Province 
to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our 
Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the  20*^^ 
Day  of  August  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  one  And  in  the  first  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson 

Prov  New  Hamp^'  August  20*^^  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  original  under  the  Pro^  Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’’^ 


*2-131  *The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Rupert  Viz 


Cap^  Sam^^  Robinson 
Elisha  Billings 
Aaron  Baker 
Ebenez’^  Phelps 
Gideon  Lyman  juffi 
David  Glaizier 
Experience  Johnson 
Naomi  Lyman 
Jacob  Dexter 
Nathaffi^  Wright 
Ebenez’’  Clark 
Selah  Wright 
John  Fay 


Sam^^  Billings 
Nathaniel  Phelps 
Martin  Phelps 
Gideon  Lyman  Esq 
Barnabas  Fay 
Elijah  Lyman 
Charles  Spafford 
Joseph  Thomas 
Jon^  Fasset 
John  Allen 
Jonas  Fay 
Tim®  Lyman  juffi 
Benj^  Fay  juiY 


Asael  Billings 
John  Baker 
Stephen  Fay  juffi 
Phineas  Lyman 
Josiah  Glaizier 
John  Phelps 
Meshech  Weare  Esq 
Phineas  Lyman  jun’^ 
Ebenez”^  Wright 
Daniel  Allen 
John  Wright 
SteplY  Fay 
Sam^^  Hunter 


RUPERT. 


385 


William  Johnson  Tho®  Johnson 
Jon^  Warner  of  Hardwick  John  White 
Daniel  Warner  of  D®  Josiah  Willard 
William  Kenada 


Jolm  Downing  Esq 
John  Hammond 
Ithamur  Strong 
Sam^^  Marshall  & 


William  Blunt 
James  Nevin  Esq 
Ebenezer  Strong 
Joseph  Hally  Esq 
Ithamur  Strong — 


Jacob  Knowlton 
Judah  Weekes 
Ezra  Leonard 
Leonard  Robinson 
Eleaz*^  Hammond 
Cap*'  James  Go  wen 
Ebenez*^  Phelps 


His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Contain 
Five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B W in  the  Plan  which  is  to  be 
Accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares  One  whole  Share  for  the  Incor- 
porated Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  foreign  Parts 
one  Share  for  A Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law  Estab- 
lished one  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  in  Said  Town  one 
Share  for  the  Benefit  of  A School  in  Said  Town — 


Province  of  New  Hamp*'  August  20*^*^  1761 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  for  Rupert 

AttesP  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 


Province  of  New  Hamj)’'  August  20  1761 

Recorded  from  tlie  Back  of  the  original  Cliarter  for  Rupert — 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’’^ 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


RUTLAND. 

^Province  of  New  Hampshire. 

GEORGE  THE  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a Neiv  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in  Ne^v- 
Pngland^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province ; Have  upon  the 
Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and  granted, 
and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do  give 
and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabitants  of 
Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Governments, 
and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are  entred  on 
this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Seventy 
equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and  be- 
ing within  our  said  Province  of  Neiv-Hampshire^  containing  by  Ad- 
measurement, About  Twenty  Six  thousand  five  hundred  Acres,  which 
Tract  is  to  contain  Something  more  than  Six  Miles  square,  and  no 
more;  out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways 
and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers, 
One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and 
Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned  , 
into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  hounded 
as  follows.  Viz.  Beginning  at  the  North  Westerly  Corner  of  Shrews- 
bury thence  North  Five  Degrees  East  Five  Miles  & One  half  mile 
thence  West  Five  Degrees  North  Seven  Miles  & One  half  mile  thence 
South  Four  Degrees  East  five  Miles  & One  half  Mile  to  the  North 
Westerly  Corner  of  Clarendon  thence  East  five  Degrees  Soutli  Six 
Miles  & Three  Quarters  of  a Mile  by  Clarendon  aforesaid  to  the 
Bounds  first  above  Mentioned — And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is 
Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the  Name  of  Rutland  And  the 
Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are 
hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every 
the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our  Prov- 
ince by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy : And  further,  that  the  said  Town 


386 


*2-169 

Rutland 


RUTLAND. 


387 


as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon, 
shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Two  Fairs^  one  of  which  shall 
be  held  on  the  And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue 
longer  than  the  respective  following  the 

said  and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town 

shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  maybe  ^opened  and  *2-170 
kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought 
most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting 
for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said 
Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  first  Monday  in  October  Next  which 
said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  Zedekiah  Stone  who  is  hereby  also 
appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is . to 
Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said 
Province ; and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the 
Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second 
Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of 
Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appurten- 
ances, to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon 
the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  cultivate 
five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  tlie  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sor, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  dliat  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  witliout  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  tlie  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the  Right 
of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  vSucces- 
sors,  as  well  as  being  sul)ject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or  Acts  of 
Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  l)e  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
tlie  firantees,  a d'ract  of  Land  as  near  the  C'entre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
'I'own  Imts,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
('ontents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Y i(*lding  and  Jiaying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heim  and  Successom 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  comjmted  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  C’orn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 


388 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1762 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.,  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December.,  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land;  which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth., or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same ; and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
Seventh  Day  of  September  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One 
Thousand  Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  One  And  in  the  First  Year  of 
Our  Reign. 


Prov®  of  New  Hamp’^  Sep’^  7*^^  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Pro’^  Seal 


Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’'^ 


*2-171  *The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Rutland 


John  Murrey 
Caleb  Johnson 
Joel  Stone 
Asa  Hawks 
Elijah  Hindsdall 
Josiah  Willard  Jnffi 
Abner  Stone 
Ephraim  Adams 
Oliver  Coleborne 
Joseph  Cass 
Nathan  Foster 
Abraham  Scott 
Michael  Medcalf 


Zedekiah  Stone  Benjamin  Melven 

Nathem  Stone  Wing  Spooner 

John  Arms  Thomas  Badwell 

Elijah  Mitchell  John  Hindsdall 

Ruben  Nimbs  Samuel  Stone  Jun^ 

Samuel  Stevens  William  Willard 

Eliakim  Arms  Elijah  Arms 

Samuel  Stone  Enos  Stevens 

Jonathan  Fnrneld  Thomas  Blanchard 

John  Dandly  Thomas  Davis 

Nehemiah  Haughton  George  Heart 
William  Smeed  Joseph  Hammon 

Sampson  Willard  John  Boylston 


KUTLAND. 


389 


John  Hunt  Joseph  Ashley  William  Laurence 

Abel  Laurence  Susanna  Johnson  Widow  Jemima  How  Widow 

Elizabeth  Stevens  Widow  Joseph  Willard  James  Nutting  Willard 
Moses  Willard  Aaron  Williard  Solomon  Willard 

Printece  Willard  Moses  Field  Joseph  Ashley 

Daniel  Warner  Esq^  Richard  Wibird  Esq^  John  Barber 

CoP  Ebenezer  Hindsdale  Ebenezer  Killum  Samuel  Whitemore 
CoP  Clemont  J^Iarch  Cap*^  George  March  Benning  Wentworth 

& Nathan  Willard  Jun*’ 

His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq^  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain Five  hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B-W-  in  the  Plan  which  is  to 
be  Accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares,  One  whole  Share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign 
Parts,  One  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Established,  One  Share  for  the  First  Setled  Minister  of  the  Gospel 
& One  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  the  School  in  Said  Town — 

Province  of  New  Hampshire  Sep^  7^^  1761 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  for  Rutland 
under  the  Province  Seal — 

Attested  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’’^ 


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Province  of  New  Ilainp*'  Septemb'’  7‘'*  1761 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  original  Charter  for  Ruttland 

AttesP  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*^^ 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


RYEGATE. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire. 

GEORGE  THE  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  Ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Plantation 
within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty  and 
Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and  Com- 
mander in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Ha:mpshire,  in  New- 
Pngland^  and  of  Our  Council  of  the  said  Province  ; Have  upon 
the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and  granted, 
and  by  these  Presents,  for  Us,  Our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do  give  and 
grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabitants  of  Our  said 
Province  of  New-Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Governments,  and  to  their 
Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are  entred  on  this  Grant,  to 
be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  One  Hundred  equal  Shares,  all 
that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and  being  within  our  said 
Province  of  New-Hampshire^  containing  by  Admeasurement,  23040 
Acres^  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more  ; out 
of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprov- 
able Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand 
and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made 
by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s 
Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz. 
Begining  at  a Tree  standing  on  the  Westerly  Side  of  Connecticut 
River  which  is  the  North  Easterly  Corner  Bounds  of  the  Town  of 
Newbury  in  this  Province  & runs  from  thence  up  Connecticut  River 
Notherly  as  that  runs  to  a Tree  marked  with  y®  Figures  11..  & 12.. 
which  is  about  Six  Miles  upon  a Streight  Line  from  Amonusock 
Rivers  Mouth  from  thence  turning  off  & ruhing  North  Sixty  Eight 
Degrees  West  Six  Miles  & one  Quarter  of  a Mile  to  A Stake  & 
Stones  thence  Turning  off  & runing  Southerly  to  the  North  Westerly 
Corner  of  Newbury  afores'^  then  Turning  off  again  by  Newbury  to 
the  Bounds  by  Connecticut  River  first  above  mentioned — And 
that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township  by 
the  Name  of  Ryegate  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter 
inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized 


890 


^3-50 


Ryegate 


RYEGATE. 


391 


with  and  Iiititled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities 
that  other  Toaviis  Avithin  Our  Province  by  LaAV  Exercise  and  Enjoy: 
And  further,  that  the  said  Toaaui  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families 
resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  two 
Fairs^  one  of  Avhich  shall  be  held  on  the 
And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  Avhich  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the 
respective  folloAving  the  said  and  that  as  soon 

as  the  said  Toavii  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market 
may  be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  *3-51 
as  may  be  thought  most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants. 

Also,  that  the  first  INIeeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable 
to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  First  Tuesday 
in  October  next  Avhich  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  RiclP  Jennes 
the  3'^  Esq  avIio  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said 
first  Meeting,  Avhich  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws 
and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province;  and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for 
ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Toavii,  shall 
be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold 
the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges 
and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns 
forever,  upon  the  folloAving  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  cultivate 
five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty  Acres 
contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said  ToAvn- 
ship,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
CultiA^ations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Success- 
ors, to  be  by  Us  or  them  Pe-granted  to  such  of  our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

H.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  Avithin  tlie  said  ToAvnship, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  Avithout  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  liad  and  obfiiined,  u})on  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the  Right 
of  sucli  Grantee,  liis  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Success- 
ors, as  Avell  as  l>eing  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or  Acts  of 
Parliament  tliat  noAV  are,  or  liereafter  sliall  l)c  Enacted. 

HI.  d'liat  before  any  Division  of  tlie  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
tlie  Grantees,  a 'I'ract  of  Land  ius  near  tlie  (’entre  of  the  said  Toavii- 
sliip  as  the  Land  AV'ill  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  Marked  out  for 
'I'oAvn  Lots,  one  of  Avhich  shall  be  alloted  to  each  (iranU‘e  of  the  Con- 
tents of  one  Acre. 

I\L  Yielding  and  Jiaying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 


392 


charter  records. 


for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December,  1763 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay  unto 
Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Tear  forever,  from 
and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twenty-fifth 
Day  of  December,,  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December,,  which 
will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1773  One  shilling  Proclamation  Money 
for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses,  and  so  in 
Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land ; which 
Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their  Heirs 
or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth,,  or  to  such  Officer 
or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same  ; and  this  to 
be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Province 
to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our 
Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the  Eighth 
Day  of  September  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  Three  And  in  the  Third  Year  of  Our 
Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  jun^  Sec’^^ 

Province  of  New  Hamp^  SeptemU  8^^  1763 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal 

T Atkinson  Juffi  Sec^^ 


*3-52  *The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Ryegate  (Viz) — 


RiclP  Jennes  Esq 
Francis  Jennes 
Henry  Dow 
William  Sevey 
Reuben  Moulton 
Richard  Lock  jnn^ 
Wilk"  Ran  dell 
Joseph  Mardin 
Peter  Garland 
Bickford  Lang 
Natha^^  Jennes 


Rich*^  Rand 

Jon^  Towle 

Job  Jennes 

James  Sevey 

Amos  Knowles 

Thomas  Watson 

Benj^  Garland 

Rich‘S  Jennes  juffi 

Amos  Sevev 
«/ 

Job  Foss 
Merryfield  Berry 


James  Mardin 
Robert  Sanders 
William  Thomas 
Samuel  Jennes 
Sam^^  Wallis 
Josiah  Webster 
Nathan  Goss 
Stephen  Mardin 
Joseph  Jennes 
Joshua  Jennes 
Jacob  Berry 


RYEGATE. 


393 


Richard  Goss 
Samuel  Murry 
Joseph  Brown 
Sam^^  Knowles 
Jeremiah  Berry 
Peter  Johnson 
Isaac  Jennes 
Joseph  Libby 
Philip  Pain 
Joseph  Rand 
Jeremiah  Lock 
Palmer 

Solomon  Sevey 
Tristram  Coffin 
David  Smith 
Sam”  Jones 
Sam”  Rand 
Arthur  Libby 
Moses  Sevey 
Sam”  Sanders 


Joshua  Weeks 
Jon^  Brown 
Rev^  M*"  Sam”  Parsons 
Francis  Lock 
William  Berry 
Joseph  Yeaton 
Jon^  Goss 
Simon  Garland 
Joseph  Blanchard  Esq 
John  Bracket 
Sam”  Ealkins 
Ebenez*^  Philbrook 
Ebenez^  Mar  din 
SleeperReuben  Philbrook 
Benj^  Lang 
Abraham  Libby 
Paul  Randall 
Jonathan  Mardin 
Sam”  Wells 
Dan”  Philbrook 
The  Hon‘^1^  Will''^  Temple  j 
John  Nellson  < 


Rich‘s  Jennes  3*^  Esq 
Wallis  Foss 
Zebedee  Hunt 
Amos  Rand 
JoiP  Towle  Jun’' 
Nehemiah  Moulton 
Sam”  Samburn 
Ozem  Dowse 
Cap*  Sam”  Frost 
Nathan  Knowles 
Christ®  Gold 
Rich”  Lock 
Ozem  Dowse  jun*^ 
Henry  Ealkins 
Cap*  George  Frost 
Benj^  Libby 
Shadrach  Weymoth 
Nath”  Berry  Jun*^ 
Ephraim  Rand 

Esq^® 


His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to 
Contain  five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B : W : in  the  Plan  which  is 
to  be  Accounted  Two  of  the  within  Shares — one  whole  Share  for 
the  Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign 
Parts — one  whole  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by 
Law  Established — one  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the 
Gospel  & one  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  A School  in  Said  Town 
forever — 


Pro^  of  New  Hamp*^  SepP  8*”  1763 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Ryegate  under 
the  Pro"^  Seal 


T Atkinson  Jun''  Sec*'^ 


394 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Province  of  New  Hamp’^  Septemb^  8 1763 

Recorded  from  the  Plan  of  the  original  Charter  of  Ryegate  under 
the  Pro’^  Seal 

Attes"  T Atkinson  Jun’^  Sec”'^ 


SALISBURY. 

*2-301  * Province  of  New-Hampshire. 

Salisbury  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c 

To  all  Persons  to  tvliom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq ; Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
New-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province ; Haat: 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do 
give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabitants 
of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Govern- 
ments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 


SALISBURY. 


395 


entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Sixty 
Eight  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and 
being  within  our  said  Province  of  Neiv-HampsJtire^  containing  by  Ad- 
measurement, Twenty  Five  Thousand  & Forty  Aeres^  which  Tract  is 
to  contain  Something  more  than  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more ; out 
of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprov- 
able Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand 
and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made 
by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s 
Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz. 
Begining  at  the  South  Westerly  Corner  of  Midlebury  at  a Tree 
Standing  on  the  Bank  of  the  Easterly  Side  of  Otter  Creek  & Runing 
from  thence  East  by  Midlebury  to  the  south  Easterly  Corner  thereof, 
then  Turning  off  & Runing  South  ten  Degrees  West  Six  Miles  & 
Sixty  Four  Rods,  from  thence  Turning  off  & Runing  West  to  Otter 
Creek  aforesaid  then  down  the  said  Creek  as  that  Runs  to  the  bounds 
first  above  Mentiond  And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorpo- 
rated into  a Township  by  the  Name  of  Salisbury — And  the  Inhabi- 
tants that  do  or  shall  hereafter  Inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby 
declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the 
Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province 
by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy:  And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as 

soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon, 
shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Two  Fairs.,  one  of  which  shall  be 
held  on  the  And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to 
continue  longer  than  the  respective  following  the 

said  and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall 

consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be  ^opened  and  *2-302 
kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought 
most  advantiigious  to  the  Inhabihints.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting 
for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officei*s,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said 
Province,  sliall  be  held  on  the  Fii-st  Tuesday  in  January  next  which 
said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  AT  John  Evarts  who  is  hereby 
also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  fii*st  ^Meeting,  which  he  is  to 
Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said 
Province;  and  that  the  annual  Meeting  forever  hereafter  for  the 
(’hoice  of  such  ( )flicei's  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second 
Tuesday  of  March  annually,  JV)  IlAVKand  to  Hold  the  said  Tract 
of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and  Apj)ur- 
U'liances,  to  them  and  their  respective  Heii*s  and  Assigns  forever, 
upon  the  following  ('onditions,  viz. 

I.  J'hat  every  Grantee,  his  IIeii*s  iir  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 


396 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


vate  five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  liis  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Townsliip,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  L"s,  our  Heirs  and  Suc- 
sessors.  to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as 
shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Xavy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  L^s,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or  Acts 
of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  l^e  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  anv  Dirfsion  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  l^e  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  parfng  therefor  to  L^s,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Yearn,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof, 
the  Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1761 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  rfeld  and  pay 
unto  L^s,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twenty- 
fifth  Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December. 
which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1771  One  shilling  Proclama- 
tion Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses, 
and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land; 
which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Pemons  abovesaid,  their 
Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth^  or  to  such 
Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same ; and  this 
to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince  to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Bexxixg  Wextworth,  Esq ; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Cliief  of  Our  said  Prorfnce,  the 
Third  Day  of  XovenT  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thou- 
sand Seven  Hundi*ed  and  Sixty  One  And  in  the  Second  Year  of  Our 
Reign. 


B Wentworth 


SALISBURY. 


397 


By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 
With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’’^ 


Province  of  New  Ramps’^  Nov”"  3,  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Origional  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal 


Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 


The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Salisbury 


^2-303 


John  Evarts 
Benj^  Benadict 
Cap*^  Will“  Elio 
Elijah  Owen 
Cap‘  Josiah  Dean 
Tim®  Brownson  Jun’^ 

Elias  Read 
lessee  Bostwick 
Janna  Migs  Jun'’ 

Jon^  Buck 
Thomas  Chipman 
Samuel  Moore  jun’^ 

Nathaniel  Windsow 
Prince  Winslow 
John  Moore 
Zach*  Hanchet 
John  Newbury 
Daniel  Evarts 
Daniel  Benton 

Asa  Landon  Philip  Catfield 

Joseph  Newmarch  Esq  Daniel  Warner  Esq 

His  Excellency  Penning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  con- 
tain Five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B-W-  in  the  Plan  which  is  to 
be  Accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares  one  whole  Share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign 
Parts  one  Share  for  A Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law* 
Established  One  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel 
& one  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  A School  in  Said  Town 


Josiah  Heth 
Seth  Kent 
Phineas  Bradley 
Sam^  Keep 
LieiP  Natld  Buel 
Alexander  Gaston 
Isaac  Prat 
Jonas  Marsh 
Gilbert  Evarts 
Elias  Read  juiF 
Bathuel  Chittenden 
William  Fitch 
Benj^  Smally 
Isaac  Saris 
Daniel  Morris 
Jacob  Schormerhorn 
Solomon  Ensign 
John  Benton  jun*' 
Joshua  Jewell 


Tim®  Brownson 
Steph®  Hawly 
Azariah  Rood 
Cap*^  Josiah  Stoddard 
Sam^  Abbot 
Abiel  Camp 
Joseph  Waterhouse 
Nathaniel  Dyah 
Jacob  Spafford 
Sam“  Turner 
Abner  Woodworth 
Luther  Evarts 
Silvanus  Evarts 
Jonathan  Kellsey 
Cap*'  Moses  Lyman 
Abraham  Turner 
Joel  Evarts 
Sam“  Benton 
James  Mangar 
Isaac  Benton 


Province  of  New*  Ham[)s'’  Noveml/  3-1761 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Salisbury  under 
the  Province  Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*^^ 


398 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Province  of  Xew  Hamp*^  XovemV  3*^  1761 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Oriorional  Charter  of  Salisbury 

o 

und^  the  Proy^  Seal 

^ Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^ 


*2-93 

Sandgate 


SAXDGATE. 

^Province  of  Xew-Hampshire. 


GEORGE  THE  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come., 
Greeting. 

Kno^  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a Pseic  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Proyince.  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Be^xing  Wkstworth,  Esq  ; Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  XE^y-HAMPSHIRE  in 
Xew-Englanch  and  of  our  Cou:sciL  of  the  said  Province;  Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us.  our  Heirs,  and  Successors, 
do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects.  Inhab- 
itants of  Our  said  Province  of  Xeu-Hampshire,  and  Our  other 
Governments,  and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Xames 
are  entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into 
Seventy  Two  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate, 
lying  and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  Xew- Hampshire,  contain- 


SANDGATE. 


399 


ingby  Admeasurement,  Twenty  three  thousand  & forty  Acres,  which 
Tract  is  to  contain  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more ; out  of  which  an 
Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by 
Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres 
free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Gov- 
ernor’s Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto 
annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  follows,  Viz.  At  the  North  West 
Corner  of  Arlington  & from  thence  due  North  Six  Miles  thence  due 
East  Six  Miles  thence  due  South  Six  Miles  to  the  North  East 
Corner  of  Arlington  afore  Said  then  due  West  by  Arlington  afore 
Said  to  the  Bound  first  began  At — And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby 
is  Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the  Name  of  Sandgate  And  the 
Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are 
hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every 
the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our  Prov- 
ince by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy : And  further,  that  the  said  Town 
as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon, 
shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Tivo  Fairs,  one  of  which  shall  be 
held  on  the  And  the 

other  on  the  annually,  which 

Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Fami- 
lies, a Market  may  be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  *2-94 
each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabi- 
tants. Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers, 
agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on  the 
Second  Tuesday  in  September  Next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Noti- 
fied by  Robart  Boyes  Esq  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Mod- 
erator of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern 
agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province ; and  that 
the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  liereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers 
for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  annually, 

To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed, 
together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their 
respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  iq)()ii  the  following  Conditions, 
viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  ])lant  and  culti- 
vate live  Acres  of  Land  within  thed'erm  of  five  Years  for  every  lil’ty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Pro])ortion  of  Land  in  said 
d'ownship,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  addi- 
tional Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  f^orfeiture  of  his  Grant  or 
Share  in  the  said  d'ownship,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Fs,  our  Heirs 


400 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


and  Successors,  to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Sub- 
jects as  shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December,  1762 

V.  Ever}'  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December,,  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December^  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land;  which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth^ or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same ; and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Benning  We:xtwoeth  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
11^^  Day  of  August  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  one  And  in  the  First  year  of  Our  Reign ► 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’’^ 

Province  of  New  Hamp’’  August  the  11^^  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  under  the  Pro''  Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Se^^ 


SANDGATE. 


401 


*Tbe  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Sandgate  Viz  *2-95 


John  Park 
John  Gillmore 
Arthur  Archibald 
Peter  Cockran 
Andrew  ^Plame 
James  Adams 
Jon^  Gillmore 
William  Eger 
James  M^'Connel 
Killy  Blair 
Joseph  Cockran 
James  Stevenson 
Divid  Linne 
David  Cowden 
Robert  Gillmore 
William  Gilmore 
John  Blair 
Robert  Pebbles 
James  Xeily 
John  Morse 
Alexander  Todd 
Penning  AVentworth 


Moses  Barnard 
Henry  Erwin 
Joseph  AVough 
Thomas  Christee 
Hugh  Simle 
Robert  M^Niell 
eTohn  Clark 
James  Croze t 

i« 

Ephraim  Cowen 
Isaac  Hunter 
Thomas  Halbart 
Joseph  Steward 
Robert  McCullough 
Thomas  Cockran 
Daniel  ^PCullum 
James  Gilmore 
AA'illiam  Blair 
AA^illiam  Selfige 
SanJ^  Allison 
Andrew  Todd  Coll 
Joseph  Newmarch  Esq 
Henry  Slierburne  Esq 


Andrew  Boyd 
James  Boyse 
James  Cockran 
Jesse  Christee 
Alexand  Park 
John  Park 
Sam^^  Clark 
John  Halbert 
James  Cowen 
David  Slaruh 
George  Duncan 
Isaac  Stinson 
Robert  Cowen 
John  Hambleton 
Samuel  Crozet 
James  Dunlap 
Jon^^  Dickinson 
John  AA^ough 
Hugh  Ramsey 
Gregg  of  Londonderry 
Sampson  Sheaffe  Esq 
John  AA'entworth  Esq 


For  His  Excellency  Penning  AVentworth  Esq”"  A Tract  of  Land  to 
Contain  Five  Hundred  Acres  as  Alarked  B:  AV:  in  the  Plan  which  is 
to  be  Accounted  Two  of  the  within  Shares  One  whole  Share  for  the 
incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  foreign 
Parts  one  Share  for  A Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
establislied  One  whole  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Alinister  of  the  Gospel 
and  one  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  the  School  in  Said  Town — 


Province  of  New  Hanq/  August  11“*  1761 
Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’’^ 


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402 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


t/ut  iTusf  S.  » Z'?.  ' 


Province'of  New  Hamp'’  August  11“'  1761 
Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter 

Theodore  Atkinson  Se’^^ 


SHAFTSBURY. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire. 

GEORGE  THE  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  Kixg,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Plantation 
within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty  and 
Well-beloved  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and  Com- 
mander in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in  Neiv- 
Pngland^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province ; Have  upon  the 
Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and  granted, 
and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do  give  and 
grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabitants  of  Our 
said  Province  of  Neiv-Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Governments,  and  to 


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Shaftsbury 


SHAFTSBURY. 


403 


their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are  entred  on  this 
Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Sixty  Eight  equal 
Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situnte,  lying  and  being  within 
our  said  Province  of  New-Hampsliire^  containing  by  Admeasurement, 
Twenty  three  Thousand  & forty  Acres^  which  Tract  is  to  contain 
Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more ; out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be 
made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds, 
Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  accord- 
ing to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order, 
and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted 
and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  the  North  West  Corner  of 
Bennington  thence  Due  North  Six  Miles  to  the  South  West  Corner 
of  Arlington  thence  Due  East  Six  Miles  by  Arlington  Afore  Said  to 
the  South  East  Corner  thereof  thence  Due  South  Six  Miles  to  the 
North  East  Corner  of  Bennington  afore  Said  thence  due  West  to  the 
Bounds  first  Above  mentioned  And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is 
Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the  Name  of  Shaftsbury  And  the 
Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are 
hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every 
the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our  Prov- 
ince by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy:  And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as 
soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon, 
shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Two  Fairs.,  one  of  which  shall  be 
held  on  the 
And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty 
Families,  a Market  may  be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or  more  *2-122 
Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most  advanta- 
gious  to  the  Inliabitants.  Also,  that  tlie  first  Meeting  for  tlie 
Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province, 
shall  be  lield  on  tlie  Last  Tuesday  in  October  next  which  said 
Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  Elisha  Jones  Esq  wlio  is  hereby  also 
appointed  the  Moderator  of  tlie  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to 
Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said 
Province;  ami  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the 
Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second 
Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract 
of  Land  as  alxive  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and  Ajipur- 
tenances,  to  them  and  their  respective  Heii*s  and  Assigns  forever, 
ujion  the  following  (’onditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  cultivate 


404 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty  Acres 
contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said  Town- 
ship, and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in  the 
said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors, 
to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  L^se, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the  Right 
of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Success- 
ors, as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or  Acts  of 
Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  papng  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1762 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twenty- 
fifth  Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December^ 
which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling  Proclama- 
tion Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses, 
and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land ; 
which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their 
Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth.,  or  to  such 
Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same  ; and  tliis 
to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Province 
to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  BenjnTng  Wentworth,  Esq  ; Our 
Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the  Twenti- 
eth Day  of  August  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  one  And  in  the  First  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 


SHAFTSBURY. 


405 


By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Se’'^ 

Pro'^  N Hamp*"  August  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  under  the  Prov  Seal 

AttesP  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^^ 


4 *The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Shaftsbury 


*2-123 


John  Brown 
Elias  Willard 
Phinehas  Nash 
Joseph  Allen 
Thomas  Pior 
Mattice  Hoose 
Nath^^  Fellows 
Samuel  Cooper 
Ebenez’’  Baldwin 
Aaron  Jones 
John  iUirich 
Francis  Jones 
Isaac  Allen 
Nathan  Jones 
Josiah  Allen 
Daniel  Jones 
Samuel  Severns 
Ephraim  Jones 
Byfield  Loyd  Esq 


Jon*'^  Hindsdale 
John  Willow 
Moses  Old 
John  Taylor 
Henry  Burgart 
Joseph  Noble 
William  Kan  ad  v 

t/ 

Joseph  Pixley 
Aaron  Lomis 
Aaron  Sheldon 
Lemuel  Jones 
Elisha  Fullam 
Elisha  Jones 
Nathaniel  Allen 
Israel  Jones 
Icabod  Stanly 


Joseph  Bernard 
Benj^  Willard 
William  Pendall 
Asael  Duey 
Jonathan  Pixly 
Samuel  Lee 
John  Nellson 
Samuel  Dowey 
Cooper  Pixly 
Abraham  Jones 
Increase  Leadbetter 
Abraham  Jones 
Samuel  Woodward 
Elisha  Jones  JuiF 
Nath'*  Jenison 
Elias  Jones 
Thomas  Peirce 


Josiah  Jones 

Theodore  Atkinson  Esq  M*^  H®  Wentworth  Esq 
John  Tasker  Esq  Penning  Wentworth 
John  Wentworth  Esq  Wiseman  Claggit  Esq  Simeon  Jones 
Sam"  Wentworth  Boston  & Oliver  Warner 

His  Excellency  P>enning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  l^and  to  Con- 
tain five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marke  B : W : in  the  Plan  which  is  to  be 
Accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares  one  whole  Share  for  tlie  incor- 
porated Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  foreign  Parts 
one  Share  for  A Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law  Estab- 
lished One  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gos[>el  one 
Share  for  the  P>enefit  of  A School  in  Said  Town 


Prov®  of  New  Hamp’’  August  20“'  1761 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Orimnal  Charter  for  Shaftsburv 

O 

under  the  Prov**  Seal 

AttesP  Theodore  Atkirison  Sec'"^ 


406 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Province  of  New  Hamp”'  August  20 — 1761 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  for  Shaftsburj — 
under  the  Pro’^  Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^' 


SHARON. 


^2-117 


^Province  of  New-Hampshire. 


Sharon  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a JTeiv  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
New-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province;  Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors, 


SHARON. 


407 


do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhab- 
itants of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  and  Our  other 
Governments,  and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names 
are  entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into 
Sixty  Eight  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate, 
lying  and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  New-HampsMre^  con- 
taining by  Admeasurement  Twenty  Two  Thousand  Acres^  which 
Tract  is  to  contain  Something  Short  of  Six  Miles  square,  and  no 
more ; out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and 
unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One 
Thousand  and  PMrty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey 
thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the 
Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as 
follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  the  North  Westerly  Corner  of  Hartford 
thence  North  Sixty  Degrees  West  five  Miles  & one  half  Mile  by 
Pomfret  to  the  North  WesP‘y  Corner  thereof,  thence  North  fort}"  De- 
greest  East  Six  Miles  & one  Quarter  of  a Mile  Thence  South  fifty 
Seven  Degrees  East  Six  Miles  to  the  North  Westerly  Corner  of  Nor- 
which  thence  South  forty  five  Degrees  West  Six  Miles  by  Norwhich 
to  the  Bounds  first  above  Mentiond  And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby 
is  Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the  Name  of  Sharon  And  the 
Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are 
hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Iiititled  to  all  and 
every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our 
Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy:  And  further,  that  the  said 
Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled 
thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Two  Fairs.,  one  of  which- 
shall  be  held  on  the 
And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of 
Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be  ^opened  and  kept  *2-118 
one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most 
advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting 
for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said 
Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  first  Monday  in  September  Next  which 
said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  M*^  Benjamin  Spaulding  who  is  liere- 
by  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is 
to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said 
Province;  and  that  tlie  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the 
Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  'Fown,  shall  be  on  the  Second 
Tuesday  of  March  annually,  Fo  IIavk  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of 


408 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appurten- 
ances, to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon 
the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 

,the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Suc- 
cesors,  to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as 
shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
Deeemher  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1762 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  ^shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.,  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December.,  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land ; which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth^ or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same;  and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq ; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 


SHARON. 


409 


17^^^  Day  of  August  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thou- 
sand Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  one  And  in  the  First  Year  of  Our 
Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*^^ 

Province  of  New  Hamp^  August  17**^  1761 

Recorded  according  to  the  Original  Charter  of  Sharon  under  the 
Province  Seal 

AttesP  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 


*The  Names  of  the  Grantee  of  Sharon  Viz 


John  Taylor 
David  Spaulding 
Joseph  Kingsley 
Sam^^  Parkhurst  juiY 
Oliver  Love  joy 
Silas  Hutchens 
Tilly  Parkhurst 
Benjamin  Spaulding 
Joseph  Parkhurst  jun 
Philip  Spalding 
Luther  Cady 
Jacob  Sheapard 
Uriah  Mackey 
Samuel  Sheapard 
Seth  Dean 
Phineas  Parkhurst 
David  Sheapard 
Moses  Perkins 
James  How 
Sam])Son  Sheaffe  Esq 
Cap‘  Nath'  Dowse 


Isaac  Morgan 
Tim®  Spaulding  juiY 
Samuel  Wheeler 
Curtis  Spaulding 
William  Love  joy 
Joseph  Spaulding 
Joseph  Thornton 
David  Rowland 
Isaac  Wheeler 
Nath  a"  Wheeler 
William  Cady 
Daniel  Mackey 
Benj'^  Renalds 
Willard  Sheapard 
John  Parkhurst 
Eli])halet  Kimball 
Abijah  Ward 
John  Stevens 
Daniel  Coit 
Jn®  Downing  Es(| 
Benning  Wentworth 


*2-119 

Eleaz’^  Spaulding  jun^ 
Benj^  Wheeler 
Isaac  Sheapard 
Rich*^  Lovejoy 
Joseph  Parkhurst 
Joseph  Barret 
William  Kennady 
Timothy  Wheeler 
Robert  Miller 
Isaac  Wheeler  juiP 
Jonas  Sheapard 
Nathaniel  Mackey 
Jonathan  Parkhurst 
Joseph  Sheapard 
John  Parkhurst  jun*’ 
John  Nellson 
Josiah  Russell 
Isaac  Coit 
John  Nellson 
Daniel  Warner  Esq 


His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to 
Contain  Five  Hundred  Acres  as  marked  B W in  the  Plan  which 
is  to  be  Accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares  one  Share  for  the 
incorjK)rated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  foreign 
Parts  One  Share  for  A filebe  for  the  (Jiurch  of  England  as  by  Law 
Established  One  Share  for  tlie  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel 
one  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  A School  in  Said  J'own — 


410 


CHAKTER  RECORDS. 


Province  of  New  Hamp^  August  1761 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Sharon  under 
the  Province  Seal 

AttesP  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’’^ 


Province  of  New  Hamps^  August  17-1761 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Sharon  under 
the  Pro^  Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*^^ 


SHELBURNE. 

*3-18  ^Province  of  New-Hamnshire. 

A. 

Shelburne  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  Ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of* settling  a Neto  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  Netv-Hampshire^  in 


SHELBURNE. 


411 


New-England^  and  of  Our  Council  of  the  said  Province ; Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  Us,  Our  Heirs,  and  Succes- 
sors, do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects, 
Inhabitants  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  and  Our  other 
Governments,  and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names 
are  entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Sev- 
enty equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying 
and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  New- Hampshire^  containing  by 
Admeasurement,  23500  Acres^  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Something 
More  then  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more;  out  of  which  an  Allow- 
ance is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks, 
Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free, 
according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s 
Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed, 
butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  A Stake  & Stones 
Standing  on  the  Easterly  Shore  of  Lake  Champlain  which  is  the  North 
Westerly  Corner  Bounds  of  Charlotta  a Township  lately  Granted  in 
this  Province  and  from  thence  runing  East  Seven  Miles  Partly  by 
Charlotta  afore  Said  & Partly  by  Hindsburgh  to  a Stake  & Stones  in 
the  Northerly  Side  Line  of  Hindsburgh  from  thence  turning  off  & 
runing  North  Six  Miles  to  a Stake  & Stones  then  Turning  off  again 
& runing  West  about  Six  Miles  to  Lake  Champlain  then  runing 
Southerly  by  the  S‘^  Lake  as  that  runs  to  the  North  Westerly  Corner 
Bound  of  Charlotta  the  Bound  began  at — And  that  the  same  be 
and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the  Name  of  Shel- 
burne And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit 
the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with 
and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities 
that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and 
Pmjoy : And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall 

be  Fift}^  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty 
of  holding  two  Fairs.,  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Fam- 
ilies, a Market  may  be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  *3-19 
in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most  advantagious  to  the 
Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  tlie  Choice  of  Town 
Officers,  agreable  to  tlie  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on 
the  lliird  'I'liesday  in  September  Next  which  said  Aleeting  shall  l)e 
Notified  by  AP  .lesse  Hallock  who  is  hereby  also  apj)ointed  the 


412 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and 
Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province; 
and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of 
such  Officers  tor  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of 
March  annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as 
above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to 
them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  fol- 
lowing Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Success- 
ors,' to  be  by  Us  or  them  Re-granted  to  such  of  our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1763 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twent}^-fifth  Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December.,  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1773  One  shilling 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land;  which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth., or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 


SHELBURNE. 


413 


the  same;  and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Benning  Wentwokth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
Day  of  August  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  Three  And  in  the  Third  Year  of  Our 
Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

T Atkinson  Jun’^  Sec’^^ 

Prov®  New  Hamp’’  August  18-1763 

Recorded  according  to  the  original  Charter  under  the  Pro'^  Seal 

T Atkinson  JuiT  Sec’’^ 


*Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Shelburne  "^3-20 


Jesse  Hallock 
Richard  Gleason 
John  Bond  Jun’^ 
Samuel  Seabury 
James  Bradshaw 
David  Farris 
Silas  Mead 
William  Cornal 
Tideman  Hull 
Lewis  Cammell 
Thomas  Field 
John  Burling 
Isaac  Underhill 
Jonathan  Akin 
Elijah  Doty 
Benjamin  Ferris  jun*’ 
Samuel  Hight 
Joshua  Dakin 
Stephen  Field 
Joseph  Pearsall 
Jacob  Underhill 


Steward  Southgate 
Richard  Gleason  Juffi 
John  Potter 
Thomas  Darling 
Ebenezer  Sealy 
Joshua  Franklin 
Nathaniel  Potter  Juffi 
Peter  Totten 
Joseph  Hull 
Thomas  Hull 
Edward  Burling 
Ebenezer  Preston 
Zebu  Ion  Ferris 
Jeremiah  Griffin 
John  Hallock 
Samuel  Willis 
Gilbert  Totten 


John  Southgate 
Nathaniel  Potter 
Antipas  Earl 
Patridge  Thatcher 
Samuel  AVaters 
Thomas  Franklin  jun*" 
Robert  Southgate 
Benjamin  Clap 
Tideman  Hull  jun*" 
John  Cornal 
John  Cromwell 
Uriah  Field 
Daniel  Merrit 
Read  Ferris 
Benjamin  Ferris 
David  Akin 
Simon  Dakin 


John  Tliorn  jun*'  Flushing 
Nathaniel  Howland  Hadock  Bowne 
John  Akin  John  C’annon 

Hon'’’®  William  Temple  1 John  Fisher  Esq 
Theodore  Atkinson  > Esq" 

Mark  IP  Wentworth  \ 


For  Ids  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  to  Contain 
five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B W in  the  Plan  which  is  to  be 


414 


CHAliTEK  RECORDS. 


AccouDted  two  of  the  within  Shares — One  whole  Share  for  the  Incor- 
porated Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts 
— One  Share  for  the  Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Established — One  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel 
there. — & One  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  a School  in  said  Town  forever 

Pro^  New  Hamp’^^  August  18-1763 

Recorded  According  to  the  Back  of  the  original  Charter  of  Shel- 
burne und'^  the  Pro’^  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun*^  Sec*^^ 


Province  of  New  Hainp’’  August  18^^  1763 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  for  Shelburne 
under  the  Province  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun^  Sec^^ 


SHELDON. 


^3-42 


^Province  of  New-Hampshire. 


Hungerford  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  Kmo,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c. 

To  all  Persom  to  ivhom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  Ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 


SHELDON. 


415 


meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  b}*  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  in 
Neiv-England^  and  of  Our  Council  of  the  said  Province ; Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  Us,  Our  Heirs,  and  Successors, 
do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabi- 
tants of  Our  said  Province  of  Neiv-Hampshh'e^  and  Our  other  Gov- 
ernments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Seventy 
equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or 'Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and 
being  within  our  said  Province  of  New- Hampshire^  containing  by 
Admeasurement,  23040  Acres^  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Six  Miles 
square,  and  no  more ; out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for 
High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains 
and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan 
and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned 
into  the  Secretar3^’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded 
as  follows.  Viz.  P>egining  at  the  North  Easterly  Corner  of  Smithfield 
A Township  this  Day  granted  from  thence  runing  Westerly  by 
Smithfield  as  that  runs  to  the  North  Westerly  Corner  thereof  which 
is  also  the  South  Easterly  Corner  of  Highgate  then  Turning  off 
Northerly"  & runing  by  Highgate  afore  Said  as  that  runs  to  the  North 
Easterly  Corner  thereof  then  turning  off  Easterly  & runing  so  far  on 
a Parrallel  Line  with  the  Northerly  Side  Line  of  Smithfield  afore 
Said  as  that  a Streight  Line  drawn  from  that  Period  to  the  North 
Easter  Corner  Bound  of  Smithfield  afore  Said  (the  Bound  began  at) 
Shall  Include  the  Contents  of  Six  Miles  Square  And  that  the  same  be, 
and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the  Name  of  Hunger- 
ford  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said 
Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled 
to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other  Towns 
within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjo}"  : And  further,  that 
the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and 
settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  tivo  Fairs.,  one  of 
which  shall  be  held  on  the 
And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Fami- 
lies, a Market  may  be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  *3-43 
in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most  advantaginus  to  the 


416 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town 
Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on 
the  Day  of  Septemb’^  next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified 
by  Benj"^  Clapp  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the 
said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the 
Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province;  and  that  the  annual  Meet- 
ing for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said 
Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have 
and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together 
with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective 
Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Laud  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Success- 
sors,  to  be  by  Us  or  them  Re-granted  to  such  of  our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and 
among  the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said 
Township  as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked 
out  for  Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of 
the  Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof, 
the  Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1763 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.,  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December.,  which  will  be  in  the  Year. of  Our  Lord  1773  Oiie  shilling 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 


SHELDON. 


417 


said  Land;  which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth^ or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same ; and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  said  Province 
to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our 
Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the  18^^ 
Day  of  x^ugust  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  three  And  in  the  Third  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

T Atkinson  Juffi  Sec"'^ 


Pro'^  New  Hamp"^  August  18*^^  1763 

Recorded  according  to  the  Original  under  the  Prov®  Seal 

^ T Atkinson  Jun^  Sec^^ 

*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Hungerford  Viz  *3-44 


Samuel  Hungerford 
Rich^  Sutton 
John  Powell 
Silvan  us  Mead 
Eph"*  Mead  Seffi 
Benj^^  Mead  jun^ 
John  Hallock 
Joseph  Hiaght 
Cornelius  Steamood 
Charles  Green  Sen*' 
Sam“  Beacker  Jun*" 
Caleb  Sutten 
Uriah  Field 
Solomon  Right 
Robert  Feaild 
Philip  Allen  jun*' 
John  Clapp 
Henry  Allen 
Gilbird  Merrit 
Tho“  Northroup 


Benj^  Clapp 
Adam  Simons  juffi 
William  Wheeden 
Gideon  Mead 
William  Creaft 
Will'"  Mead 
Francis  Knash 
Ezekiel  Lockerd 
Silas  Mead  jun'^ 
Thomas  Peardey 
Joshua  Beacker 
Edward  Sutten 
John  Young 
James  Young 
Nehemiah  l^rown 
Elijah  Allen 
John  Horten  Palders 
Will'"  Ogden 
Alexander  Steward  jun 
Sam“  Waters 
riie  Hon^’*®  Nath“  BarreUh 

Hich“  Wibird  L,, 
Dan"  Warner  | 
and  Joseph  Newmarch  J 


Roger  Brown 
James  Anderson  Seffi 
Icabod  Ogden 
Silas  Mead 
David  Marshall 
Daniel  Ogden 
Joseph  Sutton  Sen'" 
William  Randel 
Titus  Mead 
Samuel  Beacker  SeiY 
Gilbird  Peardey 
Pell  Sutten 
Elisha  Young 
Abijah  Heaight 
Philip  Allen  Sen'' 
Richard  Allen 
John  Allen 
Caleb  Mead 
^Samuel  Waldo 
Sam"  Waters  jun'' 


sq' 


XXVII 


418 


CHARTER  RECOEI>S. 


For  His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  to  Contain 
Five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B W in  the  Plan  which  is  to  be 
accounted  two  of  thee  within  Shares  one  Whole  Share  for  the  Incor- 
porated Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  foreign  Parts 
one  Share  for  A Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law  Estab- 
lished one  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  in  Said 
Town  & one  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  A School  in  S*^  Town  forever 

Pro’^  of  New  Hamp''  August  18 — 1763 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Hungerford 
under  the  Prov'^®  Seal 

^ T Atkinson  Jun^  Sec'^^ 


y° 


<s- 


Province  of  New  Hamp*^  August  18^^  1763 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Hungerford 
under  the  Pro’^  Seal 

T Atkinson  JuiP  Sec”'^ 


SHERBURNE. 


419 


SHERBURNE. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire.  *2-33 

GEORGE  THE  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  ivliom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a Neiv  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
New-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province;  Have  upon 
the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do 
give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhab- 
itants of  Our  said  Province  of  Netv- Hampshire^  and  Our  other 
Governments,  and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names 
are  entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into 
Seventy  two  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate, 
lying  and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  New- Ramp  shir  e^  contain- 
ing by  Admeasurement,  twenty  four  Thousand  and  Six  Hund  and  forty 
Acres,  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Something  more  then  Six  Miles  square, 
and  no  more  ; out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways 
and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers, 
One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey 
thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the 
Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as 
follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  the  Northwest  Corner  of  Saltash  from  thence 
North  Sixty  two  degrees  west  five  miles  and  one  half  mile  from  thence 
North  Twenty  Eight  degrees  East  Seven  miles,  from  Thence  South 
Sixty  two  degrees  East  five  miles  and  one  half  mile  from  Thence 
South  twepty  Eight  Degrees  West  Seven  miles  to  the  first 
Mentioned  Bounds — And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated 
into  a Township  by  the  Name  of  Killington  And  the  Inhabitants  that 
do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared 
to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges 
and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law 
Exercise  and  Enjoy : And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as 


Killington 


420 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have 
the  Liberty  of  holding  Two  Fairs^  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the 
annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue 
longer  than  the  respective  following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall 
^2-34  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be  ^'opened  and 
kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought 
most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting 
for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said 
Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  first  Tuesday  in  September  Next 
which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  Benjamin  Ellery  wdio  is 
hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which 
he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of 
Our  said  Province;  and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter 
for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the 
Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said 
Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and 
Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  for- 
ever, upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Lis,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so 
doing  first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of 
the  Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs 
and  Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the^said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 


SHERBURNE. 


421 


December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1762 

Y.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forevej’, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twent}'-fifth  Day  of  December^  namely,  on  tlie  twentj-fifth  Day  of 
December^  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land;  which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth., or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same ; and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Kents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Bennjng  Wentworth,  Esq; 

• Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
Seventh  Day  of  July  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  one  And  in  the  firs  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*"^' 

Prov*^  New  Hamp^  July  the  7‘^  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  under  the  Province  Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec'^^ 


*Tlie  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Killington  *2-35 


Samuel  Yeates 
Ashbil  Stiles 
Benjamin  Church 
Josej)h  Will)our 
Alexander  Bradford 
Samuel  Boui-s 
Daniel  Hindge 
Daniel  Wentworth 
Thomas  Phips  Darrell 
Benjamin  Ellery 
JerenJ'  IMiilips 
John  Heath 
John  h higg  Jun*' 
Josiah  Brown 
Nath'  Peirce  Escj 


Zephaniah  Heath  Is 
Jonathan  Otis 
Archil/'  Campbill 
Jonathan  Simmans 
Joseph  Crandall 
Pollipus  Hammond 
Richard  Nason 
Jonathan  Heath  Jun*' 
John  Treby 
Isaac  Daton 
Edward  Simmans 
Jonathan  Heath 
Rol)ert  Elliott 
Jolin  Rindge 
Jolm  Downing 


1C  Stiles  of  New  Haven 
Edw‘'  Upham 
Cornelious  Dillingham 
Caleb  Jaffrees 
Peter  Bours 
David  Heald 
James  Stoodley 
Urial  I.«yon 
Natli'  Russell 
John  Starnes 
Joshua  Pauld 
Charles  Church 
(diristopher  Ellery 
Iiphr‘  Dinneck 
Joseph  Heath  Jun'" 


422 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Ezra  Stiles 
Abraham  Demies 
Elijah  Weeden 
J.acob  Stockman 
John  Landers 
Ichibod  How 
John  Dinneck 


James  Wesgates 
Benjamin  Sherburne 
John  Bull 
Uziah  Wilbur 
John  Had  wen 
Samuel  Gibson 
Daniel  Peirce  Esq  & 


Robert  Stevenes 
Joseph  Howland 
John  Pitman 
William  James 
John  Boures 
William  Earl  Treadwell 
Sampson  Sheaf  Esq 


For  his  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  A Tract  of  Land  Con- 
taining five  Hundred  Acres  as  marked  in  the  Plan  B W which  is  to 
be  Accounted  Two  of  the  within  Shares  One  whole  Share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  Propagating  the  Gospel  in  forreign  Parts 
one  share  for  the  first  Settled  minister  of  the  Gosple  one  Share  for 
the  Benefit  of  a School  in  Said  Town  one  Whole  Share  for  a Greab 
for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law  Established 


Province  of  New  Hamp’^  1761 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal 


Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’'^ 


Province  of  New  Hamp’^  July  7‘^  1761 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  original  Charter  under  the  Prov® 
Seal 


Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’^^ 


gHOREHAM. 


423 


SHOREHAM. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire.  *2—233 

Shoreliam  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Pe7'Sons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a Neiv  Plantation 
within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty  and 
Well-beloved  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and  Com- 
mander in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in  New- 
England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province ; Have  upon  the 
Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and  granted, 
and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do  give 
and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabitants  of 
Our  said  Province  of  New-IIarwpshire^  and  Our  other  Governments, 
and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are  entred  on 
this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Seventy  equal 
Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and  being 
within  our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  containing  by  Admeasure- 
ment, Twenty  Five  Thousand  Acres^  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Some- 
tliing  more  than  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more  ; out  of  which  an  Allow- 
ance is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks, 
Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free, 
according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s 
Order,  and  returned  into  tlie  Secretary’s  Office,  and  liereunto  annexed, 
butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  a Tree  iVIarked 
Standing  by  the  Water  Side  of  the  Wood  Creek  so  called  (on  an  East 
Point  from  Ticonderoga  Fort  from  thence  Riming  East  Seven  Miles, 
tlien  liegiiiing  again  at  tlie  aforesaid  dTee  by  the  Wood  Creek  tlience 
Riming  Nortlierly  liy  the  Water  of  tlie  Wood  Creek  or  bay  so  far  as 
to  make  up  Six  Miles  on  a Straight  f>ine  from  thence  east  Seven 
Miles  & from  thence  Southerly  to  the  End  of  the  vSeven  Miles  from 
the  bounds  liegun  at — And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated 
into  a Township  by  the  Name  of  Shoreliam  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do 
or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  liereby  declared  to  l>e 
Enfmnehized  with  and  Inti  tied  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and 
Immunities  that  other  'Fowns  within  ( )ur  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and 
Enjoy  : And  further,  that  the  said  'Fown  jus  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty 


424 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding 
Two  Fairs^  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the  annually,  which  Fairs  are 

not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said  and  that  as  soon 

as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market 
*2-234  may  be  * opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week, 
as  may  be  thought  most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants. 
Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable 
to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  Second  Tues- 
day in  January  next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  Gardner 
Chandler  Esq : who  is  hereby  also  Appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said 
first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the 
Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province  ; and  that  the  annual  Meeting 
for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town, 
shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have  and  to 
Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all 
Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and 
Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  cultivate 
five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty  Acres 
contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said  Town- 
ship, and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or  Acts 
of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  De- 
cember annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  fii’St  Payment  to  be  made 
on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1762 


SHOKEHAM. 


425 


V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay  un- 
to Us,  our  Pleirs  and  Successors  yearl}^  and  every  Year  forever,  from 
and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twenty-fifth 
Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December^  which 
will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  Mlling  Proclamation 
Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses,  and 
so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land ; which 
Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their  Heirs 
or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth^  or  to  such  Officer 
or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same;  and  this  to  be 
in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Province 
to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq ; Our 
Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the  Day 
of  October  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand  Seven 
Hundred  and  Sixty  One  And  in  the  First  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*'^ 

Province  of  New  Hamps''  Octo^  9.  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Origional  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal 

^ Theodore  Atkinson  Sec”"^ 


*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Shoreham  (VizO  *2-235 


John  Cliandler  Esq 
Zerubabell  Snow 
Eph'"  Doolittle 
Jacob  Hemingway 
Ruben  Rice 
Elijah  Morton 
James  Forbus 
Asa  Moore 
John  M'Crackin 
Thomas  Wheeler 
Cha"  Richardson 
Sam*  Brooks 
John  Goddard  JuiU 
Jon*  Perry 
Tim  o’"  Pain 
4'hoinas  Brown 
Cornelius  Culnon 


John  Chandler  J*"  Esq 
John  Knajj 
Ebenezer  Warren 
Robert  Gray  Jun'^ 
Jon*  Morton  Jun*' 
Sam*  Smith 
James  Forbus  JurU 
Jabez  Sergeant 
Thadeus  Bigelow 
Matthew  Gray 
Enoch  Cook 
Cornelius  Stowell 
Sam*  Goddard 
Daniel  Ward 
John  Waters 
Absolem  Rice 
Jonatlian  Stone 


Gardener  Chandler  Esq 
Samuel  Chandler 
Daniel  Boyden 
Silas  Harthorne 
Joshua  Dickinson 
David  Morton 
Jonathan  Gales 
John  Marsh 
Philip  Roberts 
Will"'  Kennedy 
P>enj*  Flagge 
John  Goddard 
rioseph  Perry 
Jabez  Swan 
Sam*  Curtis 
Joseph  Chirtis 
Jonas  Nutton 


426 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Eben’’  Stearns  JiiiE 
WilE^  Ward 
Dan^  Warner  Esq 
William  White 


Francis  Harington  Eprhaim  Stearns 

Will"'  Jenison  Stearns  Ephra"'  Curtis 

Richard  Wibird  Esq  Dan^  Tilton 

Jonathan  Tilton  John  White  & 

Caleb  Tilton — 


His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain Five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B-W-  in  the  Plan  which  is  to 
be  Accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares,  One  Share  for  the  Incorpo- 
rated Society  for  the  Propogation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts, 
One  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law  Estab- 
lished, One  Share  for  the  First  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel,  & 
One  Share  for  the  benefit  of  a School  in  said  Town — 


Province  of  New  Hamps'^  Octo''  9.  1761 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  for  Shoreham 
under  the  Province  Seal 

Attested  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec'’^ 


Province  of  New  Hampsh''  Octo'’  9.  1761 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  of  Shoreham 
under  the  Province  Seal 


Theodore  Atkinson  Sec'’^ 


SHREWSBURY. 


427 


SHREWSBURY. 


Shrewsbury 


'Province  of  New-Hampshire. 
GEORGE  THE  Third, 


^2-161 


p s- 


By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  lo  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a Neiv  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
New- England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province;  Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do 
give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabi- 
tants of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Gov- 
ernments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Seventy 
equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and 
being  within  our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  containing  by 
Admeasurement,  about  Twenty  Four  thousand  Acres^  which  Tract  is 
to  contain  Something  more  than  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more;  out 
of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  Highways  and  unimprova- 
ble Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand 
and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made 
b}’  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s 
Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz. 
P>egining  at  the  South  Westerly  Corner  of  Saltash  from  thence  North 
Seventeen  Degrees  East  Six  Miles  by  Saltash  thence  West  live 
Degrees  North  Seven  Miles  & one  Quarter  of  A Mile  thence  South 
five  degrees  West  Six  Miles  thence  East  five  Degrees  South  to  the 
Corner  of  Saltash  being  the  Bounds  first  Above  mentioned — And  that 
tlie  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  ad’ownshipby  the  Name 
of  Shrewsbury  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit 
tlie  said  Township,  are  hereb}"  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and 
Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other 
'Fowns  within  Our  Province  by  Law’  Exercise  and  Enjoy:  And  further, 
that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  I'hfly  Families  resident 


428 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Two  Fairs^  one 
of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the  annually,  which 

Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said  and  that  as  soon 

as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market 
*2-162  may  be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week, 
as  may  be  thought  most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants. 
Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable 
to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province  shall  be  held  on  the  First  Wednes- 
day in  October  Next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  byM^  Samuel 
Ashley  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first 
Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and 
Customs  of  Our  said  Province;  and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever 
hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be 
on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the 
said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges 
and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns 
forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every 
fifty  Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land 
in  said  Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by 
additional  Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or 
Share  in  the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs 
and  Successors,  to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Sub- 
jects as  shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Town- 
ship, fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that 
Use,  and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so 
doing  first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of 
the  Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs 
and  Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act 
or  Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Township 
as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for  Town 
Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the  Contents 
of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty -fifth  Day  of  December.  1762 


SHREWSBURY. 


429 


V.  Evrery  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay  unto 
Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever,  from 
and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twenty- 
fifth  Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December^ 
which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling  Proclama- 
tion Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses, 
and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land  ; 
which  IMoney  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their 
Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth,  or  to  such 
Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same ; and  this 
to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said 
Province  to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Benntng  Wentworth, 
Esq  ; Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province, 
the  Da}"  of  SeptemV  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thous- 
and Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  one  And  in  the  first  Year  of  Our 
Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Athinson  Sec*"^ 

Province  of  New  Hamp’’  Septemb’'  4 1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  under  the  Pro"^  Seal 

AttesP  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 


*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Shrewsbury  *2-163 


Samuel  Ashley 
Joseph  Ellis 
Nathaniel  Heaton 
Benj**  Melvin  jun*’ 
Isaac  Savage 
Ebenez''  Foster 
Abijah  Willard 
Elijah  Grout 
Israel  Dickinson 
Moses  Milvin 
Sam“  Greely  Jun*' 
Josef)h  Lord 
William  Smeed 
Pliinehas  Stevens 
Henry  Foster 
Dunk  Campbell 
Simon  Stevens 


John  Wheeler 
Gideon  Ellis 
Joseph  Wood 
Elijah  Alexander 
Abraham  Savage 
Beriah  Ward 
Abel  Willard 
Joel  Grout 
Ruben  Beldwin 
Gideon  Ashly 
Jon‘‘  Hubbard 
Joseph  Lord  jurU 
Jonathan  JJjayer 
Nathan  Willard 
William  Frink 
Josenh  Stone 
Jason  Stone 


Joel  Wheeler 
William  Heaton 
Elijah  Dodge 
James  Black 
William  English 
Thomas  Beman 
Sam^‘  Stevens 
Elijah  Dickinson 
Elijah  Dodge  Jun'' 
Sam"  Greely 
Elisha  Marsh 
Jonathan  Ham’ond 
Robert  Harris 
Lew  Willard 
James  Putnam 
Jose))h  Stone  juiU 
M OSes  Wright 


430 


CHAKTEK  RECORDS. 


Jonathan  Ashly 
John  Downing  Esq 
Jon^  Houghton 
SanJ^  Ashly  Jun*^ 


Phinehas  Wait  jun''  Davis  Hawlett 
Joseph  Newmarch  Esq  Joseph  Ham’ond 
George  Watkins  Penning  Wentworth 

Ezra  Carpenter  Clement  Sumner  & 

Sam^^  Frink 

His  Excellency  Penning  Wentworth  Esq  A Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain Five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  in  the  Plan  P:  W:  which  is  to 
be  accounted  Two  of  the  within  Shares  one  whole  Share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign 
Parts  one  Share  for  A Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Established  one  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  and 
one  Share  for  the  Penefit  of  A School  in  Said  Town 


Province  of  New  Hamp^  September  4^^  1761 — 

Recorded  from  the  Pack  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Shrewsbury 
under  the  Province  Seal 

AttesP  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 


Province  of  New  Hamp’^  Septemb’^  4^^  1761 

Recorded  from  the  Pack  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Shrewsbury 
under  the  Province  Seal 


Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’’^ 


SOMERSET. 


431 


SOMERSET. 


^Province  of  New  Hampshire.  *2-173 

Somersett  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and  Ire- 
land King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a Neiv  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Bending  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
New-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province ; Have 
upon  the  Conditions  aiid  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  ns,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors, 
do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabi- 
tants of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Kam^pshire^  and  Our  other  Gov- 
ernments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Sixty 
Eight  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying 
and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  containing 
by  Admeasurement,  Twenty  three  thousand  & forty  Acres^  which 
Tract  is  to  contain  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more;  out  of  which  an 
Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by 
Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres 
free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Gov- 
ernor’s Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Ollice,  and  hereunto 
annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  the 
South  East  Corner  of  Glossenbury  thence  due  North  Six  Miles  by 
Glossenbury  afore  Said  to  the  South  West  Corner  of  Stratton  thence 
Due  East  Six  Miles  to  the  South  East  Corner  of  Stratton  then  Due 
South  Six  Miles  thence  Due  West  Six  Miles  to  the  South  East  Cor- 
ner of  Glossenbury  the  Bound  iirst  above  mentioned — And  that  the 
same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a d'ownship  by  the  Name  of 
Somersett  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the 
said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and 
Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other 
d'owns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy:  And 


432 


CHAETER  RECORDS. 


further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families 
resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Two 
Fairs,  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the  annually,  which 

Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Fam- 
*2-174  ilies,  a Market  may  be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days 
ill  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most  advautagious  to  the 
Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town 
Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on 
the  Second  Wednesday  of  October  next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be 
Notified  by  Thomas  Denny  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator 
of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agrea- 
ble to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province ; and  that  the 
annual  Meeting  forever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for 
the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually. 
To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed, 
together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their 
respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions, 
viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Success- 
ors, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

H.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Ro3’al  Na\\v,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof, 


SOMEESET. 


433 


the  Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be  made 
on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1762 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay  unto 
Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  j^early,  and  every  Year  forever,  from 
and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twenty-fifth 
Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.^  which 
will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling  Proclamation 
Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses,  and 
so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land ; 
which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid, 
their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth.,  or  to 
such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same; 
and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
Ninth  Day  of  September  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thou- 
sand Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  One  And  in  the  First  Year  of  Our 
Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec'^y 

Province  of  New  Hamp*"  Septemb''  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^ 

*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Somerset  *2-175 


Thomas  Denny 
Jonathan  Nail 
Nathan  Serpent 

O 

Peris  Rice 
El>enezer  Fisk 
\ Jonjis  Fay 
' Soloman  Green 
John  Houghton 
Elijah  Williams 
Samuel  Trask 
Jonathan  Sibly 
Phinelais  Jones 


David  Hall 
Daniel  Tenory 
Joseph  Chaplin 
Timothy  Niii-se 
Jacob  Fisk 
Samuel  Rugles 
John  Moffatt 
Neliemiah  Wright 
John  Bird 
Amos  Putnam 
Johnson  Walter 
Robert  Henry 


Henry  King 
Noah  Jones 
Asa  Stores 
Samuel  Robinson 
Andrew  Haskil 
John  Haskil 
John  Bearmon 
Daniel  Jones 
Elisha  Goddard 
Jonathan  Watei*s  JuiF 
A hi  jail  Jhicker 
Mattliew  Westson 


XXVI  II 


434 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Bartholomew  Woodbury  Benj"^  Levinston 


Ebenezer  Chaplain 
Judah  Moor 
William  Honshard 
Wilder  Willard 
John  Putman 
Daniel  Watson 
Ephraim  Bice 
Sampson  Sheaf  Esq^' 


John  Fletcher 
Moses  Gelt 
Seth  Washmore 
Ichabod  Odel 
Elijah  Dickinson 
Willard  Stevens 
Bichard  Dodge 
John  Downing  Esq’^ 


Samuel  Deaney 
Jonathan  Stone 
Benj^  Sanderson 
Joseph  Plummer 
James  Taylor 
Obediah  Dickinson 
Moses  Singletary 
Thomas  Beard 


His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq^  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain Five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  in  the  Plan  B-  W-  which  is  to 
be  Accounted  Two  of  the  within  Shares,  One  whole  Share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  foreign 
Parts,  One  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Established.  One  Share  for  the  first  settled  Minister  of  the  Gospell,  & 
One  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  a School  in  said  Town — 


Province  of  New  Hamps'^  Sep’^  9.  1761 

Becorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  for  Somerset 
under  the  Province  seal — 

Attested  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’’^ 


SPEINGFIELD. 


435 


Province  of  New  Hampshire  SepP  9 1761 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  original  Charter  of  Somersett  under 
the  Province  Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 


Springfield 


SPRINGFIELD. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire. 
GEORGE  THE  Third, 


*2-133 


By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  Franee  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  tvJiom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Plantation 
within  our  said  Province,  hy  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty  and 
Well-beloved  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Provinee  of  New-Ha3IPSHIRE  in 
Netv-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province  ; Have  upon 
the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and  granted, 
and  hy  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Suceessors,  do  give  and 
grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabitants  of  Our 
said  Province  of  Neiv- Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Governments,  and  to 
their  Heii*s  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are  entred  on  this 
Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Sixty  Eight  equal 
Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and  being  within 
our  said  Province  of  Neiv-IIampshire^  containing  by  Admeasurement, 
About  Twenty  five  Thousand  Aeres^  whieh  I'ract  is  to  contain 
Something  more  than  Six  iNIiles  square,  and  no  more ; out  of 
which  an  Allowance  is  to  ]je  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable 
Lands  l)y  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Tliousand  and 
Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by 
Our  said  Ciovernor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  tlie  Secretary’s  Oflice, 
and  liereunto  annexed,  Initted  and  ])ounded  as  follows,  Viz.  Begining 
at  the  North  Easterly  Corner  of  Rockingham  at  A Stake  A Stones 
near  the  Bank  of  Connecticut  River  in  Hickup  Meadow  So  called 
thence  Fp  that  river  Notherly  as  the  river  runs  til  it  comes  Opposite 
to  the  North  Westerly  Corner  of  Charlestown  thence  North  Seventy 
Eight  degrees  West  Six  Miles  then  South  About  d’wenty  Nine  degrees 
West  to  the  North  West  Corner  of  Pockingham  thence  Easterly  by 
Rockingham  to  the  fn*st  Bounds  Mentioned — And  that  the  same  be, 


436 


CHAETER  RECORDS. 


and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the  Name  of  Springfield 
And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Toavii- 
ship,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  wdth  and  Intitled  to  all 
and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within 
Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy:  And  further,  that  the 
said  Town,  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  set- 
tled thereon  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Two  Fairs^  one  of 
which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the  annually,  which 

Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said  and  that 

as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families, 
*2-134  a Market  maybe  * opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in 
each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most  advantagious  to  the 
Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town 
Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on 
the  Second  Tuesday  in  October  next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Not- 
ified by  Gideon  Lyman  Esq  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  IModerator 
of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to 
the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province ; and  that  the  annual 
Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said 
Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have 
and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together 
with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective 
Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  cultivate 
five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty  Acres 
contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said  Town- 
ship, and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in  the 
said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors, 
to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the  Right 
of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors, as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or  Acts  of 
Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  I^and  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 


SPRINGFIELD. 


437 


Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  he  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the  Rent 
of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December 
annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be  made  on  the 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1762 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay  unto 
Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever,  from  and 
after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twenty-fifth  Day 
of  December.,  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.,  which  will 
be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling  Proclamation  Money 
for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses,  and  so  in 
Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land  ; which  Money 
shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or 
Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth.,  or  to  such  Officer  or 
Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same ; and  this  to  be 
in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Province 
to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our 
Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the  20*"^ 
Day  of  August  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand  Seven 
Hundred  and  Sixty  one  And  in  the  First  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 

Province  of  New  Hamp*'  August  20“‘  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  under  the  Province  Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*^^ 


*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Springfield  Viz — *2-135 


Gideon  Lyman  Esq 
Gideon  Lyman  juifi 
Caleb  Lyman 
Ebenez^  Sheldon 
Sam“  Parsons 
Ruben  Coats 
Stephen  Ihunroy 
Col : Seth  Pomroy 
Selah  Wright 
Elijali  Lyrnan 
Daniel  (Haves 


Simeon  Parson 
John  Phelps  Chaplen 
Aaron  Wright 
Oliver  Lyman 
Naomi  Lyman 
Seth  Clark 
Eleaz*"  Root 
Sain‘d  Bankcroft 
JoiP  Stronjj 
William  Kenady 
Gideon  Lyman  Es([ 


Phineas  Lyman 
Phineas  Lyman  Esq 
Simeon  Person 
Nath“  Fellows 
Med  ad  Olvard 
Oliver  Thomas 
Thomas  (^uiner 
John  Burt  juifi 
Selah  Wright 
Israel  Lyman 
Elijah  Lyman 


438 


CHAKTER  RECORDS. 


Josiah  Peirce 
Elias  Lyman 
John  Lyman  jun’^ 

Cap‘  James  Lyman 
Gideon  Lyman  Esq 
Cap*  John  Lyman 
Elij^  Lyman 
Joseph  Newmarch  Esq 
Hunking  Wentworth 
Henry  Hilton  & 


Eph™  Wright 
Elias  Lyman  jun^ 
Brig’^  Tim®  Ruggles 
Stephen  Root 
John  Nellson 
Nath**  Phelps 
DocP  Sam**  Mather 
Benning  Wentworth 
James  Apthorp 
Sara**  Wentworth  E 


Benj'^  Parsons 
Gadd  Lyman 
Joseph  Little 
Nath**  Day 
Rich^*  Cutt  Esq 
Sam**  Marshal 
Theodore  Atkinson  Esq 
John  Wentworth  Esq 
John  Gould  juiT 
of  Boston 


One  Tract  of  Land  to  Contain  five  hundred  Acres  for  his  Excel- 
lency Benning  Wentworth  Esq  as  Marked  on  the  Plan  B:  W:  which 
is  to  be  Accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares  one  whole  Share  for 
the  Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in 
foreign  Parts  one  Share  for  A Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as 
by  Law  Established  one  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the 
Gospel  one  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  A School  in  Said  Town — 


Province  of  New  Hamp’^  August  20  1761 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Springfield 
under  the  Pro'^  Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’'^ 


Province  of  New  Hamp’^  August  20**^  1761 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  original  Charter  of  Springfield 
under  the  Pro^  Seal  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’^^ 


ST.  ALBANS. 


439 


ST.  ALBANS. 


S‘  Albans 


^Province  of  New-Hampshire. 
GEORGE  THE  Third, 


*3-6 


i 

1 


L S 


By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 


Know  Ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a Neiv  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq ; Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  Netv-Hampshire^  in 
Ne^v- England^  and  of  Our  Council  of  the  said  Province;  Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  Us,  Our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do 
give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabi- 
tants of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire,  and  Our  other  Gov- 
ernments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into 
Seventy  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate, 
lying  and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  JVew- Hampshire^  con- 
taining by  Admeasurement,  Twenty  Three  Thousand  & Forty  Acres^ 
which  Tract  is  to  contain  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more;  out  of 
which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable 
Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and 
Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by 
Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office, 
and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begin- 
ing  at  the  North  Easterly  Corner  of  Georgia  a Town  this  Day 
Granted  which  Lays  on  the  Easterly  Side  of  Lake  Champlain  from 
thence  Runing  Westerly  by  (Georgia  Line  to  Lake  Chamj)lain  then 
Turning  off  Northerly  & Runing  by  the  Shores  of  said  Lake  to  a 
Stake  A Stones  by  tlie  Side  of  tlie  Lake  at  Six  Miles  Distance  on  a 
Streight  Line  from  the  North  Westerly  Corner  of  (leorgia  aforesaid 
then  Turning  off  Easterly  & Runing  on  a Parrellell  Line  witli  the 
Northerly  Side  Line  of  said  (ieorgia  so  far  as  that  a Streiglit  Line 
drawn  to  the  North  Faster!}’  (,’orner  of  Georgia  aforesaid  the  Bounds 
began  at  Shall  make  A Include  y**  Contents  Six  Miles  S([uare  And  that 
the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a d’ownship  by  the  Name 
of  S^  Albans  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  herealter  inhabit  the 


440 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Inti- 
tled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other 
Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy : And 
further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families 
resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  two 
Fairs,  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the  annually,  which  Fairs  are 

not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said  and  that  as 

soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a 
*3-7  Market  may  be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each 
Week,  as  may  be  thought  most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants. 
Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable 
to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  Second  Tuesda}^ 
of  September  Next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  Doctor 
Thomas  Williams  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the 
said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the 
Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province;  and  that  the  annual  Meeting 
for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town, 
shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have  and  to 
Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all 
Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs 
and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every 
fifty  Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in 
said  Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  addi- 
tional Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or 
Share  in  the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  to  be  by  Us  or  them  Re-granted  to  such  of  our  Subjects 
as  shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Township 
as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 


ST.  ALBANS. 


441 


IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1763 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twenty- 
fifth  Day  of  December.,  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December^ 
which  wiil  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1773  One  shilling  Proclama- 
tion Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses, 
and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land  ; 
which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their 
Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth^  or  to  such 
Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same  ; and 
this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
17‘*^  Day  of  August  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  63  And  in  the  3'^  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

T Atkinson  Jun*'  Sec’'^ 


Pro^  of  New  Hamp'^  August  17  1763 

Recorded  according  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Prov®  Seal 

T Atkinson  JuiT  Sec*"^ 


*Names  of  the  Grantees  of  S‘  Albans  (Viz)  *3-8 


Stephen  Pomroy 
Lemuel  Stoughton 
Jonathan  Hunt 
Nathaniel  Stoughton 
Hemon  Pomroy 
Medad  Pomroy 
John  Hunt  jun’’ 
George  Field 
I'homas  Williams 
Thomas  Williams  jun'' 
Joseph  Burt 
John  Hastings 
Samutd  Hunt 


Elijah  Hunt 
Solomon  Elsworth 
Simeon  Omsted 
John  Hubbard 
Joel  Hunt 
Elisha  Hunt 
Caleb  Strong  juiF 
John  Genison 
Silas  Haml)leton 
Samuel  Smith 
Aaron  Smith 
John  Gentle 
Shainmah  Pomroy 


Joseph  Hunt 
Ebenezer  Harvey 
Fredrick  Elsworth 
Jonathan  Hunt  juiP 
Phillip  Safford 
Ebenezer  Pomroy  jun*^ 
Seth  Field 
Samuel  Field 
Arad  Hunt 
Aaron  Burt 
Willard  Stevens 
Peter  Stanley 
Lemuel  Pomroy 


442 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Joseph  Ashley 
Fellows  Beldings 
Josiah  Foster 
Rufus  Harvey 
Napha  Freeman 
Hon^^^  John  Temple 
William  Temple 
John  Nelson 


Joseph  Stebbins 
John  Clary 
Bread  Batcheldor 
James  Robinson 
John  Hubbard 
John  Fisher  Esq 


Daniel  Jones 
Abner  Cooley 
Caleb  Strong 
Richard  Montague 
Oliver  Cooley 
Paul  March 


Esq’’®  William  Earl  Treadwell 
Ebenezer  Alexander  Reuben  Alexander 


Asa  Alexander  and  The  Hon^^®  James  Nevin  Esq^ 


His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B W in  the  Plan  which  is  to  be 
Accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares — One  whole  Share  for  the  Incor- 
porated Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Forreign  Parts — 
One  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law  Estab- 
lished— One  Share  for  the  First  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  in  said 
Town  & One  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  a School  forever — 


Pro^  New  Hamp^  August  17  1763 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Original  Charter  S‘  Albans  under 
the  Pro^  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun’^  Sec"^^' 


Pro^  New  Hamp’^  August  17  1763 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  S*^  Abans 
under  the  Pro''  Seal 


T Atkinson  Jun’'  Sec^^ 


ST.  GEORGE. 


443 


ST.  GEORGE. 

• ^Province  of  New-Hampshire.  *3-22 

S‘  George  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britaiii,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  Ye.  that  We  of  Onr  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a JSfeiv  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  in 
New-England^  and  of  Our  Council  of  the  said  Province  ; Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  Cs,  Our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do 
give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabitants 
of  Our  said  Province  of  New- Hanw shir e^  and  Our  other  Govern- 
ments,  and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are  entred 
on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Seventy 
equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and 
being  within  our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  containing  by 
Admeasurement,  23040  Acres^  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Six  Miles 
square,  and  no  more ; out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for 
High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains 
and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan 
and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and 
returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted 
and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  the  South  East  Corner  of 
Shelburne  a Township  this  Day  Granted  being  a Stake  & Stones  in 
the  Northerly  side  of  Hindsburg  & from  thence  Runing  East  Six 
Miles  to  a stake  & Stones;  thence  Turning  off  & Runing  North  six 
Miles  to  a Stake  & stones  then  turning  off  & Runing  West  six  Miles 
to  the  North  Easterly  Corner  of  Shelburne  aforesaid  then  Runing 
South  six  Miles  by  Shelburne  aforesaid  to  tlie  South  Easterly  C’orner 
thereof  the  Bounds  began  at  And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is 
Incorporated  into  a Townshij)  by  the  Name  of  S‘  George  And  the 
Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are 
hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every 
the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other  4V)wns  within  Our  Prov- 


I 


444  CHARTER  RECORDS. 

ince  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy:  And  further,  that  the  said  Town 
as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon, 
shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  two  Fairs^  one  of  which  shall  be 
held  on  the  And  the 

other  on  the  annually,  which 

Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty 
*3-23  Families,  a Market  may  be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or 
more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most  advanta- 
gious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice 
of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be 
held  on  the  Third  Wednesday  in  September  Next  which  said  Meet- 
ing shall  be  Notified  by  M^  Jesse  Hallock  who  is  hereby  also  appointed 
the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and 
Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province;  and 
that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such 
Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March 
annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above 
expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them 
and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following 
Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Success- 
ors, to  be  by  Us  or  them  Re-granted  to  such  of  our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being,  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 


ST.  GEORGE. 


445 


for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1763 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
tw'enty-fifth  Day  of  December.,  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December.,  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1773  One  shilling 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land;  which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth., or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same ; and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
iuce  to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
18*^^  Day  of  August  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  63  And  in  the  3'^  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

T Atkinson  Jun’’  Sec^'^ 

Prov®  of  New  Hamp’’  August  1763 

Recorded  According  to  the  original  Charter  under  the  Province  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun''  Sec*’^ 


*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  St  George  (Viz)  *3-24 


Jesse  Hallock 
John  Farmer 
Peter  Farmer 
William  Ellison 
Isaac  Sears 

Joseph  Sackett  Doctor 
John  Man 
Ennes  Graham 
Benj®  Underhill 
Uuriah  Wolmaii 
Sam"  Willits 
Dan"  iTindle 


Samuel  Farmer 
Christian  Farmer 
Jeremiah  Leming 
Simon  Ramson 
Jasf)er  Drake 
Francis  Sacket 
JJiomas  Man 
John  Jefferys 
Henry  Frankling 
Amos  Underliill 
Jacob  Watson 
Joshua  Watson 


Christian  Farmer 
Robert  Farmer 
Tlio"  Ellison 
Shem  Ramson 
Joseph  Sackett 
William  Puttier 
Will-  Man 
Isaac  Underhill 
Jon“  Coutland 
Richard  Willits 
Benj“  Ferris 
Benj’'  Seaman 


446 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


John  Wright 
John  Witmore 
Henry  Clap 
Jon^  Quinby 
John  Fisher  Esq 


Edmund  Seaman  Rich*^^  Seaman  Rich‘S  Titus 

Isaac  Man  Isaac  Man  juiF  Peter  Vanderwort 

William  Hayier  Magnes  Garrat  Robert  Ling  [JuiF 

John  Dervieux  Murphy  Edward  Ferrol  Murphy  Jn®  Dervieux  Murphy 
Thomas  Wright  Caleb  Wright 

Tim®  Whitmore  Tim®  Brown dige 

Beni‘S  Clap  Benj^  Clap  JuiF 

Daniel  Quinby  JoiP  Weeks 

The  Hon^'^®  John  Temple  Esq 

Theod^  Atkinson  Esq  & 

M*^  Hunk^  Wentworth 

His  Excellency  Benning  IVentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B-  W-in  the  Plan  which  is  to  be 
Accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares  One  whole  Share  for  the  Incor- 
porated Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  foreign  Parts 
One  whole  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Established  One  whole  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  & One 
Share  for  the  Benefit  of  a School  in  said  Town  forever 

Prov®  New  Hamfo  August  the  18-  1763 

Recorded  according  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal 

T Atkinson  JuifiSec’^^ 


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STAMFORD. 


447 


Pro"^  of  New  Hamj/  August  18 — 1763 
, Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  George  under 
the  Pro^  Seal — 

T Atkinson  JuiP  Sec’'^ 


STAMFORD. 

^Province  of  New  Hampshire  *1-141 

Stamford  George  the  Second  by  the  Grace  of  God  of  Great  Brittain 

France  And  Ireland  King  Defender  of  the  faith  &c^ 

To  All  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  Shall  Come 
Greeting 

Know  ye  that  We  of  our  Especial  Grace  Certain 
Knowledge  & mere  motion  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  Settling 
A New  Plantation  within  our  Said  Province  By  & with  the  Advice  ' 
of  our  Trust}"  & well  beloved  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  our  Governour 
& Com’ander  in  Chieff  of  our  Said  Province  of  New  Hampshire 
in  America  and  of  our  Council  of  the  Said  Province  Have  upon  the 
Conditions  & Reservations  hereafter  made  Given  & Granted  and  by 
these  Presents  for  us  our  Heirs  & Successors  do  give  & Grant  in 
Equal  Shares  unto  our  Eoveing  Subjects  Inhabitants  of  our 
Said  Province  of  New  Hampshire  and  his  Maj^^®  other  Governments 
& to  their  heirs  and  assigns  for  ever  whose  names  are  Entered  on 
this  Grant,  to  be  Divided  to  & amoungst  them  into  Equal 

Shares  All  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  Scituate  Lying  & being  within 
our  Province  of  New  Hampshire  containing  by  Admeasurement 
twenty  three  thousend  & forty  Acres  which  Tract  is  to  Contain  Six 
miles  Square  & no  more  out  of  which  an  Allowence  is  to  be  made 
for  highways  & uniinproveable  Lands  by  Rocks  Mountains  Ponds 
A Rivers  One  thousend  A forty  Acres  free  According  to  A Plan 
thereof  made  A Presented  by  our  Said  Governonrs  orders  and  hereunto 
Annexed  Butted  A bounded  as  follows  Viz-Beffiniim  at  the  Soutli 

o o 

East  (.'orner  of  A (’ertain  Township  in  the  South  Western  Part  of 
the  Province  aforesaid  Called  by  the  name  of  Bennington  and  Runs 
from  thence  bv  the  Needle  of  the  Snrvevinjy  Instrueinent  South  Ten 
degrees  West  Six  miles  to  the  Dividing  Line  Between  the  Province 
afores'*  and  the  Province  of  the  Massachusetts  P>ay  A from  thence  in 
the  Said  Divideing  Line  Six  miles  and  from  thence  North  'Fen  degrees 
East  Six  Miles  aiul  from  th<*nce  West  Ten  Degrees  North  to  the 
Boundary  lirst  mentione<l  which  is  Likwise  Six  miles,  A that  the  Same 
be  and  is  Incorj)orated  into  A 4’ownship  by  the  name  of  Stamford 


448 


CHAKTER  RECORDS. 


and  that  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  Shall  Inhabit  Said  Township 
are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Entituled  to  all  & 
every  the  Priviledges  & Immunities  that  other  Towns  within 
our  said  Province  by  Law  Exercise  & Enjoy  and  * further  *1-142 
that  the  said  Town  as  Soon  as  there  Shall  be  fifty  families 
resident  & Settled  thereon  Shall  have  the  Liberty  of  Holding  Two  fairs 
one  of  which  Shall  be  held  on  the  and  the  Other 

on  the  Annually  which  Fairs  are  not  Continue 

& be  held  Loger  than  the  Respective 

Days  following  the  Respective  Days  and 

as  Soon  as  the  Said  Town  Shall  Consist  of  fifty  families  A market 
Shall  be  Opened  & kept  one  or  more  days  in  Each  week  as  may  be 
thought  most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants  also  that  the  first 
meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  officers  Agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our 
Said  Province  Shall  be  held  on  the  first  monday  in  Maj^  next  which 

meeting  Shall  be  Notifyed  by  Timothy  Dwight  Esq who  is  hereby 

also  Appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  Said  first  Meeting  which  he  is 
to  notify  & Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  & Customs  of  our  Said 
Province  and  that  the  Annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice 
of  Such  Officers  of  Said  Town  Shall  be  on  the  Second  Monday  in  March 
Annually,  To  Have  & To  Hold  the  Said  Tract  of  Land  as  Above 
Expressed  Togeather  with  All  y®  Previledges  & Appurtenances  to 
them  & their  Respective  Heirs  & assignes  forever  Upon  the  follow- 
ing Conditions  Viz)  That  every  Grantee  his  heirs  or  assignes  Shall 
Plant  or  Cultivate  five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  years 
for  every  fifty  Acres  Contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of 
Land  in  Said  Township  and  Continue  to  Improve  & Settle  the  Same 
by  Additional  Cultivations  on  Penalty  of  the  forfeiture  of  His  Grant 
or  Share  in  the  Said  Township  & its  reverting  to  his  Maj^^'  his  heirs 
& Successors,  to  be  by  him  or  them  regranted  to  such  of  his  Subjects 
as  Shall  Effectually  Settle  & Cultivate  the  Same  That  all  white  & 
other  Pine  Trees  within  the  Said  Township  fit  for  Masting  our  Royal 
Navy,  be  Carefully  Preserved  for  that  use  and  none  to  be  Cut  or  felled 
without  his  Maj*^  Especial  Lycence  for  so  doing  first  had  and 
Obtaind  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  forfeiture  of  the  right  of  such 
Grantee  his  heirs  or  Assigns  to  us  our  heirs  & Successors  as  well  as 
being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  Any  Act  or  Acts  of  Parliament  that 
now  Are  or  hereafter  Shall  be  Enacted  That  before  any  Division  of 
the  Said  Lands  be  made  to  andamoungst  the  Grantees  A Tract 
of  Land  as  near  the  Center  of  the  Township  as  * the  Land  *1-143 
will  Admit  of  Shall  be  reserved  & marked  Out  for  Town  Lotts 
one  of  which  Shall  be  allotted  to  Each  Grantee  of  the  Contents  of  one 
Acre — Yeilding  & Paying  therefor  to  us  our  heirs  & Successors  for 


STAMFORD. 


449 


the  Space  of  Ten  Years  to  be  Computed  the  Date  hereof  the  rent 
of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only  on  the  first  Day  of  Jan""^  Annually  if 
Lawfully  Demanded  the  first  Payment  to  be  made  on  the  first  Day 
of  Jan*'^'  next  Ensueingthe  Date  hereof  and  every  Proprietor  Settler  or 
Inhabitant  shall  Yield  & Pay  unto  us  our  heirs  & successors  Yearly 
& every  Year  for  ever  from  aud  after  the  Expiration  of  the  Ten 
Years  from  the  Date  hereof  namly  on  the  first  Day  of  Jan*"^  which 
will  be  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ  one  thousend  Seven  hundred 
and  Sixty  four  One  Shilling  Proclamation  Money  for  every  hundred 
Acres  he  so  owns  Settles  or  Possesses  and  So  in  Proportion  for  A 
Greater  or  Lesser  Tract  of  the  Said  Land  which  money  Shall  be  paid 
by  the  Respective  Persons  above  Said  their  heirs  or  assigns  in  our 
Council  Chamber  in  Portsm^’  or  to  such  officer  or  officers  as  Shall  be 
Appointed  to  receive  the  Same  and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  Other 
Rents  & Services  whatsoever  In  Testimoney  hereof  We  have  Caused 
the  Seal  of  our  Said  Province  to  be  hereunto  affixed  Wittness  Benning 
Wentworth  Esq  our  Governour  & Commander  in  Chieff  of  our  Said 
Province  The  Sixth  Day  of  March  in  the  }^ear  of  our  Lord  Christ  1753 
and  in  the  26*^^  Year  of  our  reign 

B Wentworth 


By  his  Excellencys  Com’and 
with  Advice  of  Council 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’^^ 


Entred  & recorded  According  to  the  Original  under  the  Province 
Seal  this  Sixth  Day  of  March  1753 


^ Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 


The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Stamford  (Viz) — 


Elisha  Cook, 

Paul  King, 

Israel  Clark, 

Jonathan  Phelps, 

Seth  Hutson, 

Isaac  Searl, 

^lark  Warner  jnn*', 
Joseph  Kingsley, 
Joseph  Parsons, 

Noah  Smith  jun’’, 
Noah  Cook  jun^ 

Charles  Phelj 
*1-144  Eleaz*'  Hoot, 
Nicholas  S tree 


Elihu  Clark 
Benj"^  Symonds, 
Josiah  Kentfield, 
Eleaz’’  King  juiP 
Nathaniel  Day, 
William  Clark, 
Enos  Kingsley, 
Thomas  Starr, 
Solomon  Miller, 
Ithamar  Strong, 
Jonathan  Allen, 
,(iideon  Clark, 

Selah  Wright, 
,Ebenezer  Edwards, 


Noah  Bridgman  jun*', 
Noah  Allen, 

Elijah  Hunt, 

Joseph  Allin, 

John  Phelps, 

Martin  Phelps, 
Samuel  Kingsley, 
Thomas  Allen  jun’', 
Josiah  Raymond, 
Joseph  Cook, 
'rimothy  Dwight 
Amos  Hull, 
*Ebenezer  Hunt, 

Joel  Clark, 


XXIX 


450 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Elisha  Wright,  Joseph  Root,  Elisha  Smith, 

John  Miller  jun’^  Elisha  Mather,  Supply  Kingsley, 

Amasa  Cook,  Thomas  Webster,  Bela  Strong, 

Moses  Kingsley,  [ger  John  George  Brimerl  John  George  Brimer  2'^ 
Jn®  George  Vandegre-Andrew  Hike  Thomas  Hutchinson  Esq, 
Jonathan  Hunt  junq  Nathaniel  Phelps,  Timothy  Dwight  junq 

Theodore  Atkinson  His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  A 
Tract  of  Land  to  Contain  five  hundred  Acres  which  is  to  be  Accounted 
two  of  the  within  Shares  one  whole  Share  for  the  Incorporated  Society 
for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  foreign  Parts,  one  whole  Share 
for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  in  Said  Town  one  whole 
Share  for  A Glebe  for  the  Ministry  of  the  Church  of  England  as  by 
Law  Established — 


Entred  & recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Charter  of  Stamford  the 
6^^  Day  of  March  1753 — 


Theodore  Atkinson  Se’'^ 


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ford 


Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 


STAMFORD. 


451 


[Stamford  Charter  Renewed,  1761.] 

^Province  of  New  Hampshire  ^1-243 

Stamford  George  The  Third  by  the  Grace  of  God  of  Great 
Britain  France  & Ireland  King  Defender  of  the  Faith 
&c 

To  all  to  whom  these  Presents  Shall  come 
Greeting — 

Whereas  our  Late  Royall  Grandfather  King  George  the  Second 
of  Glorious  Memory  did  of  his  special  Grace  & mere  Motion  for  the 
Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Plantation  within  our  said  Province 
of  New  Hampshire  by  his  Letters  Patient  or  Charter  under  the  Seal 
of  our  said  Province  dated  the  6^^  day  of  March  1752  & in  the  Twenty 
Sixth  Year  of  his  Majestys  Reign,  Grant  a Tract  of  Land  equal  to 
Six  Miles  Square  Bounded  as  therein  Expressed  to  a Number  of  our 
Lo}"al  Subjects  whose  Names  are  Entered  on  the  same  to  hold  to  them 
their  Heirs  & Assigns  on  the  Conditions  therein  Declared  to  be  a 
Town  Corporate  by  the  Name  of  Stamford  as  by  Referrence  to  the 
said  Charter  may  more  fully  appear — 

And  whereas  the  said  Grantees  have  Represented  that  by  the  Inter- 
vention of  an  Indian  Warr  since  making  the  said  Grant,  it  has  been 
Impracticable  to  Comply  with  & fulfill  the  Conditions  & humbly 
Supplicated  us  not  to  take  Advantage  of  the  Breach  of  said  Conditions 
but  to  Lengthen  out  & grant  them  some  Reasonable  Time  for  Perfor- 
mance thereof  after  the  said  Impedim^  shall  cease — 

Now  Know  Yee  that  we  being  Willing  to  Promote  the  End  Pro- 
posed have  of  our  Further  grace  & Favour  Suspended  our  Claim  of 
the  Forfeiture  which  the  said  Grantee  may  have  Incurred,  & by 
these  Presents  do  grant  unto  the  said  Grantees  their  Heirs  & 
Assigns  the  Term  of  One  Year  for  Performing  & fulfilling  the 
Conditions  Matters  & things  by  them  to  be  done  which  Term  is  to 
be  Renewed  Annually  if  the  same  Impediment  Remains  untill  our 
Plenary  Instructions  shall  be  Received  Relating  to  the  Incident  that 
has  Prevented  Complyance  with  the  said  Charter  According  to  the 
Intent  & Meaning  of  the  same — 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  Caused  the  seal  of  our  said  Province 
to  be  hereunto  Affixed — Witness  Benning  Wentworth  Esq^  our 
Governour  & Commander  in  Cheif  of  our  Province  aforesaid  the  21, 
of  Septem^  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ  1761,  & in  the  First  year 
of  our  Reign 


B Wentworth 


452 


CHAKTEll  RECORDS. 


By  his  Excellency’s  Command 
with  Advice  of  Council 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 

Province  of  New  Hamps^  SepP  21,  1761 

Recorded  from  the  Origional  under  the  Province  Seal — 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’’^ 


[Stamford  Regrant,  1764.] 

*3-110  ^Province  of  New-Hampshire. 

New  Stamford  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  Ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a Neiv  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  in 
New-England^  and  of  Our  Council  of  the  said  Province;  Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  Us,  Our  Heirs,  and  Successors, 
do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabi- 
tants of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Gov- 
ernments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Seventy 
two  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and 
being  within  our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  containing  b}^ 
Admeasurement,  23040  Acres^  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Six  Miles 
square,  and  no  more;  out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for 
High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains 
and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan 
and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned 
into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded 
as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  the  North  Easterly  Corner  of  the  Town 
of  Pownal  & from  thenee  runs  South  10  Degrees  West  by  the  Needle 
by  Pownal  aforesaid  Six  Miles  to  the  Province  Line,  then  Turning 
off  at  Right  Angles  & runs  due  East  by  the  Province  Line  aforesaid 


STAMFORD. 


453 


Six  Miles  to  a Stake  & Stones,  then  turning  off  again  & riming  due 
North  Six  Miles  from  thence  Due  West  Six  Miles  to  the  Bounds 
began  at  which  is  also  the  South  East  Corner  of  Bennington  And 
that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township  by 
the  Name  of  New  Stamford  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  here- 
after inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfran- 
chized with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immun- 
ities that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and 
Enjoy:  And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be 

Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of 
holding  tivo  Fairs^  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than 
the  respective  following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as 

the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market 
may  be  * opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  *3-111 
Week,  as  may  be  thought  most  advantagious  to  the  Inhab- 
itants. Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers, 
agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on  the 
first  Tuesday  in  July  Next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified 
by  Isaac  Searl  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of 
the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to 
the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province  ; and  that  the  annual 
Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said 
Town,  shall  be  on  the  first  Tuesday  of  March  annuall}%  to  Have 
and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together 
with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective 
Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and 
cultivate  five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every 
fifty  Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in 
said  Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by 
additional  Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or 
Share  in  the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirsand 
Successors,  to  be  by  Us  or  them  Ke-granted  to  such  of  our  Subjects  as 
shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

H.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Townshi[), 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the  Right 
of  such  (irantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors, as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or  Acts  of 
Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 


454 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


III.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  five  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be  made 
on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  Next 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twenty- 
fifth  Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December^ 
which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1769  One  shilling  Proclama- 
tion Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses, 
and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land ; 
which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their 
Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth,  or  to  such 
Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same  ; and  this 
to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimon}^  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
Ninth  Day  of  June  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One 
Thousand  Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  four  And  in  the  Fourth  Year 
of  Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

T Atkinson  Jun’^  Sec*'^ 

Province  of  New  Hampshire  June  9,  1764 

Recorded  according  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal 

T Atkinson  JuiY  Sec*^^’ 

*3-112  *Names  of  the  Grantees  of  New  Stamford 


His  ExcelP  Francis  ^ 
Giles  Alexander 
Isaac  Searl 
Daniel  Jones  Boston 
Thomas  Starr  JuiU 
Josiah  Raymond 


irnard  Esq^ 

Elijah  Hunt 
William  Clark 
Samuel  Kingsley 
Thomas  Allen  Jun*’ 
Noah  Smith 


Elihu  Clark 
Joseph  Allen 
Martin  Phelps 
Samuel  Blodget 
Joseph  Parsons 
Giles  Alexander  Jun*" 


STAMFORD. 


455 


Joseph  Cook 
Noah  Cook 
William  Alexander 
Elisha  Mather 
Nathaniel  Phelps 
Ebenezer  Wood 
Ezra  Newton 
Aaron  Wright 
David  Allen 
Silas  Robinson 
John  Cochran 
Timoth}^  Wright 
William  Mather 
Jonathan  jMeechum 
Samuel  Hobart 
John  Fisher  Esqr 
Kev‘^  Henry  Caner 
Sam^  Wentworth  Esq’^ 


Caleb  Strong  William  Lyman 

Jonathan  Allen  Jn®  Mico  Wendel 

Ebenezer  Hunt  Benoni  Banks  Esq 

Harrison  Gray  Esq^  Oliver  Wendel 
Theodore  Atkinson  Esq’^  Moses  Kingsley 


Isaac  Glazier 
Nathan  Clark 
Moses  Graves 
John  Fascet 
John  Harwood 
William  Brattle  Esq*" 

Samuel  Clark 
Elisha  Mather 
Asa  Alger 
Hon^^®  Theodore  Atkinson  Jun’^ 
Mark  H®  Wentworth 
James  Nevin  Esq 

Boston 


James  Brakridge 
Samuel  Roberts 
Moses  Robins 
Samuel  Salford 
David  Robinson 
Rev‘^  John  Searl 
Samuel  Mather  Jun^ 
Samuel  Pain 
Moses  Graves  Jun’^ 


Esq^® 


His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esqr  a Tract  of  Land  to  con- 
tain five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B W in  the  Plan,  which  is  to 
be  accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares,  One  whole  Share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign 
Parts.  One  whole  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by 
Law  established.  One  whole  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of 
the  Gospel  & one  whole  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  a School  in  Said 
Town  for  ever. — 


Province  of  New  Hampshire  June  the  Ninth  1764 
Recorded  according  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal — 


T Atkinson  Jun*"  Sec^^ 


456 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


cS 


Province  of  New  Hampshire  June  the  9,  1764. — 

Recorded  in  the  Book  of  Charters  N®  3 Page  109 

T Atkinson  Jun  Sec*’^ 


STOCKBRIDGE. 

^Province  of  New  Hampshire. 

GEORGE  THE  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 


^2-77 

Stockbridge 


STOCKBRIDGE. 


457 


Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshike  in 
Neiv-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province ; Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors, 
do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhab- 
itants of  Our  said  Province  of  Neiv- Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Gov- 
ernments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into 
Seventy  two  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate, 
lying  and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  Neiv-Hampshire^  contain- 
ing  by  Admeasurement,  twenty  Eight  Thousand  and  one  Hundred 
Acres^  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Somthing  more  than  Six  miles  and 
one  half  Mile  square,  and  no  more ; out  of  which  an  Allowance  is 
to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks, 
Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free, 
according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Gov- 
ernor’s Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto 
annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  the 
North  east  Corner  of  Killington  from  Thence  North  Sixty  degrees 
West  five  miles  and  one  half  mile  from  Thence  North  thirty  one 
degrees  East  Eight  miles  from  Thence  South  Sixty  degrees  East  five 
miles  and  one  half  mile  To  The  Northv/est  Corner  of  Bernard  from 
Thence  by  Bernard  and  Killington  to  the  first  Bounds  mentioned — 
And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township 
by  the  Name  of  Stockbridge  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall 
hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be 
Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and 
Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise 
and  Enjoy  : And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall 

be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty 
of  holding  Two  Fairs.,  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Fami- 
lies, a Market  may  be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  *2-78 
each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabi- 
tants. Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  'Fown  Officers, 
agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held’  on  the 
first  Wednesday  in  September  Next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Noti- 
fied by  M^  William  Dodge  who  is  hereby  also  a))pointed  the  Mo<l- 
erator  of  the  said  first  fleeting,  which  lie  is  to  Notify  and  Govern 
agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province;  and  that 


458 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers 
for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  annually, 

To  Hate  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed, 
together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appurteuances,  to  them  and  their 
respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions, 
viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  addi- 
tional Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or 
Share  in  the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs 
and  Successors,  to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Sub- 
jects as  shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

H.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  wffiich  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1762 

V.  Ever}'  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December^  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land;  which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth^ or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same : and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 


STOCKBKIDGE. 


459 


In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentw^orth  Esq: 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
twenty  first  Day  of  July  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One 
Thousand  Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  one  And  in  the  first  Year  of 
Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*"^ 

Province  of  New  Hamp’^  July  1761 

Recorded  from  the  Originall  under  the  Province  Seal 

Theodore  Atkinvson  Sec’’^ 


*A  list  of  the  Grantees  of  the  town  of  Stockbridge — *2-79 


^William  Dodge 
Isaac  Appleton 
Michal  Farley 
Arthur  Abbot 
Isaac  Burham 
Isaac  Dodge 
Moses  Fitts 
Abraham  Choat 


Joremy  Green 
William  Cooper 
Samuel  Adams 
Thomas  Bently 
Samuel  Frothingham 
Aaron  Davis 
Will'"  Mason  Weston 
Robert  M^Mullon 


Tho®  Burham  Jayner  Samuel  Davis 


Benj'^  Davis 
Abraham  Dodge 
Joshua  Henshaw 
Thomas  Fisk 
James  Frend 
Josiah  Fairfield 
Ephr'"  Kimball 


Joseph  Marion 
Joseph  Russell 
John  Ruddock 
William  P’isk 
John  Porter 
Nath^  Dodge 
Benj'^  Fairfield 


Joseph  Whipple  manchester  Israel  Andrews 


Daniel  Warner  Esq 
John  Sherburne 
John  Winthro[) 
Joshua  Wentworth 
Sand  Wentworth  Esq 


James  Neving  Esq 
Geo  Wentworth 
Edw'*  Wigglesworth 
Nath^  Warner 
Boston 


jjon*>i«  Tho"  Hutchinson  Esq 


Thomas  Anderson 
William  Hall 
Thomas  Ramond 
Henry  Alleyne  Juffi 
Peter  Curtis 
William  Story 
Thomas  Kirk 
William  Sloan 
John  Cunnable 
Andrew  Belcher 
John  Edwards 
Silas  Jones 
Joshua  Orne 
Natlfi  Fairfield 
John  Herike 
Jacob  Dodge 
Danvers 

Eleaz/  Russell  JuiF 
Henry  Hearing 
Rev'*  Nath*  Appleton 
Byfield  Loyd 
Sam*  Warner 
Col  Jacob  Wendall 


Five  Hundred  acres  to  be  laid  out  for  Ilis  ExcelP  Benning  Went- 
worth Es(i  as  Marked  on  the  Ifian  B W : to  be  Accounted  two 
Shares — one  Whole  Share  for  a Gleeb  : for  the  Church  of  lOngland — 
one  Whole  Share  for  the  Use  of  a Public  School  one  Whole  Share  for 


460 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


the  first  Settled  Minister  one  Whole  Share  for  the  Society  for  Prop- 
agating the  Gospel  in  Forren  Parts — 

Province  of  New  Hamp^  July  1761 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  original  Charter  under  the  Pr°Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 


/V  3/^.  f -miles 


■O' 


■oiN 


Province  of  New  Hamp’^  July  22*^  1761 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  original  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal 


Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’^^ 


STOWE. 


461 


STOWE. 


^Province  of  New-Hampsliire. 


^2-465 


Stow 


GEORGE  THE  Third, 


p s 


By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and  Ire- 
land, King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a Neio  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in  New- 
Pngland^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province ; Have  upon  the 
Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  arid  granted, 
and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do  give  and 
grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabitants  of  Our 
said  Province  of  Neiv-Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Governments,  and  to 
their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are  entred  on  this  Grant, 
to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Seventy  equal  Shares,  all 
that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and  being  within  our  said 
Province  of  New-Hamjoshire^  containing  by  Admeasurement,  23040 
Acres^  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more;  out 
of  whicli  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Wa}^s  and  unimprova- 
ble Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand 
and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made 
by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s 
()fhce,  and  hereunto  annexed,  hutted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz, 
Begining  at  the  North  Easterly  corner  of  IMansfield,  from  tlience 
Runing  Soutlierly  by  said  Mansfield,  six  Miles  to  tlie  North  Westerly 
corner  of  Waterbury,  from  thence  Easterly  by  said  Waterbury  North 
Line  al)Out  six  Miles  to  tlie  North  Easterly  corner  thereof,  from 
thence  Northerly  a lharralell  Line  with  the  Easterly  Line  of  Mans- 
field six  Miles,  from  thence  Westerly  about  six  Miles  to  the  Corner 
of  Mansfield  where  we  began — And  that  the  same  he,  and  hereby  is 
Incorporated  into  a 4V)wnship  by  the  Name  of  Stow  And  the  Inhabi- 
tants that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby 
declared  to  be  Enfrancliized  witli  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the 
Priviledges  and  Immnnities  that  other  Towns  within  Onr  Province 
by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy:  And  further,  that  the  said  'town  as  soon 


462 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall 
have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Two  Fairs,  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on 
the  And  the  other 

on  the  annually,  which  Fairs 

are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Toavii  shall  consist  of  Fifty 
*2-466  Families,  a Market  may  be  * opened  and  kept  one  or  more 
Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most  advantagious 
to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice 
of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall 
be  dield  on  the  26^^  July  next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Noti- 
fied by  M*^  Wilk"  Foster  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator 
of  the  said  first  Meeting,  Avhich  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable 
to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province;  and  that  the  annual 
Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said 
Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  3Iarch  annually.  To  Have 
and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together 
with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective 
Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  follo^ving  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

H.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  ToAvnship, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or  Acts 
of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 


STOWE. 


468 


December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be  made 
on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1763 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay  unto 
Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever,  from  and 
after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twenty-fifth  Day 
of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.,  which  will 
be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1773  One  shilling  Proclamation  Money 
for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses,  and  so  in 
Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land ; which 
Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their  Heirs 
or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth.,  or  to  such  Officer 
or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same  ; and  this  to 
be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Province 
to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq  ; Our 
Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the  Eighth 
Day  of  June  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand  Seven 
Hundred  and  sixty  three  And  in  the  Third  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

B W entworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

T Atkinson  JuiT  Sec’^^ 

Prov®  Yew  Hamp''  June  8-1763 

Recorded  according  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Pro'^  Seal 

T Atkinson  JuiE  Sec'’^ 

*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Stow  *2-467 


Joshua  Simmons 
Hikk  Simmons  JuiT 
Elijah  Bucklee 
Benj^  Ketcliam  J*' 
Isaac  Montross 
Sand  Davenport 
Jos^  Ketcliam  JuiT 
Simon  Brady 
Rich'*  Smith 
Jolm  P>radey 
Will'"  Parreut 
Ezekiel  Cirilfin 
Mich*  Louiesbury  J*’ 
Eben'^  A vary 
FreiP  Shafer 
Joshua  Ihussett 


Will'"  Fise 
Rich'*  Ketcliam 
Ezekiel  Bucklee 
Benj''^  Greene 
John  Davenport 
John  Davenport  JuiE 
Jere'^**  Shafer 
Zebulon  Brady 
Will'"  M'Cresy 
Ihirth"’  Carpenter 
James  Iweggett 
Isaac  Louiesbury 
David  Storm 
Tho"  Bradey 
Rolf  Davenport 
Lott  Sards 


Reuben  Wood 
Zopher  Ketcliam 
Elijah  Bucklee  Jun 
Peter  ^Montross 
Steph"  Davenport 
Nathan  Burdegfe 
Jacob  Shafer 
Nath*  Conklin 
Nath*  Merritt 
Uio"  Louiesbury 
Asa  Browne  Juid 
Abel  Wicks 
Benj'‘  Greene 
Benj"  Browne 
Tho"  Daveiqiort 
Elijah  Sarlls 


464 


CHAKTER  RECORDS. 


John  Griffin 
Oliver  Legatt 
Dan^  Parrant 
James  Wicks 
Jonathan  Church  & 


Gasham  Griffin 
Cha®  Haight  JmP 
Jacob  Kniffen 
James  Wicks  JuiP 
John  Macduffee 


John  Parrunt 
Jacob  Parrant 
Jacob  Griffin 
Hon:  Rich^  Wibird 
John  Downing 
Daffi  Warner 


Esq’^* 


His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to 
Contain  Five  Hundred  Acres  as  marked  B W in  the  Plan  which  is 
to  be  Accounted  two  of  the  within  shares,  One  whole  Share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign 
Parts,  one  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Establish’d,  One  Share  for  the  First  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel,  & 
One  share  for  the  benefit  of  a school  in  said  Town — 


Province  of  New  Hamp’^  June  8-1763 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Stow  under  the 
Pro^  Seal 

19  T Atkinson  JuiT  Sec’’^ 


Prov®  New  Hamp*"  June  8-1763 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Stow  under  the 
Pro’^  Seal 


T Atkinson  Jun^  Sec^^ 


STRAFFORD. 


465 


STRAFFORD. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire.  *2-105 

GEORGE  THE  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britaiii,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
raeer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
New-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province ; Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors, 
do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabi- 
tants of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Gov- 
ernments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Seventy 
equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and 
being  within  our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  containing  by 
Admeasurement,  Twenty  three  thousand  & forty  Acres^  which  Tract 
is  to  contain  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more ; out  of  which  an  Allowance 
is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds, 
Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  accord- 
ing to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s 
Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed, 
butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  the  South  Westerly 
Corner  of  Thetford  from  thence  North  fifty  Seven  degrees  West  Six 
Miles  from  thence  North  Thirty  Six  degrees  East  Six  Miles  from 
thence  South  fifty  Seven  degrees  East  Six  Miles  to  the  North  West- 
erly Corner  of  Thetford  afore  Said  thence  South  Thirty  Seven  degrees 
West  by  Thetford  to  the  Bound  first  Mentioned — And  that  the  same 
be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the  Name  of 
Strafford  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit 
the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and 
Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other 
Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy:  And  fur- 
ther, that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  res- 


Straford 


466 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


ident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Tivo 
Fail's^  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the  annually,  which 

fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty 
*2-106  Families,  a Market  may  be  * opened  and  kept  one  or  more 
Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most  advanta- 
gions  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice 
of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said. Province,  shall 
be  held  on  the  First  Tuesday  in  September  Next  Avhich  said  Meet- 
ing shall  be  Notified  by  M*^  Jonathan  Root  who  is  hereby  also 
appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to 
Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said 
Province ; and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the 
Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second 
Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of 
Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appurten- 
ances, to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon 
the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  cultivate 
five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Yearsfor  every  fifty  Acres 
contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said  Town- 
ship, and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or  Acts 
of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  \Tars,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 


STRAFFORD. 


467 


December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty -fifth  Day  of  December.  1762 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay  unto 
Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever,  from 
and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twenty -fifth 
Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December^  which 
will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling  Proclamation 
Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses,  and 
so  in  Proportion  for  a great  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land  ; which 
Mone}^  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their  Heirs 
or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth^  or  to  such  Officer 
or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same ; and  this  to  be 
in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Province 
to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq ; Our 
Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the  12^^ 
Day  of  August  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  one  And  in  the  First  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 

Province  of  New  Hamp'^  August  12*^'^  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*"^ 

*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Strafford  Viz  *2-107 


Solomon  Phelps  Stephen  Barber 

Daniel  Newcomb  Stephen  Barber  juiT 

Daniel  Ingham  John  Chamberlin 

Rev'^M’^EleazAVheelockCap^  Icabod  Phelps 


Daniel  Foot 
Benj*^  Buell 
Benj*  Beach 
Daniel  Benet 
Azeriah  Beach  juii’’ 
Icabod  Phelps  jun’’ 
Jabez  Kingsbery 
George  Brindley 
Silas  Pee[)Oon 
David  Phelj  )S 
Silvanus  Jffielps 


Samuel  Palmer  jun'' 
Enos  Horsford 
Joseph  Horsford 
Medad  Beach 
Samuel  Bill 
John  Longbottom 
William  White 
Increes  Porter 
David  Carver  jun*^ 
Solomon  Tarbox 
Peter  Swetland 


Fredrick  Smith 
Cap‘  Solomon  Phelps 
Sand^  Fielding 
Asaph  I'rumble 
Timothy  Phelps  y^  3'^ 
Cap‘  Jon^‘  White 
Benj*^  Skiner 
Elislia  Beach 
Thomas  Sawyer 
Abraham  Burnap  Jun'' 
Peletiah  l*orter 
Joshua  Phelps 
ICbenez*^  Gilbirt 
John  Gott 
Ebenez^  Cole 


468 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


William  Brisco w James  Jones 

'\ym  Pei^nock  Ruben  Porter 

Joseph  Newmarcli  Esq  John  Gould 

Nath^^  ISlendon  Peirce  Long 

Thomas  Wentworth  Hall  Jackson 

Clem*  March  Esq  Sam**  Moffat 

Robert  Odiorne 


Ebenez’’  Kneeland 
Sampson  Sheaffe  Esq 
James  Apthorp 
George  Janverin 
Paul  March 
Jotham  Odiorne  & 


His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain Five  Hundred  Acres  As  jMarked  B-  W-  in  the  Plan  which  is 
to  be  Accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares  one  whole  Share  for  the 
incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  foreign 
Parts  one  whole  Share  for  A Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as 
by  Law  Established  One  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the 
Gospel  & One  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  the  School  in  Said  Town — 

Province  of  New  Hampshire  August  12**^  1761 
Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Prov- 
ince Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec''^ 


Province  of  New  Hamp®'  August  12*  1761 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Prov- 
ince Seal 


Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*^^ 


STRATTON. 


469 


STRATTON. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire.  *2-89 

Stratton  GEORGE  the  Third, 

Bj  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Knoav  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
ineer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
New-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province ; Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors, 
do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhab- 
itants of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  and  Our  other 
Governments,  and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names 
are  entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into 
Sixty  Nine  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate, 
lying  and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  con- 
taining by  Admeasurement,  Twenty  three  thousand  & forty  Acres^ 
which  Tract  is  to  contain  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more ; out  of 
which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprov- 
able Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thou- 
sand and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey 
thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the 
Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as 
follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  the  North  East  Corner  of  Sunderland 
from  thence  due  East  Six  Miles  from  thence  due  South  Six  Miles 
from  thence  due  West  Six  Miles  to  the  South  East  Corner  of  Sunder- 
land 4’hence  due  North  by  Sunderland  aforesaid  to  the  Bound  first 
mentioned — And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into 
a Township  by  the  Name  of  Stratton  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do 
or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  'rownship,  are  hereby  declared  to 
be  Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges 
and  Immunities  that  other  4’owns  within  Our  Province  by  Law 
Exercise  and  Enjoy:  And  further,  that  the  said  4’own  as  soon  as 
there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have 


470 


CHAKTER  RECORDS. 


the  Liberty  of  holding  Two  Fairs^  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of 
*2-90  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be  ^opened  and  kept 
one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most 
advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting 
for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said 
Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  First  Wednesday  of  October  Next  which 
said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  Isaac  Searl  who  is  hereby  also 
appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is 
to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said 
Province;  and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the 
Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second 
Tuesday  of  March  annually,  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of 
Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appurten- 
ances, to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon 
the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Suc- 
cesors,  to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as 
shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 


STRATTON. 


471 


made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1762 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December^  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land  ; which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth^ or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same;  and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
Thirtieth  Day  of  July  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thou- 
sand Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  one  And  in  the  First  Year  of  Our 
Reign.  B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Councel, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*’^ 

Province  of  NeAV  HanqY  July  30*^^  1761 

Recorded  from  the  Original  Under  the  Province  Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’’^ 


*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Stratton 


Isaac  Searl 
Nathan  Lyman 
Daniel  Lee  Esq 
Caleb  Strong 
Asael  Clap  jun*’ 
Nathaniel  Cud  worth 
Charles  Mather 
Nathaniel  Burt 
Rev'*  John  Searl 
James  Hill 
John  Halden 
William  Rawson  3'* 
Lieu*  Thomas  Sweat 
John  Smith  jiiii*' 
Gideon  Clark 
Oliver  Wendal 
Joel  Hunt 


John  Lyman 
Eleazer  Hannuni 
Elisha  Mather 
Spencer  Phel[)S 
Oliver  Lyman 
Nathaniel  Noyse 
Riiggles  Woodbridge 
Samuel  Blodget 
Daniel  Lee  jun* 
Joseph  Hill 
Josiah  Brewer 
John  Smith 
Nath**  Phelps 
William  Lyman 
Jonathan  Basscomb 
C’aleb  Blodget 
Seth  Babbit 


*2-91 

Job  Searl 
Charles  Clapp 
Martin  Phelps 
Martin  Phelps  jun'^ 

Joel  Lee 

Augustus  Clap  Esq 
Elias  Lymon 
Caleb  Blodget 
Cap*  Benoni  Danks 
John  Hill 
Jonas  Cuttler 
Rev'*  Jonathan  Judd 
Nath’*  Phelps  jiin*^ 
Will"'  Blunt 
Cutis  Leomis 
Benj*'  C’udworth 
Richard  Staner 


472 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Joseph  Brown  Joseph  Pincheon  Esq  Monsieur  Bundbury 

William  Pearson  Henry  Apthorp  Jacob  Wendal  Esq 

William  Brattle  Esq  Thomas  Hubbard  Esq  Bich'^  Wibird  Esq 
John  Downing  Esq  Sam^^  Wentworth  of  Boston  & 

Benning  Wentworth 

One  Tract  of  Land  to  Contain  Five  Hundred  Acres  for  His 
Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  as  marked  B:  W : in  the  Plan 
which  is  to  be  Accounted  Two  of  the  within  Shares  one  whole  Share 
for  the  incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in 
foreign  Parts  One  whole  Share  for  A Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England 
as  by  Law  Established  One  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the 
Gospel  & one  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  the  School  in  Said  Town — 

Province  of  New  Hamp"'  July  30^^  1761 

Recorded  with  the  Original  Charter  & from  the  Back  thereof — 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*”^ 

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SUDBURY. 


473 


Province  of  New  Hamp'’  July  30“^  1761 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Prov- 
ince Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*^^ 


SUDBURY. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire.  *2—508 

Sudbury  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Sudbury  Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge, 
and  raeer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Plan- 
tation within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq ; Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
New-Pngland^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province;  Have  upon 
the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do 
give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhab- 
itants of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  and  Our  other 
Governments,  and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names 
are  entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into 
Fifty  four  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate, 
lying  and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  contain- 
ing by  Admeasurement,  fourteen  thousand  four  Hundred  & Twenty 
four  Aeres^  which  Tract  is  to  contain  near  five  Miles  square, 
and  no  more  ; out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways 
and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers, 
One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey 
thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the 
Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as 
follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  the  South  West  Corner  of  Neshobe  from 
thence  North  four  deg^  West  live  Miles  & Two  hundred  rods  to  a 
Stake  & Stones  from  thence  North  Eighty  five  deg**  West  to  the 
Easterly  Side  Line  of  Shoream  from  thence  South  five  Miles  & Two 


474 


charter  records. 


buDdrecl  rods  to  a Stake  & Stones  from  thence  South  Eighty  five  deg® 
East  about  five  Miles  to  the  Place  began  at  And  that  the  same  be,  and 
hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the  Name  of  Sudbury  And 
the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are 
hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every 
the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province 
by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy : And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon 
as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have 
the  Liberty  of  holding  Two  Fairs^  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the 
annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue 
longer  than  the  respective  following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall 
^2-509  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be  ^opened  and 
kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought 
most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting 
for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said 
Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  first  Tuesday  in  September  next 
which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  Cap*^  Silas  Brown  who  is 
hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which 
he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of 
Our  said  Province;  and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter 
for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the 
Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said 
Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and 
Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  for- 
ever, upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so 
doing  first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of 
the  Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs 
and  Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 


SUDBURY. 


475 


the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land,  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1763 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.,  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December.,  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1778  One  shilling 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land;  which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth^ or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same ; and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
Sixth  Day  of  Augs*^  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  three  And  in  the  Third  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  juifi  Sec*'^ 

Pro^  of  New  Harnp’’  Aug®‘  6 1763 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal 

T Atkinson  Juifi  Sec’’-' 


*Tlie  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Sudbury  Viz 


Cap‘  Silas  Brown 
Coil  .Josepli  Smith 
James  Eoulsam 
Aaron  Moses  juiU 
Joshua  Durgin 
L‘  Josej)]!  Thomas 
Jon’‘  Young 


Maj*’  Tliomas  Tash 
John  Tasli 
Jacob  Doe 
Ben  j7  Fox 
James  Palmer 
Joshua  (h’umet 
DocP  .losiah  Bartlet 


♦2-510 

Ca[)‘  Aaron  Brown 
Thomas  Ilam  Jun’’ 

.John  Ham 
.James  Bryant 
vVrtliur  Bennet 
I^ieifi  .John  Burleigh 
Cap*  Joshua  Fuller 


476 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Elisha  Fuller 
Jerem^  Fuller 
Joshua  Jackson 
Henry  Gardner  Esq 
Cap‘  Henry  Spring 
Dan“  Pond 
Jacob  Tash  Ham 
Esq  John  White 
John  Huggins 


Tho®  Miller 
Tho®  Fuller 
Jon^  Fuller 
Peter  Bent 
John  Tr  usd  ell 
Josiah  Holden 
David  Davis 


Jeremiah  Wiswell 
Rich*^  F uller 
Enoch  Clark 
Peter  Bent  jun^ 
Sam“  Bent 
Leu‘  Micha  Jackson 
Cap*  John  White 
Sam**  Severence 


Xathan  Jones 

HorP  Rich^  Wibird  & Joseph  New  march  Esq 

His  Excellency  Benuing  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain Four  Hundred  Acres  as  marked  on  the  Plan  B W-  which  is  to 
be  accounted  Two  of  the  within  Shares  one  Share  for  the  Incorpo- 
rated Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts 
One  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law  Estab- 
lished— one  Share  for  the  First  Settled  Minister  in  Said  Town  & 
one  Share  for  the  School  there  forever 

Pro’^  of  Xew  Hamp*"  August  6-1763 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Pro^ 
Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun*  Sec’^ 


Pro’^  Xew  Hamp*^  August  6-  1763 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Suudbury 
under  the  Prov^  Seal 


T Atkinson  Jun’’  Sec"'^ 


SUDBURY. 


477 


[Same  Territory  Granted  as  Dunbar,  1764.] 

^Province  of  NeAV-Hanipshire.  *3—118 

Dunbar  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c. 

To  all  Pei'sons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  Ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Plantation 
within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty  and 
Well-beloved  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq ; Our  Governor  and  Com- 
mander in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  Neiv-Hampshire^  in  Neiv- 
England^  and  of  Our  Council  of  the  said  Province ; Have  upon  the 
Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and  granted, 
and  by  these  Presents,  for  Us,  Our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do  give 
and  grant  in  equal  Sliares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabitants  of 
Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Governments, 
and  to  their  Heii’S  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are  entred  on 
this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Seventy  three 
equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and  being 
within  our  said  Province  of  New-IIampshire^  containing  by  Admeasure- 
ment, 23040  Acres^  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Six  Miles  square,  and  no 
more ; out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and 
unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  IMountains  and  Rivem,  One 
Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey 
thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the 
Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  fol- 
lows, Viz.  Begining  at  the  North  Westerly  Corner  of  the  Township 
of  Hubbardton,  & runing  from  thence  due  North  Six  Miles,  tlien 
turning  off  & runing  due  East  Six  Miles  but  not  to  Interfere  with 
any  former  Grant  of  this  ITovince  & from  thence  due  South  to  the 
North  Easterly  Corner  of  Hubbardton  afores‘‘  then  due  West  by  Hul>- 
bardton  afores'*  to  tlie  bounds  begun  at — And  that  the  same  be,  and 
hereby  is  Incorpomted  into  a Townsliip  by  the  Name  of  Dunbar  And 
the  Inhabitanhi  that  do  or  shall  liereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township, 
are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfrancliized  witli  and  Intitled  to  all  and 
every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our 
Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy  : And  further,  that  the  said  Town 
as  soon  jis  there  shall  Ix)  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon, 
shall  have  the  Lilx?rty  of  holding  two  Fairs^  one  of  which  shall  1k3 
held  on  the  And  the  other 


478 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


on  the  annually,  which  Fairs 

are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Toavii  shall  consist  of 
*3-119  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be  ^opened  and  kept  one 
or  more  Days  in  each  W eek,  as  may  be  thought  most  advan- 
tagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the 
Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province, 
shall  be  held  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  July  next  which  said  Meeting 
shall  be  Notified  by  Isaac  Searle  Esq  who  is  hereby  also  appointed 
the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and 
Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province ; and 
that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Offi- 
cers for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March 
annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above 
expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them 
and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following 
Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  cultivate 
five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty  Acres 
contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said  Town- 
ship, and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors, to  be  by  Us  or  them  Re-granted  to  such  of  our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or  Acts 
of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  De- 
cember annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be  made 
on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1764 


SUDBURY. 


479 


y.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay  un- 
to Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever,  from 
and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  ahovesaid  twenty-fifth 
Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December^  which 
will  he  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1774  One  shilling  Proclamation 
Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses,  and 
so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land ; which 
iMoney  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  ahovesaid,  their  Heirs 
or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth^  or  to  such  Ofiicer 
or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same ; and  this  to  be 
in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Province 
to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq ; Our 
Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the  15“^  Day 
of  June  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand  Seven 
Hundred  and  Sixty  four  And  in  the  fourth  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

I>  Wentworth 

Py  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

T:  Atkinson  JuiT  Sec’’^ 

Province  of  New  Hampshire  June  22'^  1764 

Recorded  According  to  the  Origional  Charter  under  the  Prov.  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun‘‘  Sec^^ 


*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Dunr.ar 


*3-120 


Isaac  Searle  Esq’’ 
Hon’’*'^  Jos’’  Pinchon 
Rev'’  John  Searle 
Sam’  Carr 
John  Carr 
Hugli  Gregg 
William  Plair 
.lames  Cocliran 
Sam’  M' Duff 
Rob’  CYchran 
Will'"  Eyei-s 
Alex’  ^I'Neal 
Xath’  Livermore 
William  Alexandar 
Sam’  Plodgett 
Daniel  .lones  .lun’ 
Jolin  Aikin 


His  Excelh''  Fra''  Pernard  Esq’ 

Esq  William  Prattle  Esq’  Harrison  Gray  Esq’ 
Rich'’  Oliver  Jun’  Esq  ) £ . 

KdW>  Ives  Esq-'  /of  Great 


John  Missing  Esq’ 
.John  Xlitchell 
Alex’  Plair 
Hugh  M'Duff 
Daniel  M'Duff’ 

James  Poule 
.Iose})h  Eyers 
Seth  (’ailing 
El)en’  Pod  well 
Giles  Alexandar  Jun’ 
Sam’  Plodnfctt  .Jun’ 
Moses  Peck 
Andrew  M' Failing 


Pritain 

.John  Cold  will 
.Fohn  M'  Diift’ 

Matthew  Read 
Hugh  M'Duff 
Hugh  Hurling 
Daniel  M'XTal 
David  Willis 
Giles  Alexandar 
Isjiac  Weiidall 
(’oil"  .John  Goff'ee  Esq’ 
John  Moore  .Jun’ 

John  linker 


480 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Thomas  Parker 
Sam^  Dilplace 
Sam^  Adams 
Jacob  Dayton 
Moses  Graves  Jun^ 
Nath^  Barrell  Esq 


And'^'  Wiggins  Esq  & Geo:  Wyllis  Esq 


John  Davis  Isaac  Fascant 

Sam^  Williams  Jon^  Adams 

Caleb  Page  Jeremiah  Page 

Francis  Dayton  Moses  Graves 

Hon^  Daid  Warner  Esq  James  Nevin  Esq  ‘ 
John  Hale  Esq  Sam^  Hobart 


His  Excellency  Penning  Wentworth  Esq’'  a Tract  of  Land  to 
Contain  Five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B W in  the  Plan  which  is  to 
be  Accounted  two  of  the  within  shares,  One  whole  share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign 
Parts,  One  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Establish’d,  One  share  for  the  first  settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  in 
said  Town,  & One  share  for  the  benefit  of  a school  in  said  Town  for 
ever 


Province  of  New  Hamps’'  June  22*^  1764 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  under  the  Prov: 
Seal — 

T Atkinson  Jun’'  Sec’'^ 


Province  of  New  Hampshire  June  22‘^  1764 — 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  under  the  Prov 
ince  Seal — 


T Atkinson  Jun  Sec’'^ 


SUNDERLAND. 


481 


SUNDERLAND. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire.  *2-85 

Sunderland  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
ineer  ^Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
New-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province;  Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do 
give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabi- 
tants of  Our  said  Province  of  Netv- Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Gov- 
ernments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Sixty 
Eight  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying 
and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  containing 
by  Admeasurement,  Twenty  Three  Thousand  And  Forty  Acres^ 
which  Tract  is  to  contain  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more;  out  of 
which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Waj^s  and  unimprova- 
ble Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand 
and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made 
bv  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretarv’s 
Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz. 
Beginning  at  the  South  East  Corner  of  Arlington  from  thence  Due 
North  Six  ]\Iiles  by  Arlington  Thence  due  East  Six  Miles  Thence 
Due  South  Six  Miles  Thence  due  West  Six  Miles  to  Bound  first 
Mentioned  And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incor|)orated  into  a 
'rownshipby  the  Name  of  Sunderland  And  the  Inhal)itants  that  do  or 
shall  hereafter  iidiabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be 
Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and 
Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise 
and  Enjoy:  And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall 
be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of 
holding  Two  Fairs,  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 
And  the  other  on  the 


XXXI 


annually,  which 


482 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Fairs  are  Rot  to  cootinue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said  and  that  as  soon 

as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market 
^2-86  may  be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week, 
as  may  be  thought  most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants. 
Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable 
to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  First  Wednes- 
day in  October  Next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  Isaac 
Searl  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first 
Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and 
Customs  of  Our  said  Province ; and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever 
hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be 
on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the 
said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges 
and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns 
forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every 
fifty  Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land 
in  said  Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by 
additional  Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or 
Share  in  the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs 
and  Successors,  to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Sub- 
jects as  shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Town- 
ship, fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that 
Use,  and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so 
doing  first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of 
the  Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs 
and  Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act 
or  Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Ti*act  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Township 
as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for  Town 
Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the  Contents 
of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty -fifth  Day  of  December,  1762 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay  unto 
Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever,  from 


SUNDERLAND. 


483 


and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twenty- 
fifth  Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December^ 
which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling  Proclama- 
tion Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses, 
and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land  ; 
which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their 
Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth^  or  to  such 
Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same ; and  this 
to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said 
Province  to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Benning  Wentworth, 
Esq  ; Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province, 
the- Twenty  Ninth  Day  of  July  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One 
Thousand  Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  one  And  in  the  First  Year  of 
Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*^^ 

Province  of  New  Hamp*'  July  29“'  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  under  the  Province  Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec'"^ 

*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Sunderland  *2-87 


Isaac  Searl  Francis  Bernard  Esq  Gov*^  Woodbridge  Brown 

John  Moffat  Thomas  Clap  John  Beard, 

George  Willis  Esq  Natlfi  Mather  John  Searl 

Joseph  Basset  Jacob  Yanderheiden  Mannigram  Dortteiden 

1 )yrrick  J. V ander  Heiden  Jacob  V anderheiden  jun*^  Jacob  Yanderheiden 
Jacob  Yanaurnam  John  Quaken  Ross  Jacob  Quaken  Ross 

Ricli'^  Yanaurnum  Cornelius  Quaken  Ross  Timothy  Woodbridge 
JoslP  Lamb  Woodbridge  Mathias  Yanderheiden  Derick  Yanderlleiden 


Isaac  Phelps 
Elisha  Alvord 
Joseph  Clark 
Tim°  Matlier 
Ebenezer  Baccus  Esq 
Jon“  Strong  juifi 
Elias  Strong 
Iiichard  Stainer 
Josiah  Hubbard 
(’ap‘  John  Smith 


Samuel  Eno 
Simeon  Clap 
I tl lamer  Strong 
Joseph  Lyman  jun*' 
Abner  Wells 
Ebenez/  Strong 
Elias  Lyman 
Daniel  Jones 
Henry  Wheeler 
Richard  Wibird  Esci 


Elisha  Pomroy 
Jlmothy  Lyman 
Cap‘  Benj*'  Sheldon 
Abijah  Prince 
William  Mat!  ler 
.Ton"  Stronjr  tertius 
James  Searl 
Daniel  .Jones  jun*' 
.John  Holden 
.John  Downing  Esq 


484 


CHAKTER  RECORDS. 


]\Ionsieur  Banbuty  Cap‘  William  Pearson  Henry  Apthorp 
Jacob  Wenclall  Esq  William  Brattle  Esq  Tlio®  Hubbard  Esq 
Sam“  Wentworth  of  Boston  & Benning  AVentwortli 

A Tract  of  Land  for  his  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  to  Con- 
tain Five  Hundred  Acres  as  ^Marked  in  the  Plan  B : W : which  is 
to  be  accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares  One  whole  Share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  Propagating  the  Gospel  in  foreign  Parts 
One  Share  for  A Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Established  one  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  & 
one  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  the  School  in  Said  Town — 

Province  of  Ncav  Hamp'"  July  29*^  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  under  the  Province  Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’’^ 


Province  of  Xew  Hainp’’  July  29^^  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Plan  on  the  Back  of  the  Charter  of 
Sunderland 


^ Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 


SWANTON. 


485 


SWANTON. 


S wanton 


^Province  of  New-Hampshire. 
GEORGE  THE  Third, 


*3-10 


.. — — ..  By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 

) , / Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c. 

) ^ \ To  all  Persons  to  ivliom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 

^ I Greeting. 

Know  Ye,  that  We  of  Onr  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a Neio  Plantation 
within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty  and 
Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and  Com- 
mander in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  Netv-Hampshire^  in  Neiv- 
England^  and  of  Our  Council  of  the  said  Province  ; Have  upon 
the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and  granted, 
and  by  these  Presents,  for  Us,  Our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do  give  and 
grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabitants  of  Our  said 
Province  of  Xeiv-IIamjyshire^  and  Our  other  Governments,  and  to  their 
Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are  entred  on  this  Grant,  to 
be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Seventy  equal  Shares,  all  that 
dhact  or  Parcel  of  J^and  situate,  lying  and  being  witliin  our  said  Prov- 
ince of  New-Hampshire^  containing  by  Admeasurement,  Twenty 
Three  Thousand  & forty  Acres^  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Six  Miles 
square,  and  no  more  ; out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for 
High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  ^Mountains 
and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a 
Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and 
returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted 
and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  the  North  Easterly  Cor- 
ner of  S‘  Albans  a Town  Granted  this  Day  which  laiys  on  the 
Easterly  side  of  Lake  Chanqdain  from  thence  Rnning  Westerly  by 
S‘  Albans  Line  to  Lake  Cham})lain  then  'ruriiing  off  Northerly  A 
Pulling  by  the  Shores  of  said  Lake  to  a Stake  A Stones  by  the  side 
of  the  Lake  at  Six  Miles  Distance  on  a Streight  Line  from  the  North 
Westerly  Corner  of  S‘  Albans  aforesaid  then  4'iirning  off  Easterly  A 
Riming  on  a Ihirrellel  Line  with  the  Northerly  side  Line  of  said  S^ 
Albans  so  far  as  y^  a Streight  line  Drawn  to  the  North  Easterly  C'orner 
of  S‘  Albans  aforesaid  the  Bounds  began  at  A Shall  make  A Include  the 
Contents  of  Six  Miles  Sipian^  And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is 
Incorporated  into  a d'ownship  by  the  Name  of  Swanton  And  the 
Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  'rownship,  are 


486 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and 
every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our 
Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy:  And  further,  that  the  said 

Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled 
thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  tivo  Fairs^  one  of  which 
shall  be  held  on  the  And  the  other 

on  the  annually,  which  F airs  are 

not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said  and  that  as  soon 

as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market 
*3-11  may  be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week, 
as  may  be  thought  most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants. 
Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable 
to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  Third  Tuesday 
of  September  Next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  Cap*  Samuel 
Hunt  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said 
first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws 
and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province ; and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for 
ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall 
be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold 
the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges 
and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns 
forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  cultivate 
five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty  Acres 
contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said  Town- 
ship, and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Success- 
ors, to  be  by  Us  or  them  Re-granted  to  such  of  our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the  Right 
of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Success- 
ors, as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or  Acts  of 
Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the  Con- 
tents of  one  Acre. 


SWAN  TON. 


487 


IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Kent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1763 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay  unto 
Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever,  from 
and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twenty-fifth 
Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.,  which 
will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1773  One  shilling  Proclamation  Money 
for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses,  and  so  in 
Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land ; which 
Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their  Heirs 
or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth^  or  to  such  Officer 
or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same  ; and  this  to 
be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Province 
to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our 
Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the  17*^^ 
Day  of  August  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  three  And  in  the  Third  Year  of  Our 
Reign. 

P Wentworth 


Py  His  Excellency’s  Command, 
With  Advice  of  Council, 

T Atkinson  JuiT  Sec^^ 


Ih'ovince  of  New  Hamp’’  August  17-1763 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal 

19  T Atkinson  JuiU  Sec''^ 


*Names  of  the  Grantees  of  S wanton  (Viz)  *3  12 


Josbua  Goodrich 
Noah  Wells 
Samuel  Wells 
David  Partlet 
Jonathan  Morton  jun‘' 
Elijah  Pain 
Asa  P>illing 
Penjamin  lulling  jnn'' 
Joseph  Pilling 
Robert  Whittemore 
Oliver  Graves 


ZaclP  Pilling 
Silas  Pilling 
David  Hillings 
Noah  Coleman 
Thomas  Temple 
Samuel  Pilling 
Joseph  Pilling  jun*' 
James  Gray 
Josiah  Chaiincy 
Daniel  Pilling 
Daniel  Morton 


Pennoni  Crofts 
Simeon  White  jiin'' 
Solomon  Partlet 
Medad  Field 
Thomas  Temple  jun'' 
Thomas  Miller 
P>enj^  Pilling 
rlohn  Hastings, 

Amos  Negro  alias  Pilling 
Sanuiel  Allis 
Abner  Lyman 


488 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Abner  Lyman  jun 
Elisha  Allis  Jiin’^ 
Elisha  Allis 
Jonathan  Warner 
Israel  Dickinson 
Simeon  White 
Israel  Williams 
Josiah  Allis 
Paul  March 


John  Dickinson 
Elisha  Lyman 
John  Allis 
Elisha  Allis 
Thomas  Bridgman 
Samuel  Wells  jun’^ 
David  Scoot 

Hon^^®  Theodore  Atkinson 
Theodore  Atkinson  juiT 


William  Earl  Treadwell  Nathaniel  Barrell 

& Sampson  Bell 


Joseph  Lyman 
Erastus  Lyman 
Elisha  Smith 
Obediah  Dickinson 
Elias  Dickinson 
Noah  Belding 
Josiah  Old 

John  Fisher  Esq 
Esq^®  James  Stoodley 
Samuel  Ashley  jun'” 


Ilis  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  Contain- 
ing Five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B W.  in  the  Plan  wdiich  is  to  be 
Accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares.  One  AVhole  Share  tor  the  In- 
corporated Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign 
Parts — One  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Established — One  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel 
in  Said  Town — & One  for  the  Benefit  of  a School  in  said  Town 
forever 

Prov®  ^ew  Hamp'^  August  17-1763 

Eecorded  from  the  Back  of  the  original  Charter  of  S wanton  under 
the  Pro^  Seal 

T Atkinson  JuiP  Sec''^ 


THETFORD. 


489 


Prov®  New  Hamp”'  August  17-1763 

Recurded  from  the  Plan  on  the  Back  of  the  original  Charter  of 
S wanton  under  the  Prov®  Seal 

T Atkinson  JuiP  Sec’^y 


THETFORD. 


Thetford 


^Province  of  New-Hampshire. 
GEORGE  THE  Third, 


*2-101 


p-  s 


By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and  Ire- 
land King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  ivhom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq ; Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
New-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province : Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors, 
do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabi- 
tants of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Gov- 
ernments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Sixty 
Eight  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying 
and  being  within  our  said  I^rovince  of  New-Hampshire^  containing 
by  Admeasurement,  Twenty  Three  thousand  Two  hundred  Acres^ 
which  Tract  is  to  contain  Something  more  than  Six  Miles  square,  and 
no  more;  out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways 
and  unim[)rovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  l^onds.  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One 
Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey 
thereof,  made  b}'  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the 
Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  fol- 
lows, Hz,  Begining  at  the  North  Easterly  Corner  of  of  Norwhich  at 
an  Elm  Tree  Standing  on  the  Bank  of  Connecticut  River  marked 
with  the  figures  6 A 7 from  thence  North  60  Degs  West  by  Norwich 
Seven  Miles  to  the  North  Westerly  (.'ornei*  thereof  thence  Nortli 
Thirty  Seven  degrees  East  Six  Miles  thence  South  61  d East  6 Miles  to 
Connecticut  River  then  Down  Soutlierly  as  the  river  runs  to  the  Elm 


490 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


first  mentioned — And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated 
into  a Township  b}’  the  Name  of  Thetford  And  the  Inhabitants  that 
do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared 
to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Privi- 
ledges  and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by 
Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy:  And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as 

soon  as  there  shall  be  Fift}"  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon, 
shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Two  Fairs^  one  of  which  shall  be 
held  on  the  And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the 
respective  following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Fam- 
^2-102  ilies,  a Market  may  be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days 
in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most  advantagious  to  the 
Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town. 
Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on 
the  first  Tuesday  of  September  Next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Noti- 
fied b}^  M*"  Jonathan  Root  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator 
of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agrea- 
ble to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province ; and  that  the 
annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for 
the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually. 
To  Ha^t:  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed, 
together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their 
respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions, 
viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Success- 
ors, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Ro}’al  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 


THETFORD. 


491 


ship  as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof, 
the  Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be  made 
on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1762 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay  unto 
Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  }^eariy,  and  every  Year  forever,  from 
and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twenty-fifth 
Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.,  which 
will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling  Proclamation 
Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses,  and 
so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Laud ; 
which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid, 
their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth^  or  to 
such  Ofiicer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same ; 
and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Benning  WENT^yoRTH,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
Twelfth  Day  of  August  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thou- 
sand Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  One  And  in  the  First  Year  of  Our 
Reign.  B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^’y 

Province  of  New  Hamp’’  August  12^^  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Pro'"  Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^'y 


*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Thetford — Viz  *2-10tS 


John  Phelps  Esq 
John  Phelps  jun’’ 
Aaron  Phelps 
Roger  JMielps 
Aaron  Barber 
J'alcot  Ilosford 
Daniel  Ilosford 
Daniel  Griswold 
Benj'*  Boldwiii 
Daniel  'Hllotson 


Ca[)*  Samuil  Filer 
David  Carver 
Samuel  Filer  ye  3'* 
Oliver  Barber 
Israel  Post 
Amos  Phelps 
David  Miller 
Ebenez’’  Haldwin 
Ezekiel  Jones 
J'imothy  Phelps 


Samuel  Filer  juifi 
John  Filer 
David  Barber 
Israel  Smith 
oi  >e(  Hall  Ilosford 
(’ap^  William  Buel 
Benj'‘  Baldwin  jun'' 
.loseph  Griswold 
Will'*'  Kenada 
Joseph  Skiner 


492 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Daniel  Tillotson  jnn’'  Daniel  Horseford  jun’^  Alexander  Phelps  Esq 
Philip  Mattoon  Davenport  Phelps  Stephen  Palmer 

Alexander  Phelps  jun’^  Asael  Phelps 
Isaac  Phelps  Oliver  Phelps 

Jonathan  Root  Israel  Taylor 

Josiah  Colman  Caleb  Root 

Eliphas  Jones  Joel  Jones 

Theodore  Atkinson  Esq  Mark  Honking  Wentworth  Benning  Went- 
Henry  Hilton  Hunking  Wentworth  John  Wentworth  Esq 

Rev^^  Fogg  Kensington  Wiseman  Clagget  John  Wentworth 
Samuel  Wentworth  Boston  Theodore  Atkinson  jun^’ 


Rossell  Phelps 
Asael  Phelps 
Elijah  Root 
Samuel  Jones  jun'' 
Azariah  Beach  [worth 


His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  one  Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain Five  hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B-  W : in  the  Plan  which 
is  to  be  Accounted  Two  of  the  within  Shares  one  whole  Share  for 
the  Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  foreign 
Parts  One  Share  for  A Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  As  by  Law 
Established  One  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel 
One  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  the  School  in  Said  Town 


Province  of  New  Hamp*’  August  12^^  1761 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*’^ 


TINMOUTH. 


493 


Province  of  New  Hamp^’  August  1761 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  original  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*"^ 


TINMOUTH 


Tin  mouth 


^Province  of  New-Hamnshire. 

j. 

GEORGE  THE  Third, 


^2-193 


, ^ By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 

j I Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

) i To  all  Per807is  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 

^ J Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshere  in 
New-Pnyland^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province;  Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Succes- 
sors, do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects, 
Inhabitants  of  Our  said  Province  of  New- Hampshire^  and  Our  other 
Governments,  and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names 
are  entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Sev- 
enty equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying 
and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  New- Hampshire^  containing  by 
Admeasurement,  Twenty  Three  Thousand  & iovty  Acres^  which  Tract 
is  to  contain  Six  Miles  s(juare,  and  no  more;  out  of  which  an  Allow- 
ance is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks, 
Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free, 
according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s 
Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary's  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed, 
butted  and  bounded  as  follows,  Mz.  Beginning  at  the  North  East 
Corner  of  Pawlet  Running  from  thence  due  North  Six  Miles,  from 
thence  due  East  Six  Miles,  from  thence  'rurning  of  at  Right  Angles 
tk  Running  due  South  Six  Miles  to  the  North  East  (kirnerof  Danby, 
thence  Riming  due  West  by  Danby  Six  Miles  to  the  North  West 
Corner  thereof  being  the  Bounds  began  at — And  that  the  same  lie, 
and  hereliy  is  Incorporated  into  a 'I'ownship  l>y  the  Name  ol  4'in- 


494 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


mouth  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit 
the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with 
and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities 
that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and 
Enjoy : And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall 

be  Fiftv  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty 
of  holding  Two  Fairs^  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Towm  shall  consist  of  Fiftv  Fam- 

%j 

*2-194  dies,  a Market  may  be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days 
in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most  advantagious  to  the 
Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  fleeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town 
Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on 
the  Second  Tuesday  in  October  next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be 
Notified  by  Jared  Lee  Esq  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the 
Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and 
Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province; 
and  that  the  annual  fleeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of 
such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of 
March  annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as 
above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to 
them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  fol- 
lowing Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  L s,  our  Heirs  and  Success- 
ors, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  anv  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 


TINMOUTH. 


495 


Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1762 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twent}^-fifth  Day  of  December.,  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December^  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land;  which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth^ or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same;  and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
Fifteenth  Day  of  September  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One 
Thousand  Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  One  And  in  the  First  Year  of  Our 
Reign . 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 

Province  of  New  Hamp*'  Sep*"  15“^  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Prov^  Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Se’’^ 

*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Tinmouth  Viz  *2-195 


Josei)h  Hooker  Es(C 
Eleazer  Root 
Joseph  Porter 
(’ap‘  Eph'"  Treadwell 
Gideon  Bilden 
Abraham  Crittiiiton 
Josiah  Lewis 
Arnos  I hi  rues 
John  Camp 


Jared  Lee 
Jehiel  Pamerlee 
Lemuel  Whiteman 
Leid  John  Hart 
Stephen  Dorchester 
James  Noughton  Jun 


Elijah  Cowles 
Ebenezer  Orvis 
John  Porter 
Daniel  Curtis 
James  llickcock 
*■  Thomas  Newill 


John  HafTord  Elias  Roberts 

Levi  Ihirter  Abel  Hawley 

Stephen  Hart  Jun''  Samuel  Pike 


496 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


John  Wierad 
Isaac  Newill 
Abel  Carter 
Ephraim  Hough 
Admiali  Parks 
Eph“*  Tuttle 


Ebenezer  Hawley 
Jonathan  Andress 
Ens"  David  Smith 
Stephen  Grains 
Simeon  Hart 
John  Street 


John  Carter  of  Wallin gsford 
Asahel  Cogswell  Josiah  Moss 


Jonathan  Blackbee 
Andrew  Gredley 
Aaron  How 
Daniel  Warner  Esq’ 
Timothy  Hall  & 


Joseph  Star 
Reynold  Bockwith 
Joseph  Bunell 
Cap*^  Eliakim  Hall 


Samuel  Cogswell 
John  Bell 
Eben’’  Fisk 
Cap*^  Isaac  Hnllburt 
Joel  Parks 
John  Hart 
Jacob  Carter  Jun’’ 
Daniel  Langton 
Cap‘  Edward  Galard 
EbeiT  Hubbard 
Richard  Wibird  Esq’^ 
Zachariah  Gillet 


John  Carrington 

His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain Five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B:  W:  in  the  Plan  which  is  to  be 
Accounted  Two  of  the  within  Shares  one  whole  Share  for  the  incor- 
porated Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  foreign  Parts 
one  whole  Share  for  A Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Established  One  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  & 
one  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  A School  in  the  Said  Town 


Province  of  New  Hampshire  Septem’’  15*^^  1761 
Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Charter  of  Tin  mouth  under  the 
Pro’^  Seal 

A ties’"  Theodore  Atkinson  Se’'^ 


TOPSHAM. 


497 


Province  of  New  Hamp’^  September  15*^^  1761 — 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Tinmouth 
under  the  Pro"^  Seal 

AttesP  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^^ 


TOPSHAM. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire.  *3-62 

Topsham  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  Ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  in 
New-England^  and  of  Our  Council  of  the  said  Province  ; Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  Us,  Our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do 
give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabitants 
of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hanwshire.  and  Our  other  Govern- 

j.  ' 

ments,  and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are  entred 
on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Eighty  Eight 
equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and 
being  within  our  said  Province  of  Neiv-Hampshire^  containing  by 
Admeasurement,  Twenty  three  thousand  & forty  Acres^  which  Tract 
is  to  contain  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  moi-e ; out  of  which  an 
Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands 
by  Rocks,  Ponds,  ^Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty 
Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our 
said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office, 
and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  follows,  \lz.  Begin- 
ing  at  the  South  Westerly  Corner  Bounds  of  Newbury  a Town  lately 
granted  in  this  Province  lying  on  the  Westerly  Side  of  Connecticut 
River  from  thence  runing  North  Sixty  five  degrees  West  Six  Miles 
to  a Stake  & Stones  tlien  turning  off  A runing  North  Twenty 
degrees  East  Six  Miles  to  A Stake  A Stones  then  turning  off  Again 

XXXII 


498 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


& Tuning  South  Sixty  Nine  deg®  East  about  Six  Miles  to  the  North 
Westerly  Corner  of  Newbury  afore  Said  thence  South  Twenty  deg® 
West  about  Six  Miles  &;  one  half  Mile  by  Newbury  afores'^  to  the 
Bounds  began  at  And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated 
into  a Township  by  the  Name  of  Topsham  And  the  Inhabitants 
that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby 
declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the 
Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province 
by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy : And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as 
soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon, 
shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  tivo  Fairs^  one  of  which  shall  be 
held  on  the  And  the 

other  on  the  annually,  which 

Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty 
*3-63  Families,  a Market  may  be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or 

more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most  advanta- 
gious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice 
of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be 
held  on  the  Second  Tuesday  in  November  next  which  said  Meeting 
shall  be  Notified  by  Cap*  George  Frost  Esq^  who  is  hereby  also 
appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to 
Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said 
Province;  and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the 
Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  First  Tues- 
day of  3Iarcli  annually,  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of 
Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appur- 
tenances, to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever, 
upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Success- 
ors, to  be  by  Us  or  them  Re-granted  to  such  of  our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  tor  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 


TOPSHAM. 


499 


Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Kent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twent3^-fifth  Day  of  December.  1763 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.,  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December^  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1773  One  shilling 
Proclamation  Money  for  eveiy  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land;  which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth., or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same;  and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Kents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
Seventeenth  Day  of  August  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One 
Thousand  Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  Three  And  in  the  Third  Year 
of  Our  Keign. 


Province  of  New  Hamp’'  SepP  27 — 1763 

Kecorded  According  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Pro^  Seal 


P)  Wentworth 


By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 
With  Advice  of  Council, 

T Atkinson  Jun^  Sec*'-'' 


T Atkinson  Jun'’  Sec'^^' 


The  Names  of  the  (irantees  of  4V)psham-\hz 


Cap^  John  Blunt 
Joso])h  Sergeant 
John  Amaseen 


Stephen  Battson 


500 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


John  Crown  Eobinson  Jones  W”*  Jones. 

Cap‘  Abraham  Trefethen  Abraham  Trefetben  jun’'  William  Trefethen 
Henry  Trefetben  Jun’’  George  Trefethen 


Natb^^  Batson 
Christ®  Amaseen 
Mesbecb  Bell  jun*’ 
Robert  White 
Edward  Card 
John  Sevey 
William  Tredick 
Nathan  White  Juii*" 
Will"'  Neal 
Rich‘S  Yeaton 
Sam''  Wallis 
George  Walton  jun’^ 


Henry  Tredick 
Joseph  Amoseen 
Alcock  Stevens 
Gershom  Lambert 
Benj'^  Randell 
David  Mitchell 
Paul  Randell 
John  Peirce 
Will'"  Clark 
Benj"  Yeaton 
James  Sevey 
Sam"  Wallis  juiT 


Cap'  Simon  Branscomh  Cap'  Will'"  Vennard 
Henry  Langmaid  John  Skinner 

John  Shannon  John  Card 

John  Odiorne  Will'"  Blunt 

Joseph  Frost  Rich''  Jennes  3''  Esq 

The  Hon'"®  Rich''  Wibird  ) -p 
Dan“  Warner  ( 


W"  Frost  Esq 
John  Trefethen 
Shadrach  Bell 
Solomon  White 
Benj"  Underwood 
Mark  Randell 
Henry  Tucker 
William  Trundy 
Sam"  Peirce 
John  Talton 
Rob'  Lapish 
John  Tuckerman 
Cap'  Will"'  Branscomh 
Cap'  ZaclY  Jones 
Steph"  Barton 
Joshua  AVhite  Jun'' 
George  Frost  Esq 
Francis  Jennis 
John  Colef ax  Walker  Lear 
John  Neal  Robert  Neal 


Joseph  Newmarch 


Tho®  Bell  Esquires  John  Simpson  & 
Henry  Foss — 


His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  A Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain Five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B-  W-  in  the  Plan  which  is  to 
be  Accounted  Two  of  the  within  Shares  One  whole  Share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  foreign 
Parts  one  whole  Share  for  A Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by 
Law  Established  One  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gos- 
pel And  one  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  A School  in  Said  Town  forever 

Prov  of  New  Hamp''  SepP  27  1763 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Topsham  under 
the  Pro^  Seal 


T Atkinson  Jun''  Sec''^ 


TOWNSHEND. 


501 


Prov®  New  Hamp''  SepP  27“^  1763 

Recorded  from  tiie  Back  of  the  original  Charter  of  Topsham  under 
tlie  Pro’^  Seal 

T Atkinson  JuiP  Sec”'^ 


TOWNSHEND. 

^Province  of  N Ilainp'^  *1-157 

George  tlie  Second  by  tlie  Grace  of  God  of  Great 
Brittain  France  & Ireland  King  Defender  of  the  faith 

d’o  all  Persons  to  whom  tliese  Presents  Shall  (’ome 
'rownshend  Greeting. 

Know  ye  that  We  of  our  Es})ecial  Grace  Certain  Knowledge 
mere  motioii  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  Settling  A New  IMan- 
tation  within  our  Said  Province  By  A with  the  advice  of  our 

V 


502 


CHAPTER  RECORDS. 


Trusty  6:  Well  beloved  BeuDing  Wentworth  Esq  our  Governour  and 
Com'ander  in  Chieff  of  our  Said  Province  of  Xew  Hampshire  in 
America  and  of  our  Council  of  the  Said  Province  Have  upon  the 
Conditions  A Reservations  hereafter  made  Given  ^ Granted  and  by 
these  Presents  for  us  our  heirs  A successors  Do  give  6c  Grant  in 
Equal  Shares  unto  our  Loveing  Subjects  Inhabitants  of  our  Said 
Province  of  New  Hampshre  and  his  Maj*^*  Other  Governments  and 
to  their  heirs  A Assignes  for  ever  whose  names  Are  Entered  on  this 
Grant  to  be  Divided  to  A amouugst  them  into  Seventy  four  Equal 
Shares  All  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Laud  Scituate  Lying  & being 
within  our  Province  of  Xew  Hampshire  Containing  by  admeasure- 
ment Twenty  three  thousend  A forty  Acres  which  Tract  is  to  Contain 
Six  miles  Square  A:  no  more  and  of  which  an  allowence  is  to  be  made 
for  high  ways  and  uuimproveable  Lands  by  Rocks  Mountains  Ponds 
A Rivers  One  thousend  A forty  Acres  free  According  to  A Plan 
thereof  made  vfc  Presented  bv  our  Said  Governours  orders  and  here- 
unto  Annexed  Butted  A bounded  as  follows  Viz — Beginning  at  a 
Stake  d:  Stones  the  North  Easterly  Corner  of  Fane  thence  runingSix 
miles  North  Twenty  Degrees  East  to  a Stake  A Stones  thence  West 
10  degrees  North  to  A Stake  A Stones  thence  South  Twenty  degrees 
West  to  the  North  Westerly  Corner  of  Fane  thence  East  10  Degrees 
South  bv  Fane  Afores*^  to  the  Northesterlv  Corner  thereof  being 
the  stake  & stones  first  began  at  and  that  the  Same  be  and  is  incor- 
porated into  a Township  by  the  Name  of  Townshend  vk:  that  the 
Inhabitant  that  do  or  Shall  hereafter  Inhabit  the  Said  Township  Are 
hereby  Declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Entituled  to  all  A Every 
the  Previledges  A Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  our 
*1-158  said  Province  by  Law  Exercize  6c  Enjoy  and  further  *that 
the  Said  Town  as  Soon  as  there  Shall  be  fifty  families 
Resdent  & Settled  thereon  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Two 
fairs  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  Other  on  the  Annually  which 

fairs  Are  not  to  Continue  6:  be  held  Longer  than  the  Respective 

following  the  s'*  Respective 

Days  and  as  Soon  as  the  Said  Town  Shall  Consist  of  fifty  families  A 
Market  Shall  be  Opened  6c  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  Each  Week  as 
mav  be  thought  most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants  also  that  the 
first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers  Agreable  to  the  Laws 
of  our  s'*  Province  shall  be  held  on  the  Last  Wednesday  in  August 
next  which  fleeting  Shall  be  Notifvedby  .John  Hazeltine  Esq  who  is 
hereby  also  Appointed  the  ^loderator  of  the  said  first  meeting  which 
he  is  to  Notify  6c  Govern  Agreable  to  the  Laws  6c  Customs  of  our  s'* 
Province  and  that  tbe  Animal  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the 


TOWKSHEND. 


503 


Choice  of  Such  officers  of  said  Town  Shall  be  on  the  Second  Wednes- 
day in  March  Annually  To  & TO  hold  the  Said  Tract  of 

Land  as  above  Expressed  togeather  with  all  the  Previledges  & Appur- 
tenances to  them  & there  Respective  Heirs  & Assigns  for  ever  Upon 
the  following  Conditions  Viz — That  every  Grantee  his  heirs  or 
Assignes  Shall  Plant  or  Cultivate  five  Acres  of  Land  within  the 
Term  of  five  years  for  every  fifty  Acres  Contained  in  his  or  their 
Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said  Township  & Continue  to  Im- 
prove & Settle  the  Same  by  additional  Cultivations  on  Penalty  of 
the  forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in  the  said  Township  & of  its 
reverting  to  his  Majesty  his  heirs  & Successors  to  be  by  him  or  them 
Kegranted  to  Such  of  his  Subjects  as  Shall  Effectually  Settle  & Cul- 
tivate the  Same  That  all  white  & other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said 
Township  fit  for  Masting  our  Royal  Navy  be  Carefully  Preserved  for 
that  use  & none  be  Cut  or  felld  without  his  Majesties  Espec- 
ial Lycence  for  so  doing  first  had  & obtained  upon  the  Penalty  of  the 
forfeiture  of  the  right  of  such  Grantee  his  heirs  or  assignes  to  us  our 
heirs  & successors  as  well  as  being  Subject  to  the  Penalty  of  Any 
Act  or  Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  Are  or  hereafter  Shall 
be  Enacted  That  before  any  * Divission  of  the  said  Lands  be  *1-159 
made  to  & amoungst  the  Grantees  a Tract  of  Land  as  near 
the  Center  of  the  Town  as  the  Land  will  admit  of  Shall  be  reserved 
and  marked  out  for  Town  Lotts  one  of  which  Shall  be  allotted  to 
Each  Grantee  of  the  Contents  of  one  Acre  Yielding  & Paying  there- 
for to  us  our  heirs  & successors  for  the  Space  of  Ten  years  to  be 
Computed  from  the  Date  hereof  the  Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn 
only  on  the  first  Da}’  of  Jan’^^  Annually  if  Lawfully  Demanded  the 
first  Payment  to  be  made  on  the  first  Day  of  Jan’'^  next  ensueing  the 
Date  hereof  and  every  Proprietor  Settler  or  Inhabitant  Shall  Yield 
A Pay  unto  us  our  heirs  & successors  Yearly  A Every  year  for  ever 
from  A after  the  Expiration  of  the  Ten  years  from  the  Date  hereof 
namely  on  the  first  Day  of  JaiP^  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  our 
Lord  Christ  one  thousend  seven  hundred  A Sixty  four  One  Shilling 
Proclamation  money  for  every  hundred  Acres  he  so  owns  Settles  or 
Possesses  A So  in  Proportion  for  A Greater  or  Lesser  Tract  of  the 
Said  Land  which  money  Shall  be  paid  by  the  Resj)ective  Pei’sons 
al)ove  said  their  Heirs  or  Assigns  in  our  Council  Cliamber  in  PortsnP 
or  to  such  officer  or  officers  as  Shall  be  Appointed  to  receive  the 
Same  and  tliis  to  be  in  Ideu  of  All  other  Rents  A and  Service  what- 
soever— 

In  Testamony  hereof  We  have  ('aused  the  Seal  of  our  s'‘  Province 
tf)  be  hereunto  affixed  Wittness  Penning  Wentworth  Es(j  our  Gover- 
nour  A Commander  in  Cliiefl  of  onr  Said  Province  the  20“'  Day  of 


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CHARTER  RECORDS. 


JuDe  ill  the  year  of  our  Lord  Christ  1753  And  in  the  26  year  of  Our 
Reign 

B Wentworth 

By  his  Excellencys  Corn‘d 
with  Advice  of  Council 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec''-' 

Entered  & Recorded  According  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the 
Province  Seal  this  21^^  Day  of  June  1753 — 

^ Theodore  Atkinson  Se'''" 

The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Townshend — 


John  Hazeltine, 
Elisha  Fish, 
Solomon  Holmon, 
Luke  Brown 
Jon®  Fry, 

Isaac  Gail, 

Eliakim  Rise, 
Jason  Wait, 
Jonathan  Barnard, 


David  Hall,  James  Willmao, 

Benjamin  Woodbury,  Isaac  Miller, 


‘Joseph  Dyer, 

John  Stow  el, 
Benjamin  Marsh, 
Joshua  AVoodbury, 


Isaac  Barnard, 
Jesse  Smith, 
Jonathan  Hale, 
Nathaniel  Wait, 
AVilliam  Young, 


David  Hall  jun'' 

Samuel  Dagget  jun'',  Hezekiah  Stowel, 
Joshua  Barnard,  Solomon  Holmon  jun'' 

Abner  Sawyer,  Paul  Hazeltine,  Moses  Backer, 

*1-160  Abner  Hazeltine,  Jn®  Willson,  *Silas  Hazeltine, 

Isaac  Harrington  jun’^,  Nathaniel  Wait,  Marshal  Backer, 


Ebenezer  Fisk, 
Alexander  Cletvon, 
James  Leland, 
Moodv  Chase, 
Samuel  Chase, 
Phineas  Leland, 
Jones  Warring  jun'', 
Abel  Chase  jun'', 
Henry  Sherburne, 
Samuel  Smith, 
Sampson  Sheaffe, 


Henery  Walker, 
Samuel  Gils, 

Glesear  Fletcher, 
Moses  Chase, 

Josiah  Gail, 

Samuel  Chase  jun'', 
Joseph  Sparhawk, 
Jonathan  Holman, 
Theodore  Atkinson, 
John  Downing, 


John  Clemonts, 

Isaac  Harrington, 
Daniel  Chase, 
Jonathan  Wait, 
Lemuel  Robins, 
Hezekiah  Ward, 
Thomas  Denny, 
Antipas  Holond, 
Richard  Wibird, 
Samuel  Solley, 

John  AVentworth  jun'' 


Daniel  Warner, 

His  Excellency  Benning  AATntworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain five  hundred  Acres  which  is  to  be  Accounted  Two  of  the  within 
Shares  one  whole  Share  for  the  Incorporated  Society  for  Propagating 
the  Gospel  in  forreign  Parts  one  whole  Share  for  the  first  settled 
Minister  of  the  Gospel  in  said  Town  one  whole  Share  for  A Glebe 
for  the  Alinistrv  of  the  Church  of  Englaod  as  bv  Law  Established — 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Charter  of  Townshend  the  21 
Day  of  June  1753  ^ Theodore  Atkinson  Se''-' 


TOWNSHEND. 


505 


■ Taken  from  the  Plan  on  the  back  of  the  Charter  of  Townshend 
June  1753 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’’^ 


[Townshend  Charter  Renewed,  1762.] 

^Province  of  New  Hatnp*'  *1-250 

George  the  Third  by  the  Grace  of  God  of  Great  Britain 
France  & Ireland  King  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c 

Whereas  our  Late  Royal  Grandfather  King  George  the 
Second  of  Glorious  Memory  did  of  his  Special  (irace  & 
mere  motion  for  the  Fncouragment  of  Settling  a New 
Plantation  witliin  our  said  Province  of  New  Ilamp*'  by 
his  Letters  Patents  or  Charter  under  tlie  Seal  of  our  Said  Province 
dated  tlie  25^*’  Day  of  June  1753  and  in  the  26^'*  Year  of  his  Majestys 
Reign  Granted  A Tract  of  Land  F(jual  to  Six  Miles  Scpiare  Bounded 
as  therein  I^^xpressed  to  a Number  of  Our  Loyal  Subjects  whose  Names 
are  Fntred  on  the  Same  to  hold  to  them  their  Heirs  or  ^Vssigns  on 
the  (\>nditions  therein  Declared  to  he  A J'own  (''or])orate  by  the 
Name  of  'rownsend  as  by  referrence  to  the  said  ('harter  may  more 
fully  appear 

And  whereas  the  Said  Grantees  have  Represented  that  by  the 


J'ownsend 

Renew’d 


o06 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Intervention  of  an  Indian  War  since  making  the  Said  Grant  it  has 
been  Impracticable  to  comply  with  & fullfill  the  Conditions  and 
Humbly  Supplicating  us  not  to  take  Advantage  of  the  Breach  of  Said 
Conditions  but  to  Lengthen  out  & Grant  them  Some  Reasonable 
Time  for  Performance  thereof  after  the  Said  Impediment  shall  Cease 
Now  Know  Ye  that  we  being  Willing  to  Promote  the  End  Proposed 
have  of  our  Further  Grace  & Favour  Suspended  our  Claim  of  the  for- 
feiture which  they  may  have  Incurrd  and  by  these  Presents  do  Grant 
unto  the  Said  Grantees  their  heirs  & assigns  the  Term  of  One  Year 
for  Performing  & fullfilling  the  Conditions  Matters  & Things  by 
them  to  be  done  which  Term  is  to  be  Renewd  if  the  Same  Impedi- 
m*"  remains  until  our  Plenary  Instructions  Shall  be  Received  Relative 
to  the  Incident  that  has  Prevented  a Complyence  with  the  Said 
Charter  according  to  the  Intent  & Meaning  of  the  Same 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  Our  Said  Piw- 
ince  to  be  hereunto  affixed  Witness  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  our 
Governour  & Commander  in  Chieff  of  Our  Province  aforesaid  the 
20*^’  Day  of  August  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ  1762  & in  the 
Second  Year  of  Our  Reign 

B Wentworth 

By  his  Excellencys  Com'^ 
with  Advice  of  Council 

Theod*^  Atkinson  juiT  Se^^ 

Recorded  According  to  the  original  Charter  under  the  Prov®  Seal 
this  20*^^  August  1762 

T : Atkinson  Juffi  S^ 


TUNBRIDGE. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire. 

GEORGE  THE  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  kc. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a Neiv  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq ; Our  Governor  and 


*2-157 

Tunbridge 


TUNBRIDGE. 


50T 


Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
Neiv-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province;  Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  ns,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do 
give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabi- 
tants of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire,  and  Our  other  Gov- 
ernments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  thein  into 
Seventy  One  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate, 
lying  and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  jVew- Hampshire^  con- 
taining by  Admeasurement,  Twenty  Three  thousand  & forty  Acres, 
which  Tract  is  to  contain  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more;  out  of 
which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable 
Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and 
Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by 
Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office, 
and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  At  the 
South  Westerly  Corner  of  Strafford  from  thence  riming  North  fifty 
Seven  degrees  West  Six  Miles  thence  North  Thirty  Six  degrees  East 
Six  Miles  thence  South  fifty  Nine  degrees  East  Six  Miles  to  the 
North  Westerly  Corner  of  Strafford  afores'^  thence  South  Thirty 
Six  degrees  West  Six  Miles  by  Strafford  afore  Said  to  the  South 
Westerly  Corner  thereof  being  the  Bound  began  at  And  that  the 
same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the  Name 
of  Tunbridge  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the 
said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Inti- 
tled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other 
Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjo}^  And 
further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  hnmilies 
resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  ttvo 
Fairs,  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the  annuallv,  which  Fairs  are 

not  to  continue  longer  than  tlie  respective 

following  the  said  and  that  as  soon 

as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market 
may  be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  *'2-158 
as  may  he  thought  most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants. 

Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable 
to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  fourth  Tuesday 
of  tliis  Instant  September  which  said  Meeting  sliall  be  Notified  bv 
AP  El  lenezer  Fletclier  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of 
the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Gov'ern  agreable  to  the 
Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province;  and  that  tlie  annual  Meeting 


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CHAKTER  RECORDS. 


for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town, 
shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually,  To  Have  and  to 
Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all 
Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  theui  and  their  respective  Heirs 
and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every 
fifty  Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in 
said  Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  addi- 
tional Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or 
Share  in  the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects 
as  shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  IMasting  Our  Royal  Yavy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Township 
as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1762 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler,  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twenty- 
fifth  Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December^ 
which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling  Proclama- 
tion Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses, 
and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land  ; 
which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their 
Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth^  or  to  such 
Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same  ; and 
this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq; 


TUNBRIDGE. 


509 


Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
3"'  Day  of  September  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  one  And  in  the  First  Y^ear  of  Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’’^ 


Province  of  New  Hamp’^  September  3*^  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal 


Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*"^ 


*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Tunbridge  Viz — *2-159 


Abraham  Root 
Joshua  Warren 
Noah  Thomas 
Luke  Camp 
IMartin  Root 
John  Weldon 
Obediah  Noble  JuiY 
Samuel  Hide 
Elisha  Warner 
Joseph  Haiimer 
Theophilos  Westover 
Stephen  Holey 
William  Corp 
Ebenezer  Fletcher 
Samuel  Catlin 
Timothy  Seymore 
lienjamin  Tucker 
William  P>uck 
Joseph  Newmarch  Esq'' 


Timothy  Brunson 
John  Jackson 
Hezekiah  Camp 
Hartman  Vanduser 
William  Roberts 
James  Weldon 
Samuel  Bush 
Ezekiel  Roberts 
Philip  Cullender 
George  Palmer 
I)avi(l  Walker 
Cotton  Fletcher 
Joseph  Waterhouse 
Asa  Norton 
Joseph  Pickit 
Nathaniel  Pease 
Joshua  Tucker 
AVilliam  Fitch 
M IP  Wentworth  E 


George  Brindley  Boston  Daniel  Allen 
Odiah  Moore  James  Saxton 

Daniel  J'aylor  Juii*'  James  Nicholls — 


Hezekiah  Camp  JuiY 
Ephraim  Thomas 
Joel  Camp 
Moses  Corbit 
Jesse  Weldon 
Obediah  Noble 
AYilliam  Whitney 
Elisha  Noble 
Abiel  Camp 
Samuel  Lane 
Ebenezer  Fletcher  Jun 
Abiel  Williams 
Samuel  Lee 
Roswell  Killborne 
Benjamin  Pickett 
Henry  Allyn 
Walter  Briant  Esq*" 
Ezra  Iliccock 
sq'’  Robert  J’raill  Esq'' 
John  Deane 
Daniel  Haden 


r 


His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq*' a Tract  of  Land  to  Contain 
Five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B-W-  in  the  Plan  wliicli  is  to  be 
Accounted  Two  of  the  within  Sliares,  Onewliole  Share  for  the  Incor- 
porated Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  (Jospell  in  Foreign  Parts, 
one  whole  share  for  A Glelx^  for  the  C’hurch  of  England  as  l)y  Law 
Establishe<l,  One  Share  for  tlie  first  Setled  Minister  of  tlie  Gospel,  A 
r)ne  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  a School  in  said  J'own — 


510 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Province  of  New  Hamps^  Sep^  3.  1761 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  for  Tunbridge, 
under  the  Province  Seal — 

^ Theodore  Atkinson  Sec"^^ 


Province  of  New  Hainp^  August  3'^  1761 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Charter  of  Tunbridge  under  the 
Pro’^  Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 


UNDERHILL. 


*2-457 

Underhill 


^Province  of  New-Hampshire. 
GEORGE  THE  Third, 


. By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 

) / Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

) i To  all  Persons  to  ivliom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 

^ ^ Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a Neiv  Plantation 
within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty  and 


UNDERHILL. 


511 


Well-beloved  Benning  WENT^yoRTH,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hamrshike  in 
Neiv-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province ; Have  upon 
the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and  granted, 
and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do  give  and 
grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabitants  of  Our 
said  Province  of  Neiv-llampshire^  and  Our  other  Governments,  and  to 
tlieir  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are  entred  on  this 
Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Seventy  one  equal 
Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and  being  within 
our  said  Province  of  New-Hamj)8hire^  containing  by  Admeasurement, 
23040  Acres^  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Six  IMiles  square,  and  no  more ; 
out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unim- 
provable Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Alountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thous- 
and and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof, 
made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secre- 
tary’s Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  follows, 
Viz.  Begining  at  the  North  Easterly  Corner  of  Westford  from  thence 
Runing  Southerly  by  the  Easterly  Line  of  said  Westford  six  Miles  to 
the  North  West  Corner  of  Jerico,  from  thence  Easterly  by  the  North- 
erly Line  of  said  Jerico  about  six  Miles  to  the  North  Easterly  corner 
thereof,  from  tlience  Northerly  a Parralell  Line  with  the  Easterly 
Line  of  Westford  six  Miles  from  thence  Westerly  about  six  Miles  to 
the  North  Easterly  Corner  of  Westford  the  place  begun  at — And  that 
the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the  Name 
of  Underhill  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the 
said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Inti- 
tled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other 
4'owns  within  Our  Ih’ovince  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy:  And  further, 
that  tlie  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident 
and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  tlie  Liberty  of  hohling  Two  Fairs,  one 
of  which  shall  be  lield  on  tlie 
And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said 

O 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  I'own 

.shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  ma}"  he  ^opened  *2-458 
and  ke{)t  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be 
thought  most  advantagious  to  the  'Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the 
lii*st  Meeting  for  the  (’hoice  of  4\>wn  Ollicers,  agreable  to  the 
I>aws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  2P‘  Day  of  July 
next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notilied  by  DocP  Josc*ph  Sackett 
Jun'’  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meet- 


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CHAKTER  RECORDS 


ing,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreahle  to  the  Laws  and  Cus- 
toms of  Our  said  Province ; and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever 
hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on 
the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually,  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the 
said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges 
and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns, 
forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  cultivate 
five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty  Acres 
contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said  ToAvn^ 
ship,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in  the 
said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors, 
to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township,, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use^ 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the  Right 
of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or  Acts  of 
Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  I^and  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town^ 
ship  as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the  Rent 
of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December 
annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be  made  on  the 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1763 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay  unto 
Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever,  from  and 
after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twenty-fifth  Day 
of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.,  which  will 
be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1773  One  shilling  Proclamation  Money 
for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses,  and  so  in 
Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land  ; which  Money 
shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or 
Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth.,  or  to  such  Officer  or 
Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same ; and  this  to  be 
in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 


UNDERHILL. 


513 


In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Province 
to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our 
Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the  Eigth 
Day  of  June  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand  Seven 
Hundred  and  Sixty  three  And  in  the  Third  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

T Atkinson  JuiT  Sec’'^ 

Prov®  New  Hamp’’  June  8-1763 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Province  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun^’  Sec*^^  ' 


*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Underhill  (Viz)  *2-459 


Joseph  Sackett  Juffi 
Joseph  Sackett 
James  Jamesson 
Jon"^  Hazard 
John  Yeats 
John  Sackett 
Will"'  Sackett 
Micael  Butler 
Jacamiah  Allen 
Roffi  Freeborn 
Will'"  Sands 
Will'"  Allen 
James  Horton  Sen'^ 
Maurice  Salts 
Peter  Ten  Eike  Jun'' 
Myer  Myers 
Joshua  Watson 
Will'"  Butler 
Derrick  Amberman 
Jon'^  Copland 
Hon  : John  J'emple  ) 
Theo : Atkinson  J 
M*^  ID  Wentworth  ' 


James  Sackett  TerP 
Edw'^  Earle 
Corn®  Low  Jiin''  Esq'’ 
And"'  Anderson 
James  Sackett 
David  Mathews 
Joseph  Savage 
Sam^  Wall 
Henry  Allen 
Sam^  Browne 
Benj"  Underhill 
Henry  Franklin 
Silvan  ns  Horton 
Lewis  Reley 
Isaac  Adol[)hies 
Solomon  ^Iarache 
Silvanus  Dillingham 
Rob‘  Midwinter 
Joseph  Holmes 
Uriah  Woolman 

DocP  John  Hale 
Esq''®  Maj''  Sand  Hale 


Peter  Sackett 
Marmaduke  Earle 
Jon"^  Dayton  Juid' 
James  Anderson 
Sam^  Sackett 
Andr®  Ten  Eike  Jun'' 
Daniel  Voorhis 
Joseph  Bull 
John  Freeborn 
Carry  Dunn 
Peter  Allen 
Bishop  Hadley 
Underhill  Horton 
James  Reid 
Sam^  Judea 
Jacob  Watson 
John  Dillingham 
John  Midwinter 
John  Cockle 
John  Sears 
& 


His  Excellency  Penning  Wentworth  Esc)''  a J'ract  of  r>and  to 
Contain  Five  Hundred  Acres  as  as  marked  B-W-  in  the  Plan  whicli 
is  to  be  Accounted  two  of  the  witiiin  shares,  One  whole  sliare  for 
the  Incorporated  Society  for  tlie  Proj)agation  of  tlie  Gospel  in 
Foreign  Parts;  One  Sliare  for  a Glelie  for  tlie  Church  of  England  as 

XXXIII 


514 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


by  Law  Established,  One  Share  for  the  first  settled  Minister  of  the 
Gospel,  And  One  Share  for  the  benefit  of  a School  in  Said  Town — 

Province  of  New  Hanip^  June  8^^^  1763 

Recorded  according  to  the  Back  of  the  Charter  of  Underhill  under 
the  Prov^  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun'^  Sec*"^ 


Prov®  of  New  Hamp^  June  8*^^  1763 

Recorded  from  the  Plan  on  the  Back  of  the  Charter  of  Underhill 
under  the  Pro^  Seal 


T Atkinson  JuiP  Sec^^' 


[Mansfield  Charter,  1763.] 


^2-461  ^Province  of  New-Hampshire. 

Mandsfield  GEORGE  the  Third, 


By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Ha:mpshire  in 
New-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province : Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 


UNDERHILL. 


515 


granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors,  do 
give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabit- 
ants of  Our  said  Province  of  New- Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Govern- 
ments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into 
Seventy  one  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate, 
lying  and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  New- Hampshire^  contain- 
ing by  Admeasurement,  23040  Acres^^  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Six 
Miles  square,  and  no  more ; out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be 
made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rochs,  Ponds, 
Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  Free  accord- 
ing to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s 
Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto 
annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  the 
North  Easterly  Corner  of  Underhill  from  thence  Riming  Southerly 
by  said  Underhill  six  Miles  to  the  North  Westerly  corner  of  Bolton, 
from  thence  by  s‘^  Bolton  North  Line  about  six  Miles  to  the  North 
Easterly  Corner  thereof,  from  thence  Northerly  a Parralell  Line 
with  the  Easterly  Line  of  Underhill  six  Miles,  from  thence  Westerly 
about  six  Miles  to  Underhill  Corner  the  place  began  at  And  that 
the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the 
Name  of  Mansfield  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter 
inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized 
with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities 
that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy: 
And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty 
Familes  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding 
Two  Fairs,  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the  annually,  which  Fairs  are 

not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said  and  that  as  soon 

as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market 
may  be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  *2-401 
as  may  be  thought  most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants. 

Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable 
to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  22'‘  I)ay  of 
July  next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  AP  Nath  : Sackett 
who  is  hereby  also  aj)pointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting, 
whicli  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs 
of  Our  said  Province;  and  that  the  annual  Meeting  forever  here- 
after for  the  ('hoice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  'I'own,  sludl  be  on 
the  Second  Jhiesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the 
said  4'ract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges 


516 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns 
forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  cultivate 
five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty  Acres 
contained  in  liis  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said  Town- 
ship, and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in  the 
said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors, 
to  be  by  L^s  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  blasting  Our  Royal  Xavy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  L"se, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the  Right 
of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  L^s,  our  Heirs  and  Success- 
ors, as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or  Acts  of 
Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  papng  therefor  to  L^s,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Yeai*s,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
Jjecemher  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  fii'st  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1763 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Hell's  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twenty- 
fifth  Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December., 
which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1773  One  shilling  Proclama- 
tion Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses, 
and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land ; 
which  ^loney  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Pei'sons  abovesaid,  their 
Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth.,  or  to  such 
Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same  ; and  this 
to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimonv  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Province 
to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Bexxlxg  Wentworth,  Esq  ; Our 
Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the  Eighth 
Day  of  June  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand  Seven 
Hundred  and  sixty  three  And  in  the  Third  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 


517 


UNDERHILL. 


By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Prov^  New  Hamp’'  June  8^^  1763 

Recorded  according  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Pro''  Seal 

T Atkinson  JuiP  Sec’^^ 


*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Mansfield  (Viz)  *2-463 


Jeremiah  Fravise 
Nich®  Bueld 
David  Gnion 
Voluntine  Lownsbury 
David  Stanley 
Daniel  Birdsell 
Samuel  Jones 
John  Cornwell 
Platt  Rogers 
Silas  Smith 
EbeiF  Boy’d 
Walter  iVhard 
Will'"  Borden  Jun'' 
Will'"  Palmer 
Will'"  Warren 
Sam'  Drake 
Rich"'  Thompkins 
Will'"  Foster 
Jacob  Maybee 
Joseph  Sherwood  JuiF 
Hon  Will'"  Temple 
John  Nelson 
Theo : Atkinson  Jun 


Rob'  Townsend 
Joseph  Bueld  Jun'' 
And"'  Eamoureux 
John  Agur 
John  Stevery 
Benj''  Lord 
Samuel  Frost 
Joseph  Forman 
Nath'  Sackett 
John  Boyd 
Sam'  Sherwood 
Will'"  Borden 
Benj^  Ketchaur 
Joseph  Strang 
Dan'  Seaman  J'' 
Joshua  Drake 
Amos  Thompkins 
Will"*  Maybee 
Jeremiah  Maybee 
Tho®  Tompkins 

Sam'  Emerson 
Esq*"*  George  Frost 


Nath'  Whitnee 
John  CoLiert 
John  Barney 
Jon*'  Stevens 
Will'"  Horton 
Will'"  White 
John  Yeale 
Cap'  Annanias  Rogers 
Jacob  Smith 
John  Baly 
Bartlett  Brundege 
Sam'  Bucklee 
John  Bucklee 
Joseph  Veille 
Cornelius  Vanvalzah 
Jasper  Drake 
Enoch  Thompkins 
John  Maybee 
Fredrick  Maybee 
John  Wood 
Esq*^ 


His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq*"  a Tract  of  Land  to 
Contain  Five  Hundred  Acres  as  marked  B-  W in  the  Plan  which  is 
to  be  Accounted  two  of  the  within  shares.  One  whole  share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gos])el  in  Foreign 
Parts,  One  share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Establish’d,  One  share  for  the  first  settled  Minister  of  tlie  Gospel  A 
(Jne  Share  for  the  benefit  of  a School  in  said  Town 


Pro^  of  New  Hamp'^  June  8"'  1763 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  (fiiarter  under  the  Pro^ 
Seal 


4'  Atkinson  Jun''  Sec*^^ 


518 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


L th 


cunon. . 


Prov®  Xew  Hamp^  June  8 — 1763 

Recorded  from  the  Plan  on  the  Back  of  the  original  Charter  of 
Mansfield  under  the  Prov — Seal 

T Atkinson  JuiP  Sec"' 


WALLIXGFORD. 

*2-341  *Pro^fince  of  Xew-Hampshire. 

Wallingford  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God.  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  Ki^’G,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Pei'son^  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
ineer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a Xe^v  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Ben:si:sg  Wentworth,  Esq:  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  Xew-Hampshire  in 
Xew-England.  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province  : Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  b}’  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors, 
do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loafing  Subjects.  Inhabi- 
tants of  Our  said  Province  of  Xeic-Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Gov- 
ernments. and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Xames  are 


AVALLINGFORD. 


519 


entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Seventy 
two  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and 
being  within  our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  containing  by 
Admeasurement,  Twenty  Three  Thousand  & Forty  Acres^  which  Tract 
is,  to  contain  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more ; out  of  which  an  Allow- 
ance is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks, 
Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free, 
according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s 
Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed, 
butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  the  North  East 
Corner  of  Tin  mouth  thence  Runing  due  East  Six  Miles,  thence  due 
South  Six  Miles  to  tlje  North  East  Corner  of  Harwich,  thence  Six 
Miles  due  West  by  Harwich  to  the  South  East  Corner  of  Tinmouth 
afores*^  thence  due  North  by  Tinmouth  to  the  North  Easterly  Corner 
thereof,  being  the  Bounds  begun  at — And  that  the  same  be,  and 
hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the  Name  of  Walling- 
ford And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said 
Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled 
to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other  Towns 
within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy  : And  further,  that 
the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and 
settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Two  Fairs^  one  of 
which  shall  be  held  on  the 
And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Fami- 
lies, a Market  may  be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  *2-342 
in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most  advantagious  to  the 
Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town 
Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on 
the  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified 

by  Cap‘  Eliakim  Hall  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the 
said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the 
Laws  and  (uistoms  of  Our  said  Province;  and  that  the  annual  Meet- 
ing for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said 
Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually,  To  Have 
and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together 
with  all  Privileges  and  A[)})urtenances,  to  them  and  their  res[>ective 
Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  i)lant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  'Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Sliare  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 


520 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Success- 
sors,  to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and 
among  the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said 
Township  as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked 
out  for  Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of 
the  Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof, 
the  Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1762 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December.,  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land  ; which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth^ or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same  ; and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Province 
to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our 
Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the  27*^^ 
Day  of  November  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  One  And  in  the  Second  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Se’'^ 


WALLINGFORD. 


521 


Proviuce  of  New  Hamps^  Novem'^  27.  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Origional  Charter  under  the  Province 
seal — 

Theodore  iVtkinson  Se’'^ 


*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Wallingford  (Viz)  ^2-343 


Cap‘  Eliakim  Hall 
Timo^  Bradley 
John  Mix 
Isaac  Bradley 
Samuel  Munson 
Hezekiah  Sabin 
Abra"*  Bassit 
Dan^  Lyman  Esq 
John  Sackett 
Sam^  ^lansfield  Esq 
Richard  Hood 
Rev‘‘  Sam^  Hall 
Elnathan  Ives 
Doctor  Caleb  Hall 
Stephen  Hall 
Justis  Holt 
David  Page 
AVill"'  Peck 
Isaac  Townsend 
Sam^  Miles 
Hezekiah  Day 
Joseph  Newmarch  Es 


Sam^  Bishop  JuiT 
Isaac  Bishop 
Phineas  Bradley 
Tho®  Willmot 
Samuel  Bishop 
Isaac  Doolittle 
John  Turner 
John  Rice 
John  Whiting  Esq 
Joshua  Chandler  Esq 
Josiah  Thompson 
Enos  Page 
Elisha  Hall 
Tim®  Page 
Hezekiah  Hall 
John  Hall  Esq 
Benj^^  Hall  Jun'" 

Eli  Todd 
Joseph  Dorman 
Thomas  Rice 
Maj  Benj"^  Day 
Sam'  Willis  Esq  & Ca 


Amos  Perkins 
Charles  Sabin 
Israel  Bishop 
Stephen  Ford 
Dan'  Bassett 
David  Austin 
Enos  Tuttle 
John  Prout  Esq 
Enos  Ailing 
Thomas  Howell 
Medad  Lyman 
Brinton  Hall 
Isaac  Hall 
Eliakim  Hall  Jun^ 
Rev^'  Nathan  Williams 
Giles  Hall 
Cha®  Chauny  Hall 
Jeremiah  Townsend 
Sam'  Dorman 
Will'"  Day 
Dan'  Warner  Esq 
ij'  Eliakim  Hall — 


His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain Five  llund*'  Acres  as  marked  B-  W-  in  the  Plan,  which  is  to 
be  Accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares,  One  whole  Share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign 
Parts,  One  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Established,  One  Share  for  the  First  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gosj)el 
&;  One  Share  for  the  Benetit  of  a School  in  said  Town — 


Province  of  New  Hain|)s''  Novein''  27.  1761 — 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  of  Wallingford 
under  the  Province  seal — 


Theodore  Atkinson  Sec'’-'' 


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CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Province  of  New  Hampshire  Novem’^  27.  1761 
Recorded  According  to  the  Origional  Charter  of  Wallingford  under 
the  Province  seal — 

Theodore  Atkinson  Se^^' 


WARDSBORO. 


^1-273 
Cap‘  Lieu‘s 
John  Walkers 
Grant 


[Grant  to  John  Walker,  1764.] 

^George  the  Second  by  the  Grace  of  God  of  Great 
Britain  France  & Ireland  King  Defender  of  the  Faith 
&c^ 

To  all  to  whom  these  Presents  Shall  come  Greeting 
Whereas  we  have  tho^  fit  by  our  Proclamation  given  at 
S'"  James’s  the  7‘^  Day  of  October  in  the  Third  Year  of 
our  Reign  Annoq  Domini  1763  (amoung  other  Things  to 
Testify  our  Royal  Sence  and  approbation  of  the  Con- 
duct & Bravery  of  the  officers  & Soldiers  of  Our  Armies  and  to 
Signify  our  Desire  of  rewarding  the  Same  and  have  tlierein  Com’an- 
ded  & Iinpowered  our  Several  Governors  of  our  Respective  Provinces 


L-s- 


AVARDSBORO, 


523 


on  the  Contenant  of  America  to  Grant  without  Fee  or  Reward  to  such 
reduced  officers  as  have  Served  in  North  America  during  the  late 
Warr  & to  such  Private  Soldiers  as  have  been  or  shall  be  Disbanded 
there  and  Shall  Personally  apply  for  such  Quantitys  of  Land  respec- 
tivly  as  in  & by  our  aforesaid  Proclamation  are  Perticularly 
mentioned  Subject  Nevertheless  to  the  Same  Quit  Rents  and  Condi- 
tions of  Cultivation  & Improvem*^  which  Other  our  Land  are  Subject 
to  in  the  Province  within  which  they  are  Granted  and  whereas  John 
Walker  Esq  now  Residing  at  Portsmouth  in  our  Province  of  New 
Hampshire  had  our  appointment  as  Cap*  Lieutenant  of  a Corps  of 
Rangers  under  the  Com’and  of  Joseph  Goram  Esq  Major  Com’a- 
dant  and  Served  during  the  last  War  in  North  America  and  is  now 
reduced  and  having  agreable  to  our  aforesaid  Proclamation  Personally 
solicited  such  Grant  Know  Ye  that  We  of  our  Special  certain  Know- 
ledge & mere  motion  do  Signify  our  approbation  aforesaid  and  for 
the  Encouraging  the  Settlement  &;  Cultivation  of  our  Lands  within 
our  Said  Province  of  New  Hamp*^  have  by  & with  the  Advice  of  our 
Trusty  & well  beloved  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  Governour  and 
Com’ander  in  Chieff  of  our  said  Province  of  New  Hampshire  and  of 
our  Council  for  said  Province  agreable  to  our  aforesaid  Proclamation 
and  upon  the  Conditions  & Reservations  herein  after  mentioned  given 
& granted  and  by  these  Presents  for  us  our  Heirs  & Successors  Do 
give  & grant  unto  the  Said  John  Walker  his  Heirs  & Assigns  for 
ever  a Certain  Tract  of  Land  containing  Three  Thousand  Acres  lying 
& being  within  Our  Said  Province  of  New  Hamp*’  and  Bounded  as 
follows  Viz  Begining  at  the  South  Corner  of  the  Town  of  Stratton 
which  is  the  North  East  Corner  of  Somersett  then  runing  Southerly 
by  Somersett  until  it  comes  to  Land  granted  to  Stephen  Holland 
about  828  Rods  then  Turning  off  at  right  angles  and  carrying  that 
Breadth  Back  due  East  so  far  as  that  a Parrellel  Line  with  the  Easterly 
Side  Line  of  Somersett  aforesaid  and  of  the  same  Length  Shall  include 
JJiree  thousand  Acres- To  Have  & to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land 
as  above  ex[)ressed  to  him  the  Said  John  Walker  his  heirs  & assigns 
for  ever  upon  the  following  Conditions  &:  Reservations  (Viz)  1'’*  that 
the  Said  John  Walker  his  Heirs  & Assigns  Shall  Plant  & 

Cultivate  five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Said  'Ferm  of  *Five  *1-274 
Years  for  every  fifty  Acres  Containd  in  this  Grant  Con- 
tinue to  Improve  A Settle  the  same  by  additional!  Cultivations  under 
Penalty  of  Forfeiting  this  Grant  A of  its  reverting  to  us  our  Heirs  & 
Successors  to  be  by  us  or  them  regranted  to  such  of  our  subjects  as 
shall  Effectually  Settle  Cultivate  the  Same 

2'”y  'Fhat  all  white  & other  Pine  'Frees  within  Said  'Fract  for  Masting 
Our  Royal  Navy  be  carefully  Preserved  for  that  I’se  and  none  to  be 


524 


CHAKTER  RECORDS. 


Cutt  or  felld  without  our  Special  Licence  for  so  doing  first  had  & 
obtaind  upon  Penalty  of  the  forfeiture  of  the  right  of  the  Grantee  his 
Heirs  or  assigns  to  us  our  Heirs  or  Successors  as  well  as  being  Subject 
to  any  Act  or  Acts  of  Parliament  (and  the  Penaltys  therein  Con- 
taind  which  now  are  or  hereaftpr  Shall  be  Enacted) 

Yielding  & Paying  therefor  to  us  our  heirs  & Successors  for 
the  Space  of  Ten  Years  from  the  Date  hereof  the  rent  of  one  Ear  of 
Indian  Corn  only  on  the  25  day  of  December  annually  if  lawfully 
Demanded — 

4^^  The  s*^  Grantee  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  Shall  Yield  & Pay  unto  us 
our  Heirs  & Successors  Yearly  & every  Year  for  ever  from  and  after 
the  Expiration  of  Ten  years  from  the  above  mentioned  25*^^^  of 
December  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  1774  one  Shilling 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns  Settles  or 
Possesses  & so  in  Proportion  for  A greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  Said 
Land  which  Money  Shall  be  paid  by  the  Respective  owners  Settlers 
or  Possessors  as  aforesaid  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsm®  in  the 
Prov®  aforesaid  or  to  such  officer  or  officers  who  Shall  be  appointed 
to  Receive  the  Same  and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  & 
Services  whatsoever — In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  Caused  the  Seal 
of  our  SaidProv®  to  be  hereunto  affixed  Wittness  Penning  Wentworth 
Esq  Our  Govern"^  & Com’ander  in  Chief!  of  our  Said  Province  the 
17“^  Day  of  October  in  the  4*'^  Year  of  Our  Reign  Ann®  Domini  1764 

B Wentworth 

By  his  Excellency's  Comand 
with  Advice  of  Council 

Theod*’  Atkinson  Jun^  Sec*'^' 

Entred  & Recorded  from  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal  this  17*^^  Day  of  October  1764 — 

T Atkinson  Jun  Sec’^^ 

Province  of  New  Hampshire  Octob'^  17 — 17d4 — 

I Do  hereby  Acknowledged  to  have  received  a Grant  of  Three  Thous- 
and Acres  of  Land  as  by  the  above  Pattent  will  appear  in  Virtue  of 
his  Majestys  Proclamation  above  Referrd  to  & I do  hereby  Declare 
that  I have  not  recievd  any  Grant  for  Land  from  any  of  his  Maj^^"* 
Governments  except  the  above  as  Wittness  my  hand — 

John  Walker 


WATERBURY. 


525 


WATERBURY. 

^Province  of  New  Hampshire.  *2-441 

Waterbury  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and  Ire- 
land, King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting 

K^’ow  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge^ 
and  ineer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New 
Plantation  within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our 
Trusty  and  Well-beloved  Ben:ning  Wentworth,  Esq ; Our  Gov- 
ernor and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hamp- 
shire,  in  New-PnglancP  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province ; 
Have  upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made, 
given  and  granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and 
Successors,  do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Sub- 
jects, Inhabitants  of  Our  said  Province  of  New- Hampshire^  and  Our 
other  Governments,  and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose 
Names  are  entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them 
into  Seventy  two  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land 
situate,  lying  and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  New- Hampshire^ 
containing  by  Admeasurement,  23040  Acres^  which  Tract  is  to  con- 
tain Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more ; out  of  which  an  Allowance  is 
to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks, 
Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free, 
according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  b}'  Our  said  Gov- 
ernor’s Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto 
annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  follows,  Viz.  Begining  at  the  South 
Easterly  corner  of  Bolton  on  the  Northerly  side  of  Onion  or  French 
River,  from  thence  Easterly  up  said  River  (A  bounding  on  the  same) 
so  far  as  to  make  Six  Miles  on  a streight  Perpendicular  Line,  with 
the  Easterly  Line  of  said  Bolton,  from  thence  Northerly  on  a 
Parrallel  Line  with  the  East  line  of  Bolton  six  Miles,  from  thence 
Westerly  about  six  Miles  to  the  North  Easterly  Corner  of  said 
Bolton,  from  thence  southerly  by  said  Bolton  East  line  six  Miles  the 
place  begun  at — And  that  the  same  be,  and  herel^y  is  Incorjmrated 
into  a Township  by  the  Name  of  Waterbury  And  the  Inhal)itants 
that  do  or  ><hall  hereafter  Inhabit  said  'hownship  are  hereby 
declared  to  be  ICnfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every 
the  ITiviledges  and  Immunities  that  other  'Fowns  within  Our 


526 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy : And  further,  that  the 
said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and 
settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Tivo  Fairs^  one  of 
which  shall  be  held  on  the  And  the  other 

on  the  annually  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue 

longer  than  the  respective  following  the 

said  and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town 

^'2-442  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be  * opened 
and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought 
most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meet- 
ing for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said 
Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  20*"^  of  Joly  next  which,  said 
Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  Cap*  Isaac  Woodruff  Jun'^  who  is  liereby 
also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting  which  he  is 
to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our 
said  Province,  and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the 
Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second 
Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract 
of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appur- 
tenances, to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever, 
upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  cultivate 
five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the  Right 
of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors, as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or  Acts  of 
Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
ToAvn  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 


WATEEBURY. 


527 


Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1763 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.,  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December.,  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1773  One  sliillinff 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land;  which  Money  shall  he  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth., or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same;  and  this  to  he  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
Seventh  Day  of  June  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thou- 
sand Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  three  And  in  the  Third  Year  of 
Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 


By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 
With  Advice  of  Council, 

T Atkinson  Jun'’  Sec^^ 


Prov®  of  New  Hamp'’  June  7“*  1763 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Pro^  Seal 

T Atkinson  Juffi  Sec*^^ 

*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Waterbuiy.  *2-443 


John  Stiles  Esq'' 
Josiah  Crane 
Hezekiah  Thompson 
Jesse  Muir 
Abner  Frost 
Nath'  Potter 
Kennedy  \'ance 
David  Ball 
M alien  Force 
Jeremiah  Mnlford 
Joseph  Ihigdly 
Sam'  liedford 
Jere"''  Panghoon 


Jon''  Crane  Esq'' 
John  Nixson 
Zophar  Squire 
David  Potter 
John  Dickinson 
Daniel  Bedford 
Joseph  Ahhets 
Jliomas  (iardner 
Charles  (iillam 
Thomas  Miller 
Nath'  Salmon 
Nath'  Wade 
Nath'  Baker 


Isaac  Woodruff  JuiF 
Isaac  Roll 
John  Boyle 
David  Lacey 
Jonath"  Stiles 
James  Cory 
Will"'  Connet 
James  Pullosey 
James  Osborn 
Joseph  Osborn 
Steph"  IRMlford 
James  Scudder 
David  Meeker  Juid 


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CHARTER  RECORDS. 


David  Baker 
WilP"  Pierson 
Jon^  Dayton  3^^ 
Abra™  Rooll 
Eben’^  Price 
Ichabod  Deane 
Will"^  Willcocks 
Hon'^^®  James  Nevin 


Henry  Baker 
WilD'  Pearson  Jun’’ 
Will™  Mills 
Tho®  Willis 
Jesse  Clark 
Elias  Bedford 
Patridge  Thatcher 


Daniel  Baker 
John  Meeker 
John  Mills 

Bernerdus  Van  Neste 
John  Marsh 
Benj^  Williams 
Sam^  Averill 


Meshech  Wear  Esq 


Jos*^  Newmarch  > Esq^’®  John  Page  Esq^ 

Nath^  Barrell  ) Cap‘  Ezekiel  Worthen 

His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq’^  a Tract  of  Land  to 
Contain  Five  Hundred  Acres  as  marked  B-  W in  the  plan  which  is 
to  be  Accounted  two  of  the  within  shares,  One  whole  Share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign 
Parts,  One  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Establish’d,  one  Share  for  the  first  settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel, 
And  one  Share  for  the  benefit  of  a school  in  said  Town 


Province  of  New  Hamp^  June  1763 

Recorded  According  to  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of 
Waterbury  under  the  Pr®  Seal 

T Atkinson  JuiT  Sec"^^ 


Pro^  New  Hamp*^  June  7-1763 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Charter  of  Waterbury  under  the 
Pro^  Seal 


T Atkinson  Jun’^^Sec*’^ 


WEATHERSFIELD. 


529 


WEATHERSFIELD. 


W ea  tliersfielcl 


^Province  of  New-Hampshire. 
GEORGE  THE  Third, 


* 


2-141 


p — s 


By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Onr  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  ^lotion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a Neiv  Plantation 
within  our  said  Province,  hy  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty  and 
Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq ; Our  Governor  and  Com- 
mander in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in  Neiv- 
England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province ; Have  upon  the 
Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and  granted, 
and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do  give  and 
grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabitants  of  Our 
said  Province  of  Neiv-Hamjjshire^  and  Our  other  Governments,  and  to 
their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are  entred  on  this 
Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Sixty  Eight  equal 
Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and  being  within 
our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  containing  hy  Admeasurement, 
4hventy  Three  thousand  Acres^  which  Tract  is  to  contain  some  tiling 
Shorte  of  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more ; out  of  which  an  Allowance 
is  to  he  made  for  Higli  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  hy  Rocks, 
Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Tliousand  and  Forty  Acres  free, 
according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s 
Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed, 
butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  A Stake  Standing 
near  the  Bank  of  Connecticut  River  which  is  tlie  North  Easterly 
Corner  of  S|;)ringfield  in  this  Province  thence  up  Said  river  as  that 
runs  to  A Black  Ash  Tree  near  the  Bank  of  Said  River  ^Marked  with 
the  figures  2 A 8 — and  is  about  Six  Miles  upon  A Point  A is  the 
South  East  Corner  of  Windsor  from  thence  North  alf  Seventy  four 
Degrees  West  al/  Six  Miles  to  the  South  West  Corner  of  Windsor 
afore  Said  thence  South  Thirteen  degrees  West  about  Six  Miles  to 
the  North  West  Corner  of  Springfield  afores'‘  thence  South  ah*^ 
Seventy  Eight  degrees  lOast  hy  Springfield  About  Six  Miles  to  the 
Rounds  fimt  Mentioned — And  that  the  same  he,  and  hereby  is  In- 
corponited  iiiR)  a 4'ownshij)  hy  the  Name  of  Weatliemfield  And  the 


XXXIV 


530 


CHAKTER  RECORDS. 


Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are 
hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Inti  tied  to  all  and  every 
the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our  Prov- 
ince by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy:  And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as 
soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon, 
shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Two  Fairs^  one  of  which  shall  be 
held  on  the 
And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty 
*2-142  Families,  a Market  may  be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or  more 

Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most  advanta- 
gious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the 
Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province, 
shall  be  held  on  the  Third  Tuesday  of  September  next  which  said 
Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  Gideon  Lyman  Esq  who  is  hereby  also 
appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to 
Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said 
Province ; and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the 
Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second 
Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract 
of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appur- 
tenances, to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever, 
upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Suc- 
sessors,  to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as 
shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or  Acts 
of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 


WEATHERSFIELD. 


581 


ToAvn  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof, 
the  Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1762 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twenty- 
fifth  Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December., 
which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling  Proclama- 
tion Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses, 
and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land; 
which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their 
Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth^  or  to  such 
Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same ; and  this 
to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Benxing  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province, 
the  20^^  Day  of  August  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One 
Tliousand  Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  one  And  in  the  First  Year  of 
Our  Reign. 

B lYentworth 

By  His  Excellence y’s  Command, 

AVith  Advice  of  Coi'ncil, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 


Province  of  New  Hamp^  August  20“*  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec''^ 


^d'lie  Names  of  tlie  Grantees  of  Weathersfield  Viz  ’'^2-148 


(iideon  Lyman 
Joseph  Little 
Sam"  Miles  juifi 
Joseph  4’rol>ridge 
Abraliam  'Uiompson 
Jacob  'I'liompson 
(’aleb  (lilbert 
(iideon  Lyman  juifi 
John  Mix 


Daniel  Lyman  Esq 
Medad  Lyman 
Enos  Allen 
Roswell  Woodward 
Juifi  Idiineas  Lyman 
Stej)hen  Allen 
Joseph  Dorman 
James  Storer 
John  I’earpoint 


Daniel  Toyman  juifi 
Sam"  Miles 
James  Pice 
4'ho"  J'robridge 
Abraham  4Jionq)son 
Joseph  Thompson 
Jose])h  Woodei’ 
Silvanns  Bishop  jnifi 
John  Pradh'y  jnn'^ 


582 


CHAliTER  RECORDS. 


Phineas  Bradley  Elijah  Lyman 

Samuel  Hotchkins  John  Nellson 

Hezekiah  Parmerly  JuiP  John  Osteii 
Joel  Gilbirt  Sam^^  Bishop  jun^’ 

Ebenez^’  Johnson  Selah  Wright 

John  Lyman  juiP  Gad  Lyman 

Will'"  Kenady  Rnben  Wright 

Eleaz'’  Burt  Elnathan  Wright 

Theodore  Atkinson  Esq  Mark  Hnnk^'  Wentworth  Esq  Bildad  Wright 
Elias  Lyman  Nathanill  Phelps  Benning  Wentworth 

John  Wentworth  Esq  John  Nellson  Merclh  Hugh  Hall  Wentworth 
Wiseman  Clagget  & Theodore  Atkinson  jniT 


John  Cornel 
Jonah  Bradley 
Israel  Monson 
Tim"  Potter 
Naomi  Lyman 
Benj'^  Sheldon 
Phineas  Lyman  Hadley 
Eph'"  Wright  juiP 


For  his  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  to  Contain 
Five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B — W — in  the  Plan  which  is  to  be 
accounted  Two  of  the  within  Shares  one  whole  Share  for  the  incor- 
porated Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  foreign  Parts 
one  whole  Share  for  A Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by 
Law  Established  One  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the 
Gospel  and  one  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  A School  in  Said  Town — 


Province  of  New  Hamp'"  August  20^^  1761 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Weathersfield 
under  the  PiW  Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec"^^' 


WELLS. 


533 


Province  of  New  Hamp’^  August  20^^  1761 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  original  Charter  of  Weathersfield 

Theodore  Atkinson  Se^^ 


WELLS. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire.  ^2-189 

Wells  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
New-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province;  Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do 
give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabitants 
of  Our  said  Ih’ovince  of  Neiv- Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Govern- 
ments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  tliem  into  Seventy 
equal  Sliares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and 
being  within  our  said  Province  of  Neiv-IIampshire^  containing  by 
Admeasurement,  Twenty  three  thousand  & forty  Acres^  wliich  dh*act 
is  to  contain  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more;  out  of  whicli  an  Allow- 
ance is  to  he  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by 
Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty 
Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our 
said  Ciovernor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Olhce,  and 
liereunto  annexed,  hutted  and  hounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Beginning  at 
the  North  West  Corner  of  Pawlet  thence  due  North  Six  Miles, 
thence  dhirning  off  at  Right  Angles  A Running  due  Ikist  Six  Miles 
thence  turning  off  at  Right  Angles  A Running  due  south  Six  Miles 
to  the  North  East  Corner  of  Pawlet  aforesaid,  thenee  Runing  due 
West  Six  Miles  by  Pawlet  aforesaid  to  the  North  West  Corner 
thereof  lK*ing  the  R>ounds  lii*st  above  Mentiond — And  that  the  same 
l>e,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the  Name  of  Wells 


534 


CHAIITER  RECORDS. 


And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Town- 
ship, are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all 
and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other  Towms  within 
Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy:  And  further,  that  the  said 
Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled 
thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Ttvo  Fairs^  one  of  which 
shall  be  held  on  the  And  the  other 

on  the  annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue 

longer  than  the  respective  following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall 
*2-190  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be  ^opened  and 
kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought 
most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for 
the  Choice  of  Town  Ofiicers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince, shall  be  held  on  the  Second  Tuesdavin  October  next  which  said 
Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  Cap*  Eliakim  Hall  who  is  hereby 
also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is 
to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Law^s  and  Customs  of  Our 
said  Province ; and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the 
Choice  of  such  Ofiicers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second 
Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract 
of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appur- 
tenances, to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever, 
upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in 
said  Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by 
additional  Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or 
Share  in  the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects 
as  shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalt}^  of  any  Act  or  Acts 
of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 


WELLS. 


535 


IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1762 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twenty- 
fifth  Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December., 
which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shilling  Proclama- 
tion Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses, 
and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land; 
which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their 
Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth.,  or  to  such 
Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same ; and  this 
to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  Avhereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq ; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
15^'^  Day  of  September  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Chkist,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  One  And  in  the  First  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*'^ 


Province  of  New  Hampshire  Sep’’  15“‘  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  under  the  Province  Seal 

AtP  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’^^ 

*Tlie  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Wells  (Viz — ) *2-191 


Cap‘  Eliakim  Hall 
Daniel  Murwin  Jiin*' 
Ruben  Ives 
Samuel  Hall  QuaP 
Nathaniel  Hulls 
Abel  Austin 
.John  Avore 
.Joseph  Murwin 
.John  Austin  Tertius 
.lohn  Ives 
.Joel  Ilallcom 
Levi  Moss 
dltus  Beach 


Rev*'  Edw‘‘  Eales 
Thomas  Murwin 
.lohn  Moss 
Asael  Thomas 
Miles  .Johnson 
Beiij*^  Roys 
Abel  Ives 
Noah  Andrews 
Aaron  Parsons 
Steplien  Peck 
Sam'  Sliai’})  Beedels 
Stephen  Hall 
Daniel  Clark 


Isaac  Hall  .Jim*' 

.lohn  Hulls 
Samuel  .Jerome 
Titus  Culver 
Eliakim  Hall  .luii*' 
Asael  Beach 
Stiqihen  Murwin 
Rartho"’  Andrews 
Steplien  Ives 
DocP  Caleb  Hall 
(^aleb  (’ulver 
I )oe.‘  .John  I )ickinson 
.Jacob  Parker 


536 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Abraham  Parker 
Hezekiah  Hall 
Titus  Ives 
DocP  Isaac  Hall 
Jo^  Peirce 
Jared  Lee 

Daniel  Lyman  Esq’’ 
Joseph  Brunson 


Andrew  Barsley 
Thomas  Thibets 
Hezekiah  Wodsworth 
Warham  Williams 
M H^  W entworth  Esq’^ 
Joseph  Byshop 
John  Beacher 
Gershom  Knott 
Street  Hall 


Joseph  Frances 
Jared  Spencer 
Caleb  Merriman  Esq’^ 
Nathan  Williams 
Joseph  Newmarch  Esq’’ 
Sam^  By  shop 
Zebulon  Frisby 
Robert  Hazzard  & 


His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  as 
Marked  B-  W-  in  the  Plan  which  is  to  Contain  five  Hundred  Acres 
and  is  to  be  Accounted  Two  of  the  within  Shares  one  whole  Share 
for  the  incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in 
foreign  Parts  one  Share  for  A Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as 
by  Law  Established  one  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the 
Gospel  & one  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  A School  in  Said  Town 
Province  of  New  Hampshire  SeptemD  15*^^  1761 
Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  original  Charter  of  Wells — under 
the  Province  Seal 

AtP  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*"^ 


Q?it  c ^ ^ 7TI\  Icij 


-Jo 

Province  of  New  Hamp’^  SepP  15  1761 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  original  Charter  of  Wells  under 
the  Province  Seal 


AtP  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’’^ 


WESTFORD. 


537 


WESTFORD. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire.  *2-453 

Westford  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  ivliom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Knoav  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
nicer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in  New- 
England^  and  of  our  CoirNCiL  of  the  said  Province ; Have  upon  the 
Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and  granted, 
and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do  give 
and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabitants  of 
Our  said  Province  of  New- Hamj? shir e^  and  Our  other  Governments, 
and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are  entred  on 
this  Grant,  to  lie  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Seventy  one 
equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and  be- 
ing within  our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  containing  by  Ad- 
measurement, 23040  Acres^  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Six  Miles 
square,  and  no  more ; out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made 
for  High  AVays  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Moun- 
tains and  Rivers,  One  Tliousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to 
a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order, 
and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  ()ffice,  and  hereunto  annexed, 
butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  the  North  Easterly 
Corner  of  Alilton  from  thence  Runing  Southerly  by  the  Easterly 
Line  of  said  Alilton  six  Miles  to  the  South  Easterly  corner  thereof 
which  is  the  North  Westerly  corner  of  Essex,  from  thence  Easterly 
by  the  Northerly  Line  of  said  Essex,  about  six  Miles  to  the  North 
Easterly  corner  thereof,  from  thence  Northerly  a Parralell  Line,  with 
the  Easterly  Line  of  Milton  six  Miles  from  thence  Westerly  about 
Six  Miles  to  Miltons  North  Easterly  Corner  the  place  begun  at — And 
that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a d'ownship  by 
the  Name  of  Westford  .And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  here- 
after inhabit  the  said  Towiisliip,  are  herel)y  declai'cd  to  l>e  Enfran- 
chized with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  tlie  Priviledges  and  Im- 
munities that  other  4'owiis  within  Our  Province  by  Law  lAercise 


538 


CHAKTER  RECORDS. 


and  Enjoy:  And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall 

be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the 
Liberty  of  holding  Two  Fairs^  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty 
*2-454  Families,  a Market  may  be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or  more 
Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  he  thought  most  advantagious 
to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of 
Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be 
held  on  the  20^*^  duly  next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by 
DocP  Jos^  Sackett  JuiT  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator 
of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable 
to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province ; and  that  the 
annual  Meeting  forever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers 
for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annu- 
ally, To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  ex- 
pressed, together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them 
and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following 
Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Suc- 
cessors, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as 
shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  he  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  he  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 


WESTFORD. 


539 


Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  he 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1763 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December^  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1773  One  shilling 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land;  which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth^ or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same ; and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq : 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
Eighth  Day  of  June  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  three  And  in  the  Third*  Year  of  Our 
Reign.  ‘ 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

T Atkinson  JuiT  Sec’'^ 

Province  of  New  Hamp''  June  8-1763 

Recorded  according  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Pro’^  Seal 

T Atkinson  JuiT  Sec*'-'' 


*Tiie  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Westford  (Viz)  **2-455 


Henry  Franklin 
Silv"  Dillingham 
Underliill  Horton 
Derrick  Ambrman 
James  Sackett  TerP 
James  Jamerson 
Joir‘  Hazard 
Jolin  Yeats 
Joshua  Bloomer 
Henry  Law 
James  Fiiiglass 
Micb‘  Hutinal 
JoiP  (’ouj)land 


Jacob  Watson 
John  Dillincrham 
John  Midwinter 
Joseph  Holmes 
Peter  Sackett 
CoriU  Low  JuiF 
And"'  Anderson 
Isaac  Seal’s  JuiF 
James  Bloomer 
And"  I^aw 
Will'"  44ionq)son 
I>enj"  Underliill 
Joscjih  Jacolis 


Joshua  Watson 
Will'"  Butler 
Rob‘  Midwinter 
Joseph  Sackett  Jiin'’ 
Jose})h  Sackett 
Jon'^  Dayton  JuiF 
James  Anderson 
Gill/  Bloomer 
Gilb*^  Bloomer  JuiF 
Jolm  Fiiiglass 
Will'"  'riiompsoii  Juii'' 
Uriah  Wooliiiaii 
James  Sackett 


540 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Sam^  Sackett 
David  Matthews  Esq 
Lewis  Boeley 
Isaac  Adolphus 
Joseph  Savage 
Jesper  Drake 
Solomon  Morache 
Hon:  Rich*^  Wibird  J 
John  Downing  > 

Dan^  Warner  i 


John  Sackett 
And^'^  Ten  Eike  Jun*^ 
James  Reid 
Sam^  Judea 
Micael  Butler 
David  Dickson 
John  Ryner  Dickson 

Maj^  Jos^  Smith  & 
Esq’’*  Howard  Henderson 


John  Sears 
Will"*  Sackett 
Peter  Ten  Eike 
Sam'  Wall 
Isaac  Sears 
Myers  Myers 
David  Dickson  Jun*" 


His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq*"  a Tract  of  Land  to 
Contain  Five  Hundred  Acres  as  marked  B-W-  in  the  Plan  which  is 
to  be  Accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares,  One  whole  Share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign 
Parts,  One  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Establish’d,  One  Share  for  the  First  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel, 
& One  Share  for  the  benefit  of  a School  in  said  Town — 


Pro^  of  New  Hamp*'  June  .8''^  1768 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Westford  under 
the  Pro’^  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun*^  Sec*"^ 


Province  of  New  Hamp*^  June  8 — 1763 

Recorded  from  the  Plan  on  the  Back  of  the  Charter  of  Westford 
under  the  Pro*^  Seal 


T Atkinson  JuiT  Sec*"^ 


WESTMINSTER. 


541 


WESTMINSTER. 

^Province  of  New  Hamp^  *1-107 

George  the  Second  by  the  Grace  of  God  of  great 
Brittain  France  & Ireland  King  Defender  of  the  faith 
&c^ 

To  ALL  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  Shall  Come 
Greeting — 

Know  Ye  that  we  of  onr  Especial  Grace  Certain 
Knowledge  & mere  motion  for  the  Due  Encouragement 
of  Settleing  A New  Plantation  within  our  Said  Prov- 
ince By  & with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty  & Avell 
beloved  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  our  Governour  & Comander  in 
Chielf  of  our  Said  Province  of  New  Hampshire  in  America  & of  our 
Council  of  the  Said  Province  Have  upon  the  Conditions  & reserva- 
tions hereafter  made  and  By  these  Presents  tor  us  our  hiers  &; 
Successors  do  give  & Grant  in  Equal  Shares  unto  our  Loving  Sul)- 
jects  Inhabitants  of  our  Said  Province  of  New  Hampshire  & his 
jMajesties  Other  Governments  & to  thier  heirs  & Assigns  for  ever 
whose  names  are  Entered  on  this  Grant  to  be  Divided  to  & amongst 
them  into  Seventy  three  Equal  Sliares  All  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of 
Land  Scituate  Lying  & being  Avithin  our  ProAunce  of  Ncav  Hampshire 
Containing  By  Admeasurement  TAventy  three  thousend  & forty 
Acres  Avhich  Tract  is  to  Contain  Six  miles  Square  & no  more,  out  of 
Avhich  an  AlloAvence  is  to  be  made  for  higliAvays  & unimproveable 
Land  by  Rocks  Mountains  Ponds  & Rivers  One  tliousend  & forty 
Acres  free  According  to  a Plan  thereof  made  & Presented  by  our 
S'^  Governours  orders  & hereunto  Annexed  Butted  & bounded  as 
folloAvs  (Viz)  Biginning  at  the  North  Side  of  the  mouth  of  Saxtons 
River  So  called  Avhere  it  Empties  it  Self  into  Connectieut  River 
tlience  riming  Soutlierly  doAvn  by  Said  river  Six  miles  to  A Stake 
Standing  ])y  the  bank  thereof  A about  forty  rods  Notherly  of  a 
brook  called  4'liayers  Inook  Carrying  that  Breadth  back  from  Con- 
necticut River  Due  West  Six  iNfiles  to  A Stake  at  Eacli  Corner 
togeatlier  Avitli  A Small  Island  of  about  four  or  live  Acres  Com'only 
called  Thayei*s  Island  and  that  the  Same  be,  A is  incorporated  into  a 
ToAvnship  by  the  name  of  W?:stminster — And  that  the  lidKibitants 
that  do  or  Shall  hereafter  Inhabit  S'*  ToAvnship  Are  hereby  Declared 
to  be  Enfranchized  Avith  And  Ihitituled  to  All  A Every  the  Previ- 
ledges  A Immunities  that  other  Towns  Avithin  our  Said  Ih’ovince  by 
Law  Exercise  A Fnjoy  and  further  that  the  Said  4\)avii  as 
Soon  as  there  Shall  be  fifty  families  resident  A ^Settled  *1-108 
thereon  Shall  have  the  Lilnuty  of  holding  two  fail’s  one  of 


Westminster 

Charter 


See  (222) 
Longer  Time 
Granted- 


542 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


which  Shall  be  held  on  the  And  the  other  on 

the  Annually  which  fairs  are  not  to  Continue 

And  be  held  Longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  S'^  respective  Days  and  as  Soon  as  the  Said  Town  Shall 
Consist  of  fifty  families  A Market  Shall  be  opened  & kept  one  or 
more  Days  in  each  Week  as  may  be  tho‘  most  Advantagious  to  the 
Inhabitants  Also  that  the  first  meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town 
officers  Agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  s‘^  Province  Shall  be  held  on  the 
Last  Wednesday  in  December  next  which  meeting  Shall  be  notifyed 
by  Josiah  Willard  Esq  who  is  hereby  also  Appointed  the  Moderator 
of  the  S*^  first  Meeting  which  he  is  to  Notify  & Govern  Agreable  to 
the  LaAvs  & Customs  of  our  Said  Province  And  that  the  Annual 
Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  Such  officers  of  Said 
Town  Shall  be  on  the  third  Tuesday  in  March  Annually  To  have  & 
TO  HOLD  the  Said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  Expressed  togeather  Avith 
all  the  Previledges  & Appurtenances  to  their  respective  heirs  & 
Assigns  for  ever  upon  the  following  Conditions  (Viz)  that  every 
Grantee  his  heirs  or  Assigns  Shall  Plant  or  Cultivate  five  Acres  of 
Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty  Acres  Contained 
in  his  or  thier  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  Said  Township  & to 
Continue  to  Improve  & Settle  the  Same  by  Additional  Cultivations 
on  Penalty  of  the  forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in  the  Said  Town- 
ship And  its  reverting  to  his  Maj^^  his  heirs  & Successors  to  be  by 
him  or  them  regrantecl  to  Such  of  his  Subjects  as  Shall  Effectually 
Settle  & Cultivate  the  Same — That  all  white  & other  Pine  Trees 
within  the  Said  Township  fit  for  Masting  our  Royal  Navy  be  care- 
fully Preserved  for  that  use  & none  to  be  Cut  or  felld  Avithout  his 
Maj‘^®  Especial  Lycence  for  So  doing  first  had  & Obtain’d  upon  the 
Penalty  of  the  forfeiture  of  the  right  of  Such  Grantee  his  heirs  and 
assigns  to  us  our  heirs  & Successors  as  well  as  being  Subject  to  the 
Penalty  of  Any  Act  or  Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  Are  or  hereafter 
Shall  be  Enacted  That  before  any  Divission  of  the  S^^  Land  be  made 
to  and  Amoungst  the  Grantees  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Center  of 
the  Township  as  the  Land  will  admit  of  Shall  be  reserved  & 
*1-109  marked  out  for  Toavii  Lotts  one  of  which  Shall  be  *Alloted 
to  Each  Grantee  of  the  Contents  of  one  Acre  Yeilding  & 
Paying  therefor  to  us  our  Heirs  & Successors  for  the  Space  of  Ten 
Years  to  be  Computed  from  the  Date  hereof  the  rent  of  one  Ear  of 
Indian  Corn  only  on  the  first  Day  of  JaiT^  Annually  if  LaAvfully 
Demanded  the  first  Payment  to  be  made  on  the  first  Day  of  Jan^^ 
next  after  the  Date  hereof  and  every  Proprietor  Settler  or  Inhabitant 
shall  Yield  & Pay  unto  us  our  hiers  & Successors  Yearly  & every 
year  for  ever  from  & after  the  Expiration  of  the  Ten  years  from  the 


\YESTMINSTER. 


543 


Date  hereof  Namely  on  the  first  day  of  Jan”^^  which  will  be  in  the  year 
of  our  Lord  Christ  one  thousend  Seven  hundred  & Sixty  four  One 
Shilling  Proclamation  money  for  every  hundred  Acres  he  so  owns 
Settles  or  Possesses  & So  in  proportion  for  a Greater  or  Lesser  Tract 
of  the  Said  Land  which  money  Shall  be  paid  by  the  respective 
Persons  aboves*^  thier  heirs  or  Assigns  in  our  Council  Chamber  in 
Portsmouth  or  to  Such  officer  or  officers  as  Shall  be  Appointed  to 
receive  the  Same  and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  rents  & Services 
whatsoever  In  Testimony  hereof  We  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  S*^ 
Province  to  be  hereunto  Affixed  Witness  Benning  Wentworth  Esq 
our  Governour  & Commander  in  Chieff  of  our  S*^  Province  the  9“^ 
Day  of  November  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ  1752  and  in  the  26 
year  of  our  reign 

B Wentworth 

By  his  Excelencys  Com’and 
with  Advice  of  Council 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 


Entred  & recorded  According  to  the  Original  under  the  Province 
Seal  this  11*^^  Day  of  November  1752 — 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’’-'' 

The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Westminster  (Viz) — 


John  Ilalbirt 
Valentine  Buttler 
Susanna  Gilson 
Wilder  Willard 
William  Willard  juiT 
Ephraim  Dean 
Samuel  Ashley 
Jethro  Wheeler 
Submit  Foster 
Josepli  Asldey 
John  Jliylor 
Antliony  Peirce 
Simon  Hunt 
Solomon  Willard 
Billy  Willard 
Jon“  Hubbard 
Penj’^  Fairwell 
Josiah  Prown 
Jonathan  ( ’ummiiiL'’S 


Josiah  Willard 
Joseph  Alexander 
Oliver  Willard 
John  iNIoor  juiF 
Printice  Willard 
Elijah  Cade 
John  Alexander 


William  Willard 
Nathan  Williard 
John  Amies 
Daniel  Whetmore 
John  Moor 
Asa  Douo-lass 

o 

Samuel  Greeley 
Joshua  Welds 


Jonathan  Thayer 
Nathan  Willard  juiP  Joseph  Hubbard 
Nathaniel  Mattoon  *John  Hunt 
John  Peirce  Andrew  Gardner  jun 


n-110 


James  Jewel 
William  Willson 
Ebenezer  Field 
Caleb  How 
James  Hill 
Iv()b(;rt  ( slier 
Peter  Powers 
liolnn’t  Retclier  juiF 


Jonathan  Cummings  juiF  David  Sterns 

Bvtield  I-r()v<l 


Mannassah  Divil 
John  Arms  jun*' 
Samuel  Allen 
JoiP  Willard 
Josiah  Willard  jun*' 
Samuel  ( 'ummings 
John  Chandierlain 
John  I sln*r 
'rimothy  Letherhy 


544 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


His  Excelency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain five  hundred  Acres  which  is  to  be  Accounted  two  of  the  within 
mentioned  Shares  One  whole  Share  for  the  Incorporated  Society  for 
the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Forreign  Parts,  one  whole  Share 
for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  in  S'^  Town  One  whole 
Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  ministry  of  the  Church  of  England  as  by 
Law  Established  Henry  Sherburne,  Theodore  Atkinson,  Richard 
Wibird,  Sam^^  Smith,  John  Downing,  Sampson  Sheaffe  John  Went- 
worth juiT 

AttesP  Theodore  Atkinson  Se’"^ 

Entred  & recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Charter  for  Westminster 
the  11^^*  Day  of  November  1752 — 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*'^ 


Taken  from  the  Plan  on  the  Original  Charter  of  Westminster  this 
of  November  1752 


Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*’^ 


WESTMINSTER. 


545 


[Westminster  Charter  Renewed,  1760.] 

Province  of  ) ^George  the  Second  by  the  Grace  of  God  *1-222 
New  Hainp*"  ( of  great  Britain  France  & Ireland  King 
Westminster  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c'^ 

Time  Lengthned  To  all  to  whome  these  Presents  Shall 
&c"^  come  greeting 

Whereas  We  of  our  Special  Grace  & mere  Motion 
for  the  due  Encouragement  & Settling  of  a New 
Plantation  within  our  Province  of  New  Hamp*'  by  Our 
Letters  Patent  or  Charter  under  the  Seal  of  Our  Said 
See  Page  Province  Dated  the  Nineth  Day  of  November  in  the 

(107)  Twenty  Sixth  Year  of  Our  Reign  Granted  a Tract  of 

Land  equal  to  Six  jNliles  Square  bounded  as  therein  Expressed  to  A 
Number  of  our  Loyal  Subjects  whose  Names  are  entred  on  the  Same 
to  Hold  to  them  their  Heirs  and  Assignes  on  the  Conditions  therein 
Declared  to  be  A Town  Corporate  by  the  Name  of  Westminster  as  by 
Referrence  to  the  Said  Charter  may  more  fully  appear 

And  whereas  the  Said  Grantees  have  represented  that  by  the  Inter- 
vention of  an  Indian  Warr  Since  the  making  of  Said  Grant  it  has 
been  Impracticable  to  Comply  witli  & fulfill  the  Conditions  aforesaid 
And  Humbly  Supplycated  Us  not  to  take  advantage  of  the  Breach  of 
Said  Conditions  but  so  Lengthen  out  & Grant  them  Some  reasonable 
d'erm  for  Performance  thereof  after  the  Said  Impediment  Shall 
Cease — 

Now  Know  Ye  tliat  We  being  Willing  to  Promote  the  End  Pro- 
})osed  liave  of  Our  furthe  Grace  & Favour  Suspended  Our  Claim  of 
tlie  Forfeiture  whicli  tlie  Said  Grantees  may  have  incurrd  & by 
these  Present  do  Grant  unto  tlie  s‘^  Grantees  their  Heirs  & Assigns 
the  Term  of  ( )ne  Year  for  Performing  And  fullfiling  the  Conditions 
matters  & tilings  by  them  to  be  done  which  Term  is  to  be  renewd 
Annually  until  his  i\Iaj^>'*  Plenary  Instructions  Shall  be  Receive! 
Relative  to  the  Incident  that  has  Prevented  A Complyence  with  the 
s'*  Charter  according  to  the  Intent  ck  Meaning  thereof 

In  Testimony  whereof  We  have  Caused  the  Seal  of  Our  Said 
Province  to  be  hereunto  alhxed  Wittness  Benning  Wentworth  Esq 
our  (iovernour  cS:  ('ommander  in  Chieff  the  IP''  Day  of  June  in  the 
Thirty  third  Year  of  Our  Iteign  Annoq  Domini  17()0 

I)  Wentworth 

I>y  his  Excelleiicys  Comand 
with  Advice  of  Council 

'riieodore  Atkinson  Se(4-'’ 


546 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Prov  of  New  Hampshire 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  under  the  Pro^  Seal  the  11“' 
Day  of  June  1760 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec''^ 


WEYBRIDGE. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire. 

GEORGE  THE  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Pro\dnce,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
New-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province  ; Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors, 
do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabi- 
tants of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Gov- 
ernments, and  to  their  Fleirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into 
Seventy  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying 
and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  Neir-PLampshire^  containing  by 
Admeasurement,  Twenty  Five  Thousand  Acres^  which  Tract  is  to 
contain  Something  more  than  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more ; out  of 
which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable 
Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and 
Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by 
Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office, 
and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz,  Begin- 
ing  at  the  south  Easterly  Corner  of  Panton  & from  thence  Runs 
West  by  Pan  ton  to  the  South  Westerly  Corner  thereof,  then  Turn- 
ing off  & Riming  South  four  Miles  & One  Quarter  of  a Mile,  then 
Turnin  off  & Runing  East  to  Otter  Creek  Then  down  Northerly  as 
the  Creek  Runs  to  the  South  East  Corner  of  Panton  aforesaid  being 
a Marked  Tree  Standing  on  the  Bank  of  the  West  Side  thereof 
& is  the  bounds  begun  at  And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is 


*2-305 
Wey  bridge 


WEYBEIDGE. 


547 


Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the  Name  of  Weybridge  And  the 
Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are 
hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and 
every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our 
Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy : And  further,  that  the  said 
Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled 
thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Two  Fairs^  one  of  which 
shall  be  held  on  the  And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue 
longer  than  the  respective  following  the 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town 

shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  maybe  ^opened  and  *2-306 
kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought 
most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting 
for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said 
Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  First  Tuesday  in  February  next  which 
said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  Docto’^  Ebenezer  Fletcher  who  is 
hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which 
he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of 
Our  said  Province;  and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter 
for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the 
Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually,  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said 
Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and 
Apj)urtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  for- 
ever, upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifH 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Towmship,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  addi- 
tional Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or 
Share  in  the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs 
and  Successors,  to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Ke-granted  to  such  of  Our  Sub- 
jects as  shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Towmship, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  ol)tained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Higl  it  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  'Fown- 
ship  as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  Ijc  reserved  and  marked  out  for 


548 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1761 

V.  Ever}'  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.,  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December.,  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1771  One  shilling 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land;  which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth^ or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same ; and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq ; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
Third  Day  of  November  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One 
Thousand  Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  One  And  in  the  Second  Year  of 
Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Se’^^ 


Province  of  New  Hamps’^  Nov’^  3.  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Origional  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal 


Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’^^' 


*2-307  *The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Weybridge 


Joseph  Gilbert 
Sam^  Lee 
Daniel  Taylor 
Eben’'  Fletcher  JuiP 
Will"’  Powell 
Joseph  Noble 
Constant  Noble 


Elias  Gilbert 
Eben’'  Rice 
John  Ashley  Esq 
Timo^  Sejmiore 
AVill"‘  Spencer 
Will’"  Shaw 
John  Pell 


Cotton  Fletcher 
Timothy  Ham 
Eben’’  Fletcher 
Josiah  Dean 
Sam^  Lee  Jun’' 
Israel  Dowey 
Joshua  Stanton 


WE  YB  RIDGE. 


549 


Aaron  Sheldon 
Daniel  Allen 
Benj^  Mooney 
Micha  Taylor 
Abel  Cadwell 
Roger  Enos 
Ezekiel  Thomas 
Collins  Chapman 
Dan^  Febrick 
John  Sedgwick 
James  Saxon 
Wilh"  Pees 
John  Downing  Esq 
Aaron  Root 


Joseph  Dwight  Esq 
Rich*^  Jenness 
Jessee  Taylor 
Steph”  Hain 
Enoch  Hoi  com 
Zebediah  Dewey 
Isaac  Tucker 
Nathan^  Chapman 
Ephraim  Thomas 
Sam^  Catlin 
Martin  Dewey 
M'^  Wentworth 
Matt"'  Noble  Jun’^ 
Azariah  Root 


ZaclP^  Foss 
Joshua  Root 
WilD^  Hain 
Rob‘  Taylor 
Sam^  Ham 
Matthew  Noble 
Oliver  Ingersol 
Dan  Chapman 
James  Thomas 
Will'"  Fitch 
John  Dean 

Esq  Dan^  Warner  Esq 
Eliphaz  Spenser 
James  Smith  & 


Tim"  Ham 

His  Excellency  Benning  WentAVorth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain Five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B-  W-  in  the  Plan  which  is  to 
be  Accounted  two  of  the  within  Shares,  One  whole  Share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign 
Parts,  One  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Establishd,  One  Share  for  the  First  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospell 
& One  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  a School  in  said  Town 


Province  of  New  Hamps'’  Nov'^  3,  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Origional  Charter  of  Weybridge  under 
the  Prov*^  Seal 

Attested  Theodore  Atkinson  Se*"^ 


Province  of  New  Hamj)s'^  Nov''  3,  1T()1 

Kecnrde<l  from  the  Back  of  the  Oi’igional  Charter  of  Weyl)ridge 
under  the  Pmv**  Seal 


'riieodore  Atkinson  Sec''^' 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 

WHITING. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire. 

GEORGE  THE  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
nieer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a Netv  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
New-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province;  Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors, 
do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabi- 
tants of  Our  said  Province  of  N ew-Hamp shire ^ and  Our  other  Gov- 
ernments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Fifty 
Four  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and 
being  within  our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  containing  b}" 
Admeasurement,  14424  Acres^  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Near  Five 
Miles  square,  and  no  more;  out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made 
for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains 
and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan 
and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned 
into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded 
as  follows.  Viz,  Begining  at  the  North  West  Corner  of  Licester  from 
thence  North  Eighty  five  degrees  West  to  the  West  Line  of  Brid- 
Port  to  A Stake  & Stones  from  thence  South  by  the  Lines  of  Brid- 
port  and  Shoram  Six  Miles  & one  Hundred  & Twenty  rods  to  A 
Stake  & Stones  from  thence  South  Eighty  five  degrees  East  by  the 
North  Side  Line  of  Sudbury  to  the  North  Easterly  Corner  thereof 
From  thence  North  four  deg®  West  Six  Miles  & one  Hundred  & 
Twenty  rods  to  the  Place  began  at  And  that  the  same  be,  and 
hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the  Name  of  Whiteiug 
And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said 
Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  In  titled 
to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other  Towns 
within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy:  And  further. 


550 


*2-512 

Whiteing 


WHITING. 


551 


that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident 

%/  

and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Tivo  Fairs^ 
one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the  annually,  which  Fairs 

are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said  and  that  as  soon  as 

the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market 
may  be  * opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  ^2-513 
Week,  as  may  be  thought  most  advantagious  to  the  Inhab- 
itants. Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers, 
agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on  the 
First  Tuesday  of  September  next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified 
by  Daniel  Pond  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of 
the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to 
the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province  ; and  that  the  annual 
Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said 
Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annuall3^  to  Have 
and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together 
with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective 
Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  jfiant  and 
cultivate  five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every 
fifty  Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in 
said  Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by 
additional  Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or 
Share  in  the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as 
shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

H.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Onr  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Ours})ecial  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the  Right 
of  such  (irantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors, as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or  Acts  of 
Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  T.<and  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  ('eiitre  of  the  said  d\)wn- 
shi[)  as  the  Land  will  admit  of.  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
'hown  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IW  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  l^s,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  eoinputed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ikir  of  Indian  Corn  onlv,  on  the  twent}'-tifth  Dav  (»f 


552 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


December  diunudiWy^  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be  made 
on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1763 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twenty- 
fifth  Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December^ 
which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  1773  One  shilling  Proclama- 
tion Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses, 
and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land  ; 
which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their 
Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth,  or  to  such 
Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same  ; and  this 
to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
Sixth  Day  of  August  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One 
Thousand  Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  three  And  in  the  Third  Year 
of  Our  Reign.  B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  juffi  Se*'^ 

Prov®  of  New  Hamp^  August  6*^^  1763 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Pro’^  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jiin”^  Sec*"^ 


*2-514  *The 

M^  Daniel  Pond 
Leu*^  John  Pond 
Nathaniel  Partridge 
Hezzekiah  Fisher 
Seth  Dan  ells 
Ebenez’^  Aldis 
John  Bullard 
Leu‘  Benj^  Guile 
Asa  Whiteing 
Lewis  Whiteing 
David  Fisher 
Joseph  White 
Joir'^  Whitney  Esq 
John  Tash 
Sam^^  Pond 
Benj^^  Archer  jun"' 


Names  of  the  Grantees 

Rev'^  David  Thurstin 
Leid  Daniel  Ide 
Sam^^  Cuttler 
Nathan  Alldis 
Eleaz’^  Addams  jun’^ 
Moses  Adams 
Eliplr’'  Whiteing 
Ebenez^  Man  jun^ 
David  Man 
Cap*^  NatlY  Weare 
Nath^^  Floyd 
Elij^^  Fisher 
Maj*'  Thomas  Tash 
Coll  Joseph  Smith 
James  Pond 
Hon^^*^  John  Temple 


of  Whiteing. 

Cap*^  Nathaniel  Whiteing 
Jeremiah  Parker 
Assa  Bars  tow 
John  Smith 
Thomas  Addams 
Benj‘^  Pond 
Cap‘  Ebenez^  Man 
Benj^^  Day 
John  Whiteing 
Preserved  Hall 
James  Fisher 
Deac*^  Richard  Fisher 
Cap^  Silas  Brown 
Joshua  Crumit 
Nathan  Johnson 
3q  & John  Nellson  Esq 


WILLISTON. 


553 


His  Excellency  Beninng  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain Four  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  in  the  Plan  B-  W which 
is  to  be  Accounted  Two  of  the  within  Shares  One  Share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  foreign 
Parts  one  Share  for  A Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as 
by  Law  Established  One  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  in  Said 
Town  & One  Share  for  the  School  there  for  ever 

Pro’^  of  New  Hainp’^  August  6 1763 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Whiting  under 
the  Pro’^  Seal 

T Atkinson  JuiT  Sec’'^ 


Pro^  of  New  Hamp’’  August  6 — 1763 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  original  Charter  of  Whiting  under 
the ^ Pro''  Seal 

T Atkinson  JuiP  Sec’’^' 


WILLISTON. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire.  *2-409 

GEOltGE  THE  'IhllRD, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  Kino,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  PeniO)if<  to  whomtltene  Prenentx  shall  com(\ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Onr  s|)ecial  Gnice,  certain  Knowledge, 
and  meer  Motion,  for  the  due  iMicouragement  of  settling  a Xew  Plan- 


Williston 


554 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


tation  within  onr  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Ben^^ing  Wentw'ORTH,  Esq  ; Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
New-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province;  Have  upon 
the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do 
give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhab- 
itants of  Our  said  Province  of  Netv- Hampshire^  and  Our  other 
Governments,  and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names 
are  entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into 
Seventy  one  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate, 
lying  and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  contain- 
ing by  Admeasurement,  23,040  Acres^  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Six 
Miles  square,  and  no  more ; out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made 
for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks  Ponds,  Mountains 
and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan 
and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned 
into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded 
as  follows.  Viz.  Begin ing  on  the  Southerly  or  South  Westerly  Side  of 
Onion  or  French  River  at  the  Easterly  or  North  Easterly  Corner  of 
Burlington  & runs  up  by  Said  River  so  far  as  to  make  Six  Miles 
upon  A Perpendicular  Line  to  the  uper  Line  of  Burlington  afore  Said 
Then  Southerly  Parrellel  to  the  uper  Line  of  S*^  Burlington  Six  Miles 
then  Westerly  to  a Tree  Standing  Six  Miles  from  the  River  upon  a 
Line  with  the  Head  Line  of  Burlington  then  Notherly  or  fsffirth 
Easterly  as  Burlington  runs  to  the  Bound  at  the  River  Begun  at 
And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township  by 
the  Name  of  Williston  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter 
inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with 
and  In  titled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other 
Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy : And  further, 
that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and 
settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Two  Fairs^  one  of 
which  shall  be  held  on  the  And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue 
longer  than  the  respective  following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall 
*2-410  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be  ^opened  and 
kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought 
most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting 
for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said 
Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  Day  of  July  next  which 

said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  DocP  Sam^  Allen  who  is 


WILLISTON. 


555 


hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which 
he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of 
Our  said  Province;  and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter 
for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the 
Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually,  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said 
Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and 
Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  for- 
ever, upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Lis,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so 
doing  first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of 
the  Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs 
and  Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now’  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

JV.  Yielding  and  ]>aying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  tlie  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1763 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inliabitant,  shall  yield  and  ]>ay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twent} -fifth  Day  of  J>ecembe)\  namely,  on  the  twent3’-fifth  Day  of 
December^  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  J>ord  1778  One 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
j)ossesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  'bract  of  the 
said  Land;  which  Monev’  shall  be  ])aid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chambers  Dorts- 
moufh,  or  to  such  Officer  or  Oflicers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 


556 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


the  same ; and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
Seventh  Day  of  June  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  three  And  in  the  Third  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

T Atkinson  JuiY  Sec^^ 

Pro’^  of  New  Hamp’'  June  7*^  1763 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Pro'^  Seal 

T Atkinson  JuiUSec^^ 

*2-411  *The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Williston  Viz — 


Samuel  Willis 
Sam^^  Allen 
James  Rogers 
Israel  Kitcham 
Simon  Fleet  Juffi 
Cornelius  Harte 
Thomas  Brush 
Abel  Gillett 
Joshua  Rogers 
Ebenez^  Gold 
John  Carle 
Henry  Smith 
Ezekiel  Smith 
David  Chichester 
Cornelius  Stratton 
Isaac  Rogers 
Ezekiel  Rogers 
Timothy  Conklin 
Phillip  Ketcham 


Natffi^  Williams 
John  Mowbray 
Rich‘S  Conklin 
Solomon  Kitcham 
Jacob  Brush 
Christo^  Tobias 
Joel  Ketcham 
Shuball  Smith 
Henry  Sammis 
Israel  Wood 
Sam'^  Harte 
Zopher  Platt  Jun^ 
Thomas  Oakes 


Jeremiah  Wood 
Stephen  Wood 
Jonas  Platt 
Benjamin  Denton 
Thomas  Fleet  jun’^ 
Philip  Conklin 
Hubbard  Conklin 
Reuben  Brush 
John  Brush  juiF 
John  Weeks 
Natffi^  Harrison 
Joseph  Smith 
Ezekiel  Weekes 


Sam'^  Seaman  of  Jerusalem 


Obediah  Rogers 
Micah  Rogers 
Jonas  Wood 
Tho®  Conklin  jun 
James  Chichester 
Tunis  Wortman 


Benjamin  Seaman 
Sam^^  Averhill  Hon:  Jn®  Temple 
Theo : Atkinson 
H^  Wentworth 


Hezekiah  Rogers 
Hezekiah  Rogers  juiF 
Stephen  Conklin 
Nathaniel  Killey 
Robert  Shadbolt 
Will’"  Frost  Sen’^ 
Will™  Temple  ) 

Esq’^®  Theo  : Atkinson  Jun  j 


His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain Five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B-  W-  in  the  Plan  which  is  to 
be  accounted  two  of  the  Within  Shares  One  whole  Share  for  the 


WILMINGTON. 


557 


Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign 
Parts  one  Share  for  A Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Established  one  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  & 
One  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  A School  in  Said  Town — 

Pro’^  New  Hamp’’  June  7*^^  1763 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Williston 
under  the  Pro^  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun*^  Sec’^^ 


Province  of  New  Hamp^  June  7-  1763 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Charter  of  Williston  under  the 
Pro'^  Seal 

T Atkinson  Jun*"  Sec’'^ 


WILMINGTON. 


^Province  of 
New  Hamp’’ 


I George  the  Second  by  the  Grace  of  God  of  *1-75 
I Great  Brittain  France  & Ireland  King  De- 
fender of  the  faith  Ac'^ — 

To  All  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  Shall  Come 
Greeting — 

Know  Ye  that  We  of  our  Especial  Grace  Certain 
Wilmington  Knowledge  A mere  Motion  for  the  Due  Encourage- 
ment of  Settling  A New  Plantation  within  our  Said  Province  by  A 
with  the  Advice  of  our  'rnisty  A well  beloved  Benning  Wentworth 
Es(|  our  Governour  A Com'ander  in  Chieff  of  our  Said  Province  of 


I A'A  i 


558 


charter  records. 


New  Hamp’^  in  America  & of  Our  Council  of  the  Said  Province 
Have  upon  the  Conditions  & reservations  herein  after  made,  Given 
& Granted  & by  these  Presents  for  us  Our  hiers  & Successors  Do 
Give  & grant  in  Equal  Shares  unto  our  Loveing  Subjects  Inhabi- 
tants of  our  Said  Province  of  New  Hampshire  & his  Maj^^®  other 
Governments  and  to  thier  hiers  & Assigns  for  ever  whose  names 
Are  Entred  on  this  Grant  to  be  Divided  to  & Amoungst  them  into 
Sixty  four  Equal  Shares — All  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  Scituate 
Lying  & being  wdthin  our  Province  of  New  Hampshire  Containing 
by  admeasurement  Twenty  three  thousend  & forty  Acres  which  Tract 
is  to  Contain  Six  Miles  Square  & no  more  out  of  which  an  Allow- 
ence  is  to  be  made  for  high  ways  & unimproveable  Lands  by  Rocks 
^Mountains  Ponds  & Rivers  One  thousend  & fortv  Acres  free 

4/ 

According  to  A Plan  thereof  made  & Presented  by  our  Said  Govern- 
ours  orders  & hereunto  Annexed  butted  And  bounded  as  follows  (Viz) 
Begining  at  the  North  West  Corner  of  A Township  Called  Halifax 
Lately  Granted  to  Oliver  Partridge  Esq  And  Others  his  Associates 
thence  riming  West  Ten  degrees  North  by  the  Needle  Six  Miles 
thence  riming  North  10^^  East  Six  Miles  Thence  runing  East  10'^ 
South  Six  Miles  thence  runing  South  10*^  West  Six  Miles  to  the  Cor- 
ner first  mentioned  which  is  also  the  South  West  Corner  of  A Town- 
ship Granted  this  Day  to  Tim®  Dwight  &c^  and  that  the  Same  be  & 
hereby  is  Incorporated  into  A Township  by  the  Name  of  Wilming- 
ton and  that  the  Inhabitants  that  do  Or  Shall  hereafter  Inhabit 
the  Said  Township  Are  hereby  Declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with 
& Intituled  to  all  & every  the  Previledges  & Immunities  that 
other  Towns  within  our  Said  Province  by  Law  Exercize  & 
Enjoy  & further  that  the  Said  Town  as  Soon  as  there  Shall  be 
fift}^  families  resident  & Settled  thereon  Shall  have  the  Liberty 
of  Holding  two  Fairs  One  of  which  Shall  be  held  on  the  first  mon- 
day  in  the  month  of  June  & the  Other  in  the  first  monday  in  the 
month  of  November  Annually  which  Fairs  Are  not  to  Con- 
*1-76  tinue  & be  held  Longer  then  the  respective  Saturdays  *fol- 
lowing  the  Said  respective  Days  and  As  Soon  as  the  Said 
Town  Shall  Consist  of  fifty  families  A Market  Shall  be  Opened  & 
kept  one  or  more  Days  in  Each  Week  as  may  be  tho*  most  Advan- 
tagious  to  the  Inhabitants  also  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice 
of  Town  Officers  Agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  Said  Province  Shall 
be  held  on  the  first  monday  In  March  next  which  Meeting  Shall  be 
Notifyed  by  Phinehas  Lyman  Esq  who  is  hereby  Also  Appointed  the 
Moderator  of  the  Said  first  ^Meeting  which  he  is  to  Notify  & 
Govern  Agreable  to  the  Law  & Custom  of  our  Said  Province  & 
that  the  Annual  ^Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of 


WILMINGTON. 


559 


Such  Officers  of  the  Said  Town  Shall  be  on  the  first  Monday  of 
March  Annually  To  Have  & to  hold  the  Said  Tract  of  Land  as 
above  Expressd  togeather  with  all  Previledges  And  Appurtenances 
to  them  & thier  respective  biers  & Assignes  for  ever  upon  the 
following  Conditions  (Viz)  That  every  Grantee  his  heirs  or  Assignes 
Shall  Plant  or  Cultivate  five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five 
Years  for  every  fifty  Acres  Containd  in  his  or  thier  Shear  or  Pro- 
portion of  Laud  in  Said  Township  & Continue  to  Improve  & Settle 
the  Same  by  Aditional  Cultivations  on  Penalty  of  the  forfeiture  of 
his  Grant  or  Share  in  the  Said  Township  & its  reverting  to  his 
jNIajesty  his  Heirs  & Successors  to  be  by  him  or  them  regranted  to 
Such  of  his  Subjects  as  Shall  Effectually  Settle  & Cultivate  the  Same 
That  all  White  & other  Pine  Trees'  within  the  Said  Township 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy  be  carefully  Preserved  for  that  Use 
& none  to  be  Cut  or  felld  without  his  Maj*^^'®  Especial  Lycence  for  So 
Doing  first  had  & obtained  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  forfeiture  of  the 
right  of  Such  Grantee  his  heirs  or  Assigns  to  us  our  hiers  & 
Successors  as  well  as  being  Subject  to  the  Penalty  of  Any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  Are  or  hereafter  Shall  be  Enacted — 
That  before  Any  Divission  of  the  Said  Lands  be  made  to  and  Amoungst 
the  Grantees  A Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Center  of  the  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of  Shall  be  reserved  & marked  out  for 
the  Town  Lotts  one  of  which  Shall  be  Allotted  to  Each  Grantee  of 
the  Contents  of  one  Acre  Yielding  & paying  therefor  to  us  our  heirs 
& Successors  for  the  Space  of  ten  Years  to  be  Computed  from  the 
Date  hereof  the  rent  of  One  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only  on  the  25“‘ 
Day  of  December  Annually  if  Lawfully  Demanded  the  first  Paj^- 
ment  to  be  made  on  the  Twenty  fifth  Day  of  December  next  Ensue- 
ing  the  Date  hereof,  Every  Proprietor  Settler  or  Inhabitant  Shall 
Yield  & Pay  unto  us  Our  hiers  & Successors  Yearly  & every  year 
forever  from  & after  the  Expiration  of  the  Ten  Years  from  the  Date 
hereof  Namly  on  the  25^^  Day  of  December  wdiich  will  be  in  the  year 
of  Our  Lord  Christ  one  thousand  Seven  hundred  & Sixty  Two 
One  ^Shilling  Proclamation  money  for  every  hundred  Acres  he  *1-77 
So  owns  Settles  or  Posseses  & So  in  Proportion  for  a greater 
or  a Lesser  Tract  of  the  Said  Land  which  money  Shall  be  paid  by 
the  respective  Persons  above  S'*  thier  hiers  or  Assignes  in  our  Coun- 
cil Chamber  in  Portsmouth  or  to  Such  officer  or  officers  as  Shall  be 
Appointed  to  recieve  the  Same  this  to  be  In  Lieu  of  all  other 
rents  A Services  whatsoever — In  Testimony  Whereof  We  have 
Caused  the  Seal  of  our  S'*  Province  to  be  hereunto  affixed  Wittness 
Kenning  Wentworth  Es(i  our  Governour  A C’om'ander  in  Chieff 
of  Our  Said  Province  the  Twenty  Ninth  Day  of  April  in  the  year 


560 


CHAKTER  RECORDS. 


of  Our  Lord  Christ  One  thousend  Seven  hundred  & fifty  one 
& in  the  Twenty  fourth  }^ear  of  Our  Reign  B Wentworth 

By  his  Excelencys  Comand 
with  Advice  of  Council 

Theod'^  Atkinson  Se*'^ 

Entred  & recorded  According  to  the  Original  under  the  Province 
Seal  the  Day  of  April  1751 — ^ Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^^ 

Names  of  the  Grantees — Viz — 


Phinehas  Lyman 
Medad  Pumroy 
Paul  Kent 
Samuel  Grainger 
Benj^  Kent 
Elihu  Kent 
Sam^^  Harman 
Lemuel  Grainger 
Phineas  Sheldon 
John  Grainger 
John  Old 
Peletiah  Adams 
Dan^^  Austen 
Simeon  Hath  way 
Elijah  Kent 


Samuel  Kent  jun*^ 
Noah  Pumroy 
Joel  Kent 
Joshua  Austen 
Jon^  Dwight 
Tim®  Mather 
Joshua  Kendal 
Simeon  Grainger 
Ruben  Harman 
Asaph  Levet 
Isaac  Hall 
Sam^^  Dwight 
Joseph  Kent 
Daniel  Gillet 


Abraham  Burbank 
Aaron  Riseing 
Jon‘^  Underwood 
Sam^^  Hath  way 
Shem  Burbank 
John  Levet 
Aaron  Hitchcock 
Elij'^  Easton 
Silas  Kent 
John  Roe  juiT 
Joseph  Forward 
Seth  Dwight 
Dan^^  Smith 
Elijah  Sheldon 
Ashur  Sheldon 


Zephinia  Taylor 

Benning  Wentworth  Esq.  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  Theodore 
Ellis  Huske  Esq  Rich‘S  Wibird  Esq  Atkinson  Esq 

Sampson  Sheafte  Esq  John  Downing  Esq 
One  Shear  for  the  first  Settled  minister,  One  Shear  for  the  Benefit 
of  the  School  for  ever,  and  one  Shear  for  to  remain  as  a Glebe  for 
the  Benefit  of  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law  Established  which 
is  to  be  under  the  Direction  of  the  Church  Wardens  of  the  Queens 
Chaple  in  Portsm®  & for  the  benefit  of  the  Church  there  ’till  an 
Episcopal  Clergiman  is  Settled  in  the  Said  Town  of  Wilmington  & 
then  to  remain  for  the  Sole  Benefit  of  the  ministry  there  the  Rever- 
end DocP  Tim®  Cuttler  Maj*^  Jn®  Wentworth  Esq  John  Wentworth 
Esq  Foster  Wentworth  Cap*  Samuel  Carey  Jon^  Edwards  Timothy 
Edwards  Christ®  Rymes  Phineas  Lyman  jun*^ 

Entred  & recorded  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*’^ 


*1-78  *A  Plat  of  the  Township  of  Wilmington  Granted  by  his 
Excelency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  Governour  & the  Hon’’*® 
his  Maj*^'®  Council  of  the  Province  of  N Hampshire  in  New  England 
unto  Phinehas  Lyman  Esq  & Others  April  29**^  1751  as  it  is  to  be 
Plotted  by  A Surveyer  & Chainmen  under  Oath  unto  Each  Pro- 


WILMINGTOK 


561 


prietor  or  Grantee  in  Equal  Shares  be  their  Lotts  better  or  worse 
(Excepting  the  four  Lotts  next  the  Town  Plat  or  Scite  which  Are  16 
Acres  less  each  than  the  Other  Lotts)  as  they  were  Drawn  by  the 
Agents  for  the  Proprietors  in  Portsmouth  April  29  1751  & were 
Eutred  by  the  Sec*^-'  of  the  Province  afore  Said  upon  this  Plan  each 
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CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Recorded  May  1®*  1751  According  to  the  original 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 


[Wilmington  Regrant,  1763.] 

*2-476  ^Province  of  New-Hampshire. 

• Draper  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and  Ireland,  King, 
Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^  Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a Neiv  Plantation 
within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty  and 
Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and  Com- 
mander in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Haivipshire,  in  New- 
England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province  ; Have  upon 
the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and  granted, 
and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do  give  and 
grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabitants  of  Our  said 
Province  of  New-Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Governments,  and  to  their 
Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are  entred  on  this  Grant,  to 
be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Seventy  three  equal  Shares,  all 
that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and  being  within  our  said 
Province  of  New-Hampshire^  containing  by  Admeasurement,  Twenty 
three  thousand  & forty  Acres^  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Six  Miles 
square,  and  no  more ; out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for 
High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains 
and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a 
Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and 
returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted 
and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  the  North  West  Corner 
of  Hallifax  a Township  formerly  granted  in  this  Province  to  Oliver 
Partridge  Esq  & others  his  Associates,  thence  Running  West  10 
Deg®  North  by  the  Needle  Six  Miles  from  thence  North  10  Deg®  East 
by  the  Needle  Six  Miles,  thence  Turning  off  at  Right  Angles  & Run- 
ing  East  10  Deg®  South  Six  Miles  to  the  North  West  Corner  of  a 
Township  formerly  granted  in  this  Province  by  the  Name  of  Marl- 
borough thence  South  10  Deg:  West  by  Marlborough  aforesaid  to 
the  Corner  of  Halifax  begun  at  And  that  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is 
Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the  Name  of  Draper  And  the 


’JV^ILMINGTON. 


563 


Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township,  are 
hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and 
every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our 
Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy:  And  further,  that  the  said 

Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled 
thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Two  Fairs^  one  of  which 
shall  be  held  on  the  And  the  other 

on  the  annually,  which  Fairs  are 

not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said  and  that  as  soon 

as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market 
may  be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  *2-477 
as  may  be  thought  most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants. 

Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable 
to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  first  Thursday 
of  July  next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  Isaac  Searle 
who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first 
Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws 
and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province;  and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for 
ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall 
be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold 
the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges 
and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns 
forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  cultivate 
five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty  Acres 
contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said  Town- 
ship, and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Success- 
ors, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

H.  I'hat  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  l)e  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  Ixi  cut  or  felled  witliout  Our  special  Ificence  for  so  doing 
first  liad  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the  Right 
of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heim  and  Success- 
ors, as  well  as  l>eing  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or  Acts  of 
Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  l)e  Enacted. 

HI.  That  l>efore  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a J'ract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  Ix^  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
J'own  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  1x3  allotted  to  each  Granffie  of  the  Con- 
tents of  one  Acre. 


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CHARTER  RECORDS. 


IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1763 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay  unto 
Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever,  from 
and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twenty-fifth 
Day  of  December.,  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.,  which 
will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1773  One  shilling  Proclamation  Money 
for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses,  and  so  in 
Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land ; which 
Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their  Heirs 
or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth^  or  to  such  Officer 
or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same  ; and  this  to 
be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Province 
to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our 
Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the  17^^ 
Day  of  June  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  three  And  in  the  Third  Year  of  Our 
Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

T Atkinson  JuiT  Sec"'^ 

Province  of  New  Hamp’"  June  17*^^  1763 

Recorded  according  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Pro^  Seal 

T Atkinson  JuiT  Sec*’^^ 


^2-478  *Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Draper 


His  Excellency  Frar 
Harrison  Gray  Esq 
Samuel  Blodget 
Jonathan  Strong 
Benj^  Edwards 
Moses  Peck 
Samuel  Bowles 
William  Brattle  Esq 
Timothy  Wright  Jun*^ 
Ebenezer  Laurence 
Peter  Hay  Jun’^ 
James  Stoodley 


is  Bernard  Esq 
Samuel  Mather  Esq 
John  Searl 
Ebenezer  Wells 
John  Clark 
Edward  Lutwyche 
Phineas  Lund 
Samuel  Mather  Jun 
Daniel  Wright 
Daniel  Green 
Peter  Hay  Ter® 
Joseph  Bryant 


Thomas  Hubbart  Esq 
Daniel  Jones 
Seth  Blodget 
Seth  Pomroy 
James  Cowen 
Thymothy  Taylor 
Jonathan  Hastings 
Ebenezer  Arms 
Jonathan  Laurence 
Peter  Hay 
John  Holden 
Joseph  Bryant  Jun^ 


WILMINGTON . 


565 


Dan®^  Bryant  John  Fowle  Jacob  Emerson 

Joseph  Lyman  Daniel  Wheeler  Thomas  Willee 

Jason  Wright  Benjamin  Wilson  Benjamin  Kent 

Walter  Burk  Oxnabridge  Thather  Esq  Oliver  Wendell 

Joseph  Pynchon  Esq  Samuel  Robinson  Esq  Samuel  Robinson  Jun^ 
Moses  Robinson  John  Fassatt  Nathaniel  Marchant 

Moses  Robinson  Jun^  Isaac  Searle  Caleb  Strong 

Caleb  Strong  Jun”^  Martin  Phelps  John  Fassatt  Jun’’ 

Coll  John  Goffe  James  Walker  John  Goffe  Jun^ 

Cap*  Jonathan  CarltonJohn  Marsh  HoiT*®  James  Nevin 

John  Nelson  & \ Esq 

Theodore  Atkinson  j*" 


His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain 500  Acres  as  IMarked  B W in  the  Plan  which  is  to  be  Accounted 
two  of  the  within  Shares  One  Whole  Share  for  the  Incorporated 
Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospell  in  Foreign  Parts — One 
Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law  Established 
One  Share  for  the  First  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospell  & One  Share 
for  the  Benefit  of  a School  in  said  Town — 

Province  of  New  Hamp’’  June  17*^  1763 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  original  Charter  of  Draper  under 
ye  x^ro'^  Seal  T Atkinson  Jun’’  Sec*'^ 


PitA  New  Hamp*^  June  17-1763 

Reciirded  trom  the  Plan  on  the  Back  of  the  original  Charter 
under  the  l*ro''  Seal  ^ 'F  Atkinson  JuiF  Sec*^y 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


WINDSOR. 

''^Province  of  New-Hampshire. 

GEORGE  THE  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  lo  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  VVe  of  Oar  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Planta- 
tion within  onr  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq  ; Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
New-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province;  Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do 
give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabi- 
tants of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  and  Our  other  Gov- 
ernments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Sixty 
five  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying 
and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  containing 
by  Admeasurement,  Twenty  three  Thousand  five  Hundred  Acres^ 
which  Tract  is  to  contain  Something  More  than  Six  Miles  square, 
and  no  more;  out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High 
Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and 
Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan 
and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned 
into  the  Secretarv's  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded 
as  follows.  Viz.  Beginning  at  A Black  Ash  Tree  Marked  with  the 
Figures  Two  &;  three  from  thence  run’ing  North  Seventy  four 
degrees  West  Six  Miles  from  thence  North  Ten  degrees  East  Six 
Miles  from  thence  South  Seventy  five  Degrees  East  Six  Miles  & a 
Quarter  to  a Tree  Marked  with  the  figures  Three  & four  Standing 
on  the  Bank  of  the  River  Connecticut  Six  Miles  on  A Streight  Line 
South  of  the  South  East  Corner  of  Hartford  from  thence  down  the 
river  to  the  first  Bounds  Mentioned — And  that  the  same  be,  and 
hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the  Name  of  Windsor 
And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said 
Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled 
to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other  Towns 
within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy:  And  further,  that 


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Windsor 


WINDSOR. 


567 


the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and 
settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Two  Fairs^  one  of 
which  shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  other  on  the  annually,  which 

Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said  and  that  as  soon 

as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty  Families,  a Market 
may  be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  *2-22 
as  may  be  thought  most  advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants. 

Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable 
to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  first  Wednes- 
day in  August  which  said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  Samuel 
Ashley  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first 
Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and 
Customs  of  Our  said  Province;  and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever 
hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be 
on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the 
said  Tract  of  Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges 
and  Appurtenances,  to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns 
forever,  upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  everv 
fifty  Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land 
in  said  Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by 
additional  Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or 
Share  in  the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs 
and  Successors,  to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Sub- 
jects as  shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Town- 
ship, fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that 
Use,  and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so 
doing  first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of 
the  Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs 
and  Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act 
or  Acts  of  Parliament,  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tiactof  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Township 
as  the  I^and  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for  Town 
Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the  Contents 
of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  j)aying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  comj)uted  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-tifth  Day  of 


568 


CHAKTEK  RECORDS. 


December  aDniially,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty -fifth  Day  of  December.  1762 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay  unto 
Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever,  from 
and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  twenty- 
fifth  Day  of  December^  namel)^  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December., 
which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shillmg  Proclama- 
tion Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or  possesses, 
and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land  ; 
which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  abovesaid,  their 
Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth,  or  to  such 
Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same ; and  this 
to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said 
Province  to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  BEN'lSfiNG  WENT^yoRTH, 
Esq  ; Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province, 
the  Sixth  Day  of  July  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  One  And  in  the  First  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

B Wentw^orth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*"^ 

Province  of  New  Hamp’^  July  6*^^  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  under  the  Province  Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’^^ 

*2-23  *The  Names  of  the  Grantees  in  Windsor  Viz 


Samuel  Ashley — 
Thomas  Root — 
Sam“  Stone  Jun’^ 
George  field — 
Simon  Chamberlain 
Levy  Silvester — 
Thomas  Witt — 
Moses  Walkins 
Eleazer  Harlow 
David  Sanderson 
James  Otis — 
David  Field 
Robert  Harris — 
Arid  Hunt — 
Thomas  Frink 
Samuel  Spalding — 


Jacob  Cummins — 
Simeon  Smead — 
Adonijah  Rice — 
Josiah  Bwron 
Simon  Cooley — 
Jonathan  Fairwell 
John  Chandler — 
Joseph  Hubbard 
Augustus  Wells 
Jonas  Holland 
Joseph  Ashley 
John  Moore  juiY 
Will"^  Harris — 
John  Murry — 
Ebenez^  Wells — 
David  Stone  juiF 


David  Hubbard — 
Joseph  Stevens — 
Menassah  Divel — 
Nathaniel  Mattoon 
Joseph  Root — 
Coneleius  Winslow 
Simon  Allexander 
Nehemiah  Houghton 
Jonath”  Parkhurst 
Joshua  Lymon 
Samuel  Hunt  jun^ 
John  Cass — 

Eliakim  Spooner 
John  Butterfield 
Ebenez”^  Stratton 
Isaac  Rice — 


WIN  HALL. 


569 


Stephen  Ashley — Timothy  Ruggles  Thomas  Butterfield 

Oliver  Ashley  M H Wentworth  James  Nevin  Esq 

Sam^^  Wentworth  of  Boston  Clem‘s  March  Esq 

& Josiah  Willard  Esq  & Zedekiah  Stone  Sam'^  Ashley  Jun*^ 

His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  a Tract  of  Land  to  con- 
tain five  Hundred  Acres  which  is  to  be  accounted  Two  of  the  within 
Shares  as  marked  B W in  the  Plan  One  Whole  Share  for  the  Incor- 
porated Societ}'  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  forreign  Parts — 
one  Whole  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  One 
Share  for  A Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law  Established 
One  Share  for  the  benefit  of  a Pnblick  School  in  Said  Town 


Province  of  New  Hamps^  July  6‘^^  1761 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Charter  of  Windsor — 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*'^ 


Province  of  New  Hampshire 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Charter  for  Windsor  this  6“‘  Day 
of  July — 1761  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*"^ 


WINHALL. 


Winhall 


I 1 


* Province  of  New-IIampshire. 
GEORGE  THE  Tmiii), 


*2-185 


P>y  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  IviN(;,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  Ac. 

To  all  Pernotui  to  wltom  thei<e  P recent n shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  si)ecial  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 


570 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a New  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
New-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province  ; Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors,  do 
give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabitants 

of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hamvshire.  and  Our  other  Govern- 

± > 

ments,  and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are  entred 
on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Sixty  Eight 
equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying  and 
being  within  our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  containing  by 
Admeasurement,  Twenty  Three  Thousand  & Forty  Acres^  which  Tract 
is  to  contain  Six  Miles  square,  and  no  more ; out  of  which  an 
Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands 
by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty 
Acres  free,  according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our 
said  Governor’s  Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office, 
and  hereunto  annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  follows,  Viz.  Begin- 
ning at  the  South  East  Corner  of  Manchester,  thence  Running  due 
North  by  Manchester  to  the  North  East  Corner  thereof, -thence  due 
East  Six  Miles,  then  turning  off  at  Right  Angles  & Running  due 
South  Six  Miles  to  the  North  East  Corner  of  Stratton,  thence  due 
West  by  Stratton  to  the  Bounds  first  above  Mention’d — And  that 
the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a Township  by  the 
Name  of  Winhall  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  hereafter 
inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized 
with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities 
that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy: 
And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty 
Families  resident  and  settled  thereon,  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  hold- 
ing Two  Fairs.,  one  of  which  shall  be  held  on  the 
And  the  other  on  the  annually,  which 

fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of  Fifty 
^2-186  Families,  a Market  may  be  ^opened  and  kept  one  or 

more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most  advanta- 
gious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice 
of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province,  shall  be 
held  on  the  Second  Tuesday  in  October  next  which  said  Meet- 
ing shall  be  Notified  by  Cap*  Jared  Lee  who  is  hereby  also 
appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to 


AVINHALL. 


571 


Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said 
ProAunce;  and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the 
Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tues- 
day of  March  annually,  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of 
Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appur- 
tenances, to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever, 
upon  the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Success- 
ors, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

III.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1762 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  I)ecembei%  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
DecemJter.,  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  i<hillhu) 
IToclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land;  which  Money  shall  l)e  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigiis,  in  our  Coitncil  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth, or  to  such  ( Rhcer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  a])pointed  to  receive 
the  same;  and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Kents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 


■572 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
Fifteenth  Day  of  September  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One 
Thousand  Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  One  And  in  the  First  Year 
of  Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’^^ 

Province  of  New  Hamps^  Sep*"  15 — 1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Origional  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal — Theodore  Atkinson  Sec^^ 

*2-187  The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Winhall 


Osce  Wibster 
Elisha  Haile 
Bishop  Manroas 
Stephen  Grannis 
Maroin  Beckwith 
David  Smith 
Rev‘^  Benj^  Chapman 
Medad  Lewis 
Lovewell  Thomas 
Robert  F.  Hassard 
Ebenezer  Fisk 
Gershiim  Orvis 
Amos  Camp 
Eleanah  Hall 
Jonathan  Barnes 
Edward  Parker  Jun*^ 
Seth  Lee 
Josiah  Lewis 
Jared  Lee 
Caleb  Culver 
Zadoc  Brownson 


Zachariah  Gillit 
Joshua  Porter 
Stephen  Hitchcock 
Isaac  Bidwell 
John  Roys  Jun’^ 
Zacheus  Frisbee 
Elnathan  Ives 
Stephen  Andrews 
John  Austin 
David  Rich 
Stephen  Root 
Isaac  Halsey 
Charles  Ivis 
William  Jeroms 
Abell  Carter 
Ephrain  Parker 
Eliakim  Deming 
Stephen  Perkins 
James  Lee 
John  Morse 
Caleb  Hall — 


Nath^  Cook  of  WallingsH 
James  Brownson 
Asahel  Newell 
William  Lewis 
Amos  Lee 
Joseph  Lee 
DocP  Isaac  Hall 
Moses  Lyman 
Enoch  Thomas 
Ebenezer  Lee 
Abraham  Crittenton 
Elnathan  Ivis 
Ezekiel  Hall 
Docter  Isaac  Lewis 
Isaac  Glesson 
Soloman  Whiteman  Esq’^ 
John  Austin 
Cap‘  Eliakim  Hall 
Rev^^  Sam^  Newall 
Isaac  Hall  Jun^ 


His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq*^  a Tract  of  Land  to  Con- 
tain Five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  B-  W-  in  the  Plan  which  is  to 
be  Accounted  two  of  the  within  shares.  One  whole  share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign 
Parts,  One  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Established,  One  Share  for  the  first  Setled  Minister  of  the  Gospel 
& One  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  a School  in  said  Town 


WOODFORD. 


573 


Province  of  New  Ramps’^  Sep*^  1761 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Origional  Charter  for  Winhall  un- 
der the  Province  seal 

Attested  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*"^ 


Province  of  New  Hampshire  Septemb’'  1761 
Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Winhall  under 
the  Prov®  Seal  AttesP  Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*’^' 


WOODFORD. 

^Province  of  New  Hampshire  *1-115- 

Woodford  George  the  Second  by  the  Grace  of  God  of  Great 
Brittain  France  and  Ireland  King  Defender  of  the 
faith  &c" — 

To  All  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  Shall  come 
Greeting 

Know  Ye  that  we  of  our  Especial  Grace  certain  knowledge  A 
mere  motion  for  the  Due  Encouragement  of  Settling  A New  Planta- 
tion within  our  s'‘  Province  By  & with  the  advice  of  our  Trustv  A 
well  beloved  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  our  Governour  A Com’aiider 
in  Chieff  of  our  Said  Province  of  New  Hampshire  in  America  and 
of  our  Council  of  our  Said  Province  have  upon  the  Conditions  A 
Reservations  liereafter  made  Given  A Granted  and  by  these  Presents 


5T4 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


for  us  our  heirs  & Successors  Do  give  & Grant  in  Equal  Shares  unto 
our  Loveing  Subjects  Inhabitants  of  our  s'^  Province  of  New  Hamp- 
shire and  his  Majesties  Other  Governments  & to  their  heirs  and 
assigns  for  ever  whose  Names  Are  Entered  on  this  Grant  to  be  Divided 
to  and  Amoungst  them  into  Sixty  Six  Equal  Shares  all  that  Tract  or 
Parcel  of  Land  Scituate  Lying  & being  within  our  Province  of  New 
Hampshire  Containing  by  admeasurement  Twenty  three  thousend  & 
forty  Acres  which  Tract  is  to  Contain  Six  miles  Square  & no  more 
out  of  which  an  allowence  is  to  be  made  for  highways  and  unim- 
proveable  Lands  by  Rocks  mountains  Ponds  & rivers  one  Thousend 
& forty  Acres  free  According  to  A Plan  thereof  made  & Presented 
by  our  Said  Governours  orders  & hereunto  Annexed  Butted  & 
Bounded  as  follows  (Viz)  begining  at  the  North  East  Corner  of  A 
Certain  Township  Situate  in  the  South  Western  Parte  of  the  Province 
aforesaid  called  by  the  name  of  Bennington  and  runs  from  thence  by 
the  Needle  of  the  Surveying  Instruement  South  Ten  degrees  West 
Six  miles  and  from  thence  East  Ten  degrees  South  Six  Miles  and 
from  thence  North  Ten  degrees  East  Six  Miles  and  from  thence  West 
Ten  Degrees  North  to  the  Boundary  first  mentioned  which  is  Like- 
wise Six  Miles. 

And  that  the  Same  be  & Is  Incorporated  into  A Township  by  the 
Name  of  Woodford — And  that  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  Shall 
hereafter  Inhabit  said  Township  are  hereby  Declared  to  be  Enfran- 
chized with  and  Entituled  all  & every  the  Previledges  & Imunities 
that  other  Towns  within  our  Said  Province  by  Law  Exercise  & Enjoy 
And  further  that  the  said  Town  as  Soon  as  there  Shall  be 
^1-146  fifty  Familys  resident  & Settled  thereon  * Shall  have  Liberty 
of  Holding  Two  fairs  one  of  which  Shall  be  held  on  the 

And  the  Other  on  the 

Annuallv  which  Fairs  Are  not  to  Continne  & be  held  no 

•/ 

Longer  than  the  respective  following  the 

respective  days  And  as  soon  as  the  Said  Town  Shall  Consist 
of  fifty  families  A Market  Shall  be  Opened  And  kept  one  or 
more  Days  in  Each  Week  as  may  be  tho*^  most  advantagious 
to  the  Inhabitants  also  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  Choice  of  Town 
Officers  Agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  Said  Province  Shall  be  held  on 
the  First  Monday — in  May  next  which  Meeting  Shall  be  Notifyed  by 
Timothy  Dwight  Esq  who  is  hereby  Also  Appointed  the  Moderator 
of  the  Said  first  Meeting  which  he  is  to  Notify  & Govern  agreable  to 
the  Laws  & Customs  of  our  Said  Province  and  that  the  Annual 
Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  Such  Officers  of  s*^  Town 
Shall  be  on  the  first  Tuesday  in  March  Annually  To  have  & to 
HOLD  the  Said  Tract  of  Land  as  Above  expressed  Togeather  with 
all  y®  Previledges  and  Appurtenances  to  them  & their  Respective 


WOODFORD. 


575 


Heirs  & assigns  for  ever  upon  the  following  Conditions  (Viz)  That 
every  Grantee  his  heirs  or  assigns  Shall  Plant  or  Cultivate  five  Acres 
of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  everj^  fifty  Acres  contained 
in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  Said  Township  and 
Continue  to  Improve  & Settle  the  Same  by  Additional  Cultivations 
on  Penalty  of  the  forfeiture  of  His  Grant  or  Share  in  the  Said 


Township  & its  reverting  to  his  Majesty  his  heirs  & Successors  to 
be  by  him  or  them  regranted  to  Such  of  his  Subjects  as  Shall  Eifect- 
ually  Settle  & Cultivate  the  Same  That  all  white  and  other  Pine 
Trees  within  the  s‘^  Township  fit  for  Masting  our  Royal  Navy  be 
Carefully  Preserved  for  that  use  And  none  to  be  Cutt  or  felld  without 
his  Majesties  Especial  Lycence  for  so  doing  first  had  & obtained 
upon  the  Penalty  of  the  forfeiture  of  the  Right  of  Such  Grantee 
his  heirs  or  assigns  to  Us  our  heirs  & Successors  as  well  as  being 
subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or  Acts  of  Parliament  that  now 
Are  or  hereafter  Shall  be  Enacted,  That  before  Any  Divission  of  the  said 
Lands  be  made  to  & amoungst  the  Grantees  A Tract  of  Land  As  near 
the  Center  of  the  Township  as  the  Land  will  admit  of  Shall 
be  * Reserved  & Marked  out  for  Town  Lotts  one  of  which  *1-147 
Shall  be  allotted  to  Each  Grantee  of  the  Contents  of  one 
Acre  Yielding  & Paying  therefor  to  us  our  heirs  & Successors  for 
the  Space  of  Ten  years  to  be  Computed  from  the  Date  hereof  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only  on  the  first  day  of  JaiP^  Annu- 
ally if  Lawfully  Demanded  the  first  Payment  to  be  made  on  the 
first  Day  of  January  Ensueing  the  Date  hereof  And  Every  Proprietor 
Settler  or  Inhabitant  Shall  Yield  & Pay  unto  us  our  heirs  & Success- 
ors Yearly  & every  Year  for  ever  from  & after  the  Expiration  of  the 
Ten  Years  from  the  Date  hereof  namely  on  the  first  Day  of  January 
which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ  one  thousend  Seven 
hundred  & sixty  four  One  Shilling  Proclamation  money  for  every 
hundred  Acres  he  so  owns  Settles  or  Possesses  & So  in  Proportion 
for  A greater  or  Lesser  Tract  of  the  s'*  Land  which  money  Shall  be 
paid  by  the  Respective  Persons  above  said  their  Heirs  or  Assigns  in 
our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth  or  to  Such  officer  or  officers  as 
Shall  be  Appointed  to  Receive  the  Same  & this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all 
other  rents  & services  whatsoever  In  Testimony  hereof  We  have 
Caused  the  Seal  of  our  s'*  Province  to  be  hereunto  Affixed  Wittness 
Hknning  Wentworth  Es(j  our  Governour  & Com’ander  in  Chieff 
of  our  s'*  Province  y*^  Sixth  Day  of  March — in  the  year  of  our 
Lord  Christ  1753  And  in  the  Twenty  Sixth  year  of  Our  Reign — 


B Wentworth 


By  liis  Excellencys  Com'and 
with  Advice  of  Council 


'JJieodore  Atkinson  Se*^^ 


576 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Entered  & recorded  According  to  the  Original  under  the  Province 
Seal  the  6*^^  Day  of  March  1753 — 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’"'^ 
Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Woodford  Viz — 


Elihu  Chauncy, 
Israel  Godard, 
Benjamin  Picket, 
Jess  Austin, 

John  Jones, 

Simeon  Parmele, 
Israel  Burrit, 

Jabez  Hamlin, 

Daniel  Stocking, 
Samuel  Gaylord, 
John  Elton, 

James  Burnam, 

Elihu  Hall  jun^ 
Samuel  Willis, 

Nath''  Yale. 


Nathaniel  Chauncy, 
Timothy  Hall, 

Joseph  Hickox, 
Stephen  Bates  the  3^ 
Elias  Austin, 

Aaron  Alvord 
Samuel  Griswold, 
Edward  Estes, 
Timothy  Bigeloe, 
Philip  Mortemore, 
Seth  Wetmore, 

Elihu  Hall, 
Theophylas  Hall, 
George  S til  man. 


Elnathan  Chauncy, 
Ebenezer  Robinson 
Phineas  Meeker 
William  Clark, 
Hezekiah  Palmer, 
Joseph  Wright, 
John  Canfield, 
Joseph  Stocking, 
Elisha  Stocking, 
Samuel  Russel, 
Michael  Burnam 
John  Hally®  5*^ 
Aaron  Lyman 
Nash  Yale, 

Josiah  Robinson, 
Eph™  Norton, 
Gersham  Birdsey, 
Benj^  Birdsey, 
Ebenez’’  Tibbats, 


Benj^  Spencer, 

*1-148  *Aaron  Parsons  jun’’,  John  Norton, 

Samuel  Higbey,  Abraham  Camp, 

John  Lyman,  Elisha  Wadsworth, 

James  Tibbats,  Thomas  Tibbats, 

Mathew  Livermore  Esq,  Theodore  Atkinson  Esq  His  Excellency 
Benning  Wentworth  Esq  A Tract  of  Land  to  Contain  five  hundred 
Acres  which  is  to  be  Accounted  as  Two  of  the  within  Shares  Also 
one  Share  to  John  Wentworth  His  Excellencys  Son  to  be  Laid  out 
Contiguous  or  in  Two  peices  at  most  one  whole  Share  for  the  Encor- 
porated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  forreign  Partes 
to  be  Laid  out  in  one  Lot  of  good  Land  One  Share  for  A Glebe  for 
the  Ministry  of  the  Church  England  One  Share  for  the  Ministry  that 
shall  be  in  Said  Town  & One  Share  for  the  use  of  A School  in  Said 
Town 

Entred  And  recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter 

Theodore  Atkinson  Se’^^ 


AVOODFORD. 


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W 00(1  ford 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’’^' 


[Woodford  Charter  Renewed,  1762.] 
'•‘Province  of  New  Hamp'' 


*1-249 


Woodford  George  the  third  by  the  Grace  of  God  of  Great  Hritain 
renewed  France  & Ireland  King  Defender  of  the  Faith 

To  all  to  whom  these  Presents  Shall  come  Greeting 
Whereas  our  late  Royal  Grandfather  King  George  the 
Second  of  Glorious  Memory  did  of  his  Special  Grace 
mere  Motion  for  the  Kncouragment  of  Settling  a 
New  Plantation  within  our  Said  Province  of  New  Hamp'’  by  his 


XXXVII 


578 


CHARTER  RECORDS. 


Letters  Patent  or  Charter  under  the  Seal  of  our  Said  Province  dated 
the  26^^^  Day  of  March  1750  & in  the  26  year  of  his  Majestys  reign 
granted  A Tract  of  Land  equal  to  Six  Miles  Square  Bounded  as 
therein  expressed  to  a umber  of  our  Loyal  Subjects  whose  Names 
are  entred  on  the  Same  to  hold  to  them  their  Heirs  & Assigns  on  the 
Conditions  therein  declared  to  be  a Town  corporate  by  the  Name  of 
Woodford  as  by  Referrence  to  the  Said  Charter  may  more  fully 
appear 

And  whereas  the  Said  Grantees  have  Represented  that  by  the 
Intervention  of  An  Indian  War  since  makeng  the  Said  Grant  it  has 
been  Impracticable  to  comply  with  & fullfill  the  Conditions  & 
Humbly  Supplycating  us  not  to  take  Advantage  of  the  Breach  of  Said 
Conditions  but  to  lengthen  out  & Grant  them  Some  Reasonable 
Time  for  Performence  thereof  after  the  Said  Impediment  shall  cease 

Now  Know  Ye  that  we  being  Willing  to  Promote  the  End  Proposed 
have  of  our  Further  Grace  & Favour  suspended  our  Claim  of  the  For- 
feiture which  the  Said  Grantees  may  have  incurrd  & by  these  Pres- 
ents do  grant  unto  the  Said  Grantees  their  Heirs  & Assigns  the 
Term  of  one  Year  for  Performing  & fullfilling  the  Conditions 
Matters  & Things  by  them  to  be  done  which  Term  is  to  be  Renewd 
annually  if  the  Same  Impediment  Remains  until  our  Plenary  Insti’uc- 
tions  Shall  be  receivd  relating  to  the  Incident  that  has  Prevented 
a Complyance  with  the  Said  Charter  according  to  the  Intent  & 
meaning  of  the  Same — 

And  Further  that  the  Said  Grantees  may  be  Enabled  to  Act  with 
the  more  regularity  in  their  Town  & Proprietory  affairs  we  do  here 
by  nominate  & appoint  Sam^^  Robinson  Esq  to  call  the  first  Meeting 
of  the  Grantees  and  when  so  called  to  be  the  Moderator  thereof  in 
Testymony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  Our  said  Province  to 
be  hereunto  Affixed  Wittness  Penning  Wentworth  Esq  our  Gov- 
eriF  & Com’ander  in  Chieff  of  Our  Province  aforesaid  the  12^^ 
Day  of  August  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ  1762  & in  the 
Second  Year  of  our  reign 

B Wentworth 

By  his  Excellencys  Confi^ 
with  Advice  of  Council 

Theodore  Atkinson  Se’'^ 

Recorded  According  to  the  original  Charter  under  the  Prov®  Seal 
this  12*^^  of  August  1762 


T:  Atkinson  JuiF  Sec^^ 


WOODSTOCK. 


579 


WOODSTOCK. 

^Province  of  New-Hampshire.  *2-57 

Woodstock  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britaio,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
ineer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a Neiv  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-HajNIPSHIRE  in 
New-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province ; Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors, 
do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhab- 
itants of  Our  said  Province  of  Neiv-Hampshire^  and  Our  other 
Governments,  and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names 
are  entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into 
Sixty  Eight  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Laud  situate, 
lying  and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  Neiv-Pampshire^  con- 
taining by  Admeasurement,  twenty  four  Thousand  acres  Nine  Hun- 
dred Acres^  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Something  more  than  Six 
IMiles  square,  and  no  more ; out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be 
made  for  High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds, 
Mountains  and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free, 
according  to  a Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Gov- 
ernor’s Order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  here- 
unto annexed,  butted  and  bounded  as  follows,  Piz.  Begining  at 
the  Northwest  Corner  of  Windsor  from  Thence  North  Sixty  five 
deg"  West  five  miles  and  one  half  mile,  from  Thence  North  thirty 
two  degrees  East  Seven  miles  and  one  half  mile  to  the  South  west 
Corner  of  Pomfret  from  Thence  Soutli  Sixty  two  degrees  East  five 
miles  and  one  half  miles  to  the  North  west  Corner  of  Hartford,  from 
thence  South  thirty  Three  degrees  West  by  Hartford  west  line  to  the 
first  Bounds  Mentioned — And  tliat  the  same  be,  and  hereby  is  Incor- 
porated into  a 'rownship  by  tlie  Name  of  Woodstock  And  the  Inhab- 
itants that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  'Fownship,  are  hereby 
declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  every  the 


580 


CHAKTER  RECORDS. 


Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our  Province 
by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy:  And  further,  that  the  said  Town  as 
soon  as  there  shall  be  Eifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon, 
shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Two  Fairs^  one  of  which  shall  be 
held  on  the  And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of 
*2-58  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be  ^opened  and  kept 
one  or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most 
advantagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting 
for  the  Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said 
Province,  shall  be  held  on  the  last  Tuesday  of  Aust  Next  which 
said  Meeting  shall  be  Notified  by  Oliver  Willard  who  is  hereby  also 
appointed  the  Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is 
to  Notify  and  Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said 
Province,  and  that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the 
Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second 
Tuesday  of  March  annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of 
Land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appurten- 
ances, to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon 
the  following  Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  culti- 
vate five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Suc- 
cessors, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as 
shall  effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or 
Acts  of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 


WOODSTOCK. 


581 


for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December^  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be 
made  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1761 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December^  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December.,  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1772  One  shillmg 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land ; which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth^ or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same ; and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
Tenth  Day  of  July  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thou- 
sand Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  one  And  in  the  First  Year  of  Our 
Reign.  B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Councel, 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*"^ 


Pro^  of  New  Hamp*"  July  10‘‘*  1761 

Recorded  According  to  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Province 
Seal 


Theodore  Atkinson  Sec*'^ 


*Tlie  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Woodstock — Viz — *2-59 


David  Page 
Joel  Grout 
David  Page  juifi 
Eph"'  Shattock 
Joseph  Stoel 
John  Grout 
John  Darling 
William  Page 
Andrew  Derrumple 
William  Hoskins 
John  Church 


Nathaniel  Smith 
Seth  Hudson 
Thomas  Shattock 
Marodock  Smith 
Israel  Stowel 
Solomon  Willson 
Nathaniel  Page 
Jon“  Grout 
Edmond  Stockwell 
Philij)  (iutridge 
William  Powers 


Ephraim  Stockwell 
Samuel  Bryant 
Thomas  Rogers 
John  Rogers 
Elijah  Grout 
Josej)h  Willson 
Joseph  Page 
James  I^irt ricks 
Natha*'  Wheelwright 
Josiah  Grout 
James  Powers 


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CHARTER  RECORDS. 


James  Powers 
Atherton  Chasey 
Samuel  Skinner 
Richard  Chamberlain 
Moses  Smith 
Joseph  Ashley  Jun’^ 
Joseph  Winn 
Jon^  Tuck 
John  Moffat  Esq 
W™  Parker  Esq  And 


Philip  Alexander 
Joshua  Warner 
Jacob  Hall 
Joseph  Chamberlain 
Aaron  Smith 
Henry  Foster 
Rich^  Wibird  Esq 
Zebulon  Giddings 
Thomas  Harte 
Mathew  Livermore  E 


Joseph  Perry 
Daniel  Warner 
Simeon  Hall 
Daniel  Hubbart 
Abel  Willard 
John  Holton 
James  Nevin  Esq 
Abner  Morrel 
Cap‘  George  King 


His  Excellency  Penning  Wentworth  a Tract  of  Land  to  Contain 
Five  Hundred  Acres  as  Marked  in  the  Plan  B-  W which  is 
to  be  Accounted  Two  of  the  within  Shares  one  whole  Share  for 
the  Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  For- 
reign  Parts  One  Share  for  A Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by 
Law  Established  One  Share  for  the  first  Settled  Minister  of  the 
Gospel  One  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  the  School  in  Said  Town 


Province  of  New  Hamp’’  July  10*^  1761 

Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter  under  the  Pro"^  Seal 

Theodore  Atkinson  Se’’^ 


Province  of  New  Hamp^’  July  1761 
Recorded  from  the  Back  of  the  Original  Charter 

Theodore  Atkinson  Sec’^^ 


WOECESTER. 


583 


WORCESTER. 

* Province  of  New- Hampshire.  *2-469 

Worster  GEORGE  the  Third, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great-Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come^ 
Greeting. 

Know  ye,  that  We  of  Oar  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and 
meer  Motion,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a Neiv  Planta- 
tion within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  our  Trusty 
and  Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq;  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire  in 
New-England^  and  of  our  Council  of  the  said  Province ; Have 
upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after  made,  given  and 
granted,  and  by  these  Presents,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors, 
do  give  and  grant  in  equal  Shares,  unto  Our  loving  Subjects,  Inhabi- 
tants of  Our  said  Province  of  New-Hamfshire^  and  Our  other  Gov- 
ernments, and  to  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  whose  Names  are 
entred  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  into  Seventy 
one  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate,  lying 
and  being  within  our  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire^  containing 
by  Admeasurement,  23040  Acres^  which  Tract  is  to  contain  Six  Miles 
square,  and  no  more;  out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for 
High  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains 
and  Rivers,  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a 
Plan  and  Survey  thereof,  made  by  Our  said  Governor’s  Order,  and 
returned  into  the  Secretary’s  Office,  and  hereunto  annexed,  butted 
and  bounded  as  follows.  Viz.  Begining  at  the  North  Easterly  Corner 
of  Stow  from  thence  runing  Southerly  by  the  Easterly  line  of  Stow 
Six  Miles  to  the  North  West  Corner  of  Middlesex  from  thence  East- 
erly by  said  Middlesex  about  six  Miles  to  the  North  Easterly  corner 
thereof,  from  thence  Northerly  a Parralell  Line  with  Stow’s  Easterl}' 
Line  Six  Miles,  from  thence  Westerly  about  six  Miles  to  the  Corner 
of  Stow,  the  place  begun  at — And  that  the  same  be,  and  here!)}'  is 
Incorporated  into  a Townshi[)  by  the  Name  of  Woi>;ter  And  the 
Inhabitanti>  that  do  or  shall  hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township, 
are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and  Intitled  to  all  and 
every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  other  Towns  within  Our 
Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy  : And  further,  that  the  said  4'own 
as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resident  and  settled  thereon. 


584 


CHAKTER  RECORDS. 


shall  have  the  Liberty  of  holding  Tivo  Fairs^  one  of  which  shall  be 
held  on  the  And  the  other 

on  the  annually,  which  Fairs 

are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said 

and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall  consist  of 
*2-470  Fifty  Families,  a Market  may  be  ^opened  and  kept  one 
or  more  Days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most  advan- 
tagious  to  the  Inhabitants.  Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the 
Choice  of  Town  Officers,  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  our  said  Province, 
shall  be  held  on  the  27*^^^  of  July  next  which  said  Meeting  shall  be 
Notified  by  M^’  Henry  Franklin  who  is  hereby  also  appointed  the 
Moderator  of  the  said  first  Meeting,  which  he  is  to  Notify  and 
Govern  agreable  to  the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province ; and 
that  the  annual  Meeting  for  ever  hereafter  for  the  Choice  of  such  Offi- 
cers for  the  said  Town,  shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday  of  March 
annually.  To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  above 
expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and  Appurtenances,  to  them 
and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  upon  the  following 
Conditions,  viz. 

I.  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  cultivate 
five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  five  Years  for  every  fifty  Acres 
contained  in  his  or  their  Share  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said  Town- 
ship, and  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  additional 
Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
the  said  Township,  and  of  its  reverting  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors, to  be  by  Us  or  Them  Re-granted  to  such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall 
effectually  settle  and  cultivate  the  same. 

II.  That  all  white  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township, 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use, 
and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  Our  special  Licence  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  Forfeiture  of  the 
Right  of  such  Grantee,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and 
Successors,  as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  any  Act  or  Acts 
of  Parliament  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

HI.  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees,  a Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Town- 
ship as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  marked  out  for 
Town  Lots,  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  Grantee  of  the 
Contents  of  one  Acre. 

IV.  Yielding  and  paying  therefor  to  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  Space  of  ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  Date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  De- 


WORCESTER. 


585 


cemher  annually,  if  lawfully  demanded,  the  first  Payment  to  be  made 
on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.  1763 

V.  Every  Proprietor,  Settler  or  Inhabitant,  shall  yield  and  pay 
unto  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors  yearly,  and  every  Year  forever, 
from  and  after  the  Expiration  of  ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid 
twenty-fifth  Day  of  December.,  namely,  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of 
December.,  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1773  One  shilling 
Proclamation  Money  for  every  Hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  settles  or 
possesses,  and  so  in  Proportion  for  a greater  or  lesser  Tract  of  the 
said  Land;  which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons 
abovesaid,  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  our  Council  Chamber  in  Ports- 
mouth^ or  to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive 
the  same;  and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services 
whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Penning  Wentworth,  Esq; 
Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the 
Eighth  Day  of  June  In  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  One 
Thousand  Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  three  And  in  the  Third  Year  of 
Our  Reign. 

B Wentworth 

By  His  Excellency’s  Command, 

With  Advice  of  Council, 

T Atkinson  J un*’  Sec*'^ 

Province  of  New  Hamp*’  June  8-  1763 

Recorded  According  to  the  original  Charter  under  the  Pro'"  Seal 

T Atkinson  JuiT  Sec''^ 


*The  Names  of  the  Grantees  of  Worster  (Viz)  *2-471 


Joshua  Mason 
John  Davidson 
Alex'  Davidson 
Will"'  Davidson 
Abra'"  Betts 
Grant  Striken 
Joshua  Hutchins 
Will'"  Gibbons 
Will'"  Aslibridge 
Tho"  Shraves 
John  Hand 
Lamb‘  Decam j) 
Moses  Little 


Tho''  Burgie 
David  Davidson 
Sand  Halstead 
Benj*"  Betts 
Ichabud  Betts 
Henry  Dickinson 
Sand  Dodge 
Will'"  Pusey 
David  Bacon 
Joseph  Decam  J) 
Rol)‘  Stanbury 
John  Nefus 
Will'"  Frandenbur 


Rob‘  Burgie 
Rob‘  Davidson 
Joshua  Halstead 
Sand  Betts 
John  Betts 
Anthony  Baker 
Job  Bacon 
James  Gibbons 
Manning  Bull 
Lambert  Decamp 
Jos‘‘  Underhill 
Josiah  Staid)ury 
gh  Eph'"  Cutler 


586 


CHAKTER  RECORDS. 


John  Decamp 
Daniel  Marshe 
Isaac  Noe  jun^ 

John  Turner 
Benj^  Ogden 
Joseph  Yong 
John  Hafnal 
Hon  : James  NeAun 
Nath^  Barrel! 


Eben^  Guttler 
Isaac  Burgun 
Isaac  Gray 
George  Woods 
Crowley  Burrow 
WilD^  Michell 
John  Cockle 

Coll®  Sam^  Barr 
Esq*'®  Maj*^  Jos^  Blanchard 


David  Decamp 
Jacob  Noe 
Benj^  Skinner 
John  Gilford 
Tho®  Yong 
Charles  Wiggins 
Henry  Franklin 


Joseph  Newmarch 

His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq*^  a Tract  of  Land  to 
Contain  Five  Hundred  Acres  as  marked  B-W  in  the  Plan,  which  is 
to  be  Accounted  two  of  the  within  shares,  One  whole  share  for  the 
Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign 
Parts,  One  Share  for  a Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 
Establish’d,  One  Share  for  the  First  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel 
& One  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  a School  in  said  Town — 

Prov®  New  Hamp*^  June  8*^  1763 

Recorded  from  the  back  of  the  Original  Charter  of  Worster  under 
the  Pro'^  Seal 

19  T Atkinson  Jun*^  Sec*'^ 


Pro^  of  New  Hamp*'  June  8^^*  1763 

Recorded  from  the  Plan  on  the  back  of  the  Original  Charter  of 
Worster  under  y®  Pr®  Seal 


T Atkinson  Jun*’  Sec*^^ 


APPEISTDIX. 


PETITIOISrS 


OF 

INHABITANTS  OF  THE  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  GRANTS 

TO  THE 

KING. 


NOTE. 

The  originals  of  these  petitions  are  contained  in  a small  volume  in  the 
Vermont  State  Library,  entitled  “ Green  Mountain  Boy’s  Petition  to  the 
King,  1767.”  The  outline  of  their  history  is  given  in  the  notes  of  Henry 
Stevens  and  Gov.  Hall  following.  They  are  here  arranged  according 
to  the  original  numbering  of  the  petitions,  and  the  powers  of  attorney 
are  matched  to  their  respective  petitions  by  the  corresponding  signatures 
as  these  documents  are  in  some  cases  misnumbered.  It  is  evident  that 
there  were  originally  at  least  twenty  petitions,  as  that  is  the  highest  num- 
ber appearing,  but  Nos.  3 and  7 are  missing  entire,  as  are  also  the  pow- 
ers of  attorney  for  Nos.  12,  18,  and  20.  One  power  of  attorney  is  found 
with  no  corresponding  petition.  These  papers  are  very  valuable,  not 
only  as  evidence  of  the  great  disturbance  and  consequent  strong  feeling 
aroused  by  this  long  dispute,  but  also  in  showing  us,  as  far  as  they  go, 
what  men  took  an  active  part  in  the  actual  settlement  of  that  territory. 

The  Editor. 


690 


APPENDIX. 


NOTE  BY  HENRY  STEVENS. 

These  Petitions  by  the  Green  Mountain  Boys  were  found  by  me  in  1842, 
on  one  of  my  Antiquarian  excursions  from  Yale  College  while  mousing 
for  unconsidered  trifles  in  the  old  Johnson  Family  Mansion  at  Stratford, 
Con*,  among  the  papers  of  William  Samuel  Johnson,  of  Stamp  Act  noto- 
riety, and  subsequently  President  of  Columbia  College.  He  acted  as 
agent  in  London  of  the  settlers  of  the  New  Hampshire  grants  in  1767,  and 
died  in  1819  A E.  92.  These  Petitions  were  scattered  among  a lar[g]e 
quantity  of  old  papers,  books,  & pamphlets,  in  old  barrels,  stored  in  the 
garret.  I brought  together  all  the  copies  I could  And.  Probably  a few 
are  lost.  Mr.  Samuel  Johnson,  the  son,  who  died  four  year  after, 
in  Oct.  1846,  aged  85,  seeing  the  great  interest  I took  in  them,  as  a 
Vermonter,  kindly  gave  them  to  me.  Returning  with  them  to  Yale  Col- 
lege, I arranged  and  had  them  bound.  Afterwards  I deposited  the  Vol- 
ume with  my  father  Henry  Stevens  of  Barnet,  Antiquarian.  How  it 
drifted  from  his  collection,  and  became  the  right  volume  in  the  right 
place,  or  what  had  become  of  it,  my  father  Could  never  tell  me.  I am 
glad  however  today  again  to  see  it,  after  more  than  a quarter  of  a 
Century,  and  am  not  now  disposed  to  inquire  into,  or  trace  out  its  wander- 
ings. The  Vermont  State  Library  is  the  proper  place  for  it,  and  long  may 
it  remain  here. 

Written  in  the  Vermont  State  Library  this  17**^  day  of  August  1869. 

Henry  Stevens  G.  M.  B. 

of  4 Trafalgar  Square,  Loudon. 


NOTE  BY  GOV.  HILAND  HALL. 

The  Petitions  & Powers  of  attorney  here  bound  together,  were  taken  to 
England  by  Capt.  Samuel  Robinson,  as  Agent  of  the  Settlers  on  the  New 
Hampshire  Grants.  Mr  Robinson  sailed  from  New  York  Dec*"  25, 
1766  on  board  the  same  vessel  with  William  Samuel  Johnson,  who  went 
out  as  Agent  for  the  Colony  of  Connecticut.  He  was  also  employed  by 
the  settlers  to  assist  Mr.  Robinson  in  obtaining  relief  from  the  Crown. 
On  reaching  London  it  was  deemed  advisable  to  prepare  and  substitute  for 
these,  another  petition  stating  the  case  of  the  settlers  more  in  detail ; 
which  was  signed  by  Mr  Robinson  on  their  behalf  & presented  to  the 
king.  Mr.  Robinson  died  in  London  Oct  27,  1767.  These  papers 
were  found  bv  Heurv  Stevens,  Jr.,  among  those  of  the  deceased  Mr 
Johnson,  at  Stratford  Connecticut 

Hiland  Hall 

This  written  March  1868 


*p.  317.  ■ *A 

V 

PETITIOlSr 


TO 


His  Majesty,  Kixa  GEORGE  the  Third. 


To  the  KING’S  Most  Excellent  MAJESTY. 


The  Humble  Petition  of  the  several  Subscribers  hereto^  Your  Majesty  s 
Most  Loyal  Subjects^ 

Sheweth  to  your  Majesty ; 

THAT  We  obtained  at  considerable  Expence  of  Your  Majesty’s 
Governor  of  the  Province  of  Neiv-Hampshire^  Grants  and  Patents  for 
more  than  One  Hundred  Townships  in  the  Western  Parts  of  the  said 
supposed  Province  (^)  ; and  being  about  to  settle  the  same,  many  of 
Us  (^),  and  others  of  Us,  having  actually  planted  Ourselves  on  the 
same,  were  disagreeably  surprized  and  prevented  from  going  on  with 
the  further  intended  Settlements,  by  the  News  of  its  having  been 
determined  by  Your  Majesty  in  Council,  That  those  Lands  were 
within  the  Province  of  New-York;  and  by  a Proclamation  issued  by 
Lieutenant  Governor  Golden,  in  Consequence  thereof  forbidding  any 
further  Settlement  until  Patents  of  Confirmation  should  be  obtained 
from  the  Governor  of  New-York.  Whereupon  We  applied  to  the 
Governor  of  said  Province  of  New-York.^  to  have  the  same  Lands  con- 
firmed to  Us  in  the  same  Manner  as  they  had  been  at  first  granted  to 
Us  by  the  Governor  of  the  said  Province  of  New-Hampshire ; when, 
to  Our  utter  Astonishment,  We  found  the  same  could  not  be  done, 
without  our  paying  as  Fees  of  Office  for  the  same,  at  the  Rate  of 
Twenty  Five  Pounds^  New-York  Money,  equal  to  about  Fourteen 
Pounds  Sterling,  for  every  Thousand  Acres  of  said  Lands,  amounting 
to  about  Three  Hundred  and  Thirty  Pounds  Sterling  at  a Medium,  for 
each  of  said  Townships,  and  which  will  amount  in  the  Whole  to  about 
£.  33,000  Sterling,  besides  a Quit-rent  of  Two  Shillings  and  Six  Pence 
Sterling,  for  every  Hundred  Acres  of  said  Lands ; and  which  being 
utterly  unable  to  do  and  perform.  We  find  Ourselves  reduced  to 
the  sad  Necessity  of  losing  all  our  past  Expence  and  Advancements; 
and  many  of  Us  of  being  reduced  to  absolute  Poverty  and  Want, 
having  expended  Our  All  in  making  said  Settlements. 

Whereupon  Your  Petitioners  beg  Leave  most  Humbly  to  observe, 

1.  That  when  We  applied  for  and  obtained  said  Grants  of  said 
Lands,  the  same  were  and  had  been  at  all  Times  fully  understood  and 
reputed  to  lie  and  be  within  the  said  Province  of  Neiv-Hampshire.^ 
and  well  within  the  Power  of  the  Governor  of  that  Province  to  grant : 
So  that  Your  Petitioners  humbly  hope  they  are  equitably  entitled  to 
a Confirmation  of  the  said  Grants  to  them  (f). 

2.  The  said  Grants  were  made  and  received  on  the  moderate  Terms- 
of  Your  Petitioners  paying  as  a Quit-rent  One  Shilling  only.  Pro- 


APPE^'DIX. 


593 


clamation  Money,  equal  to  Nine  Pence  Sterling  per  Hundred  Acres  ;; 
and  wliich  induced  Us  to  undertake  to  settle  said  Townships  through- 
out, and  thereby  to  form  a full  and  compacted  Country  of  People^ 
whereas  the  imposing  of  the  said  Two  Shillings  and  Sterling 

per  Hundred  Acres,  will  occasion  all  the  more  rough  and  unprofitable 
Parts  of  said  Lands  not  to  be  taken  up ; but  Pitches,  and  the  more 
valuable  Parcels  only  to  be  laid  out,  to  the  utter  preventing  the  full 
and  proper  Settlement  of  said  Country,  and  in  the  Whole  to  the 
lessening  Your  Majesty’s  Revenue. 

3.  Your  humble  Petitioners  conceive,  that  the  insisting  to  have 
large  and  very  exorbitant  Fees  of  Office  to  arise  and  be  computed 
upon  every  Thousand  Acres  in  every  Township  of  Six  or  perhaps 
more  Miles  square,  and  that  when  one  Patent,  one  Seal,  and  one  Step 
only  of  every  Kind,  toward  the  completing  such  Patents  of  Confirm- 
ation respectively,  is  necessary,  is  without  all  reasonable  and  equitable 
Foundation,  and  must  and  will  necessarily  terminate  in  the  totally 
preventing  Your  Petitioners  obtaining  the  said  Lands,  and  so  the  same 
will  fall  into  the  Hands  of  the  Rich,  to  be  taken  up,  the  more  valu- 
able Parts  only  as  aforesaid,  and  those  perhaps  not  entered  upon  and 
settled  for  many  Years  to  come ; while  Your  Petitioners  with  their 
numerous  and  helpless  Families,  will  be  obliged  to  wander  far  and 
wide  to  find  where  to  plant  themselves  down,  so  as  to  be  able  to  live. 

Whereupon  Your  Petitioners  most  humbly  and  earnestly  pray,  that 
Your  Majesty  will  be  graciously  pleased  to  take  their  distressed  State 
and  Condition  into  Your  Royal  Consideration,  and  order  that  We 
have  Our  said  Lands  confirmed  and  quitted  to  Us  (^),  on  such  reason- 
able Terms,  and  in  such  Way  and  Manner,  as  Your  Majesty  shall 
think  fit.  Further,  We  beg  Leave  to  say,  that  if  it  might  be  con- 
sistent with  Your  Majesty’s  Royal  Pleasure,  We  shall  esteem  it  a very 
great  Favour  and  Happiness,  to  have  said  Townships  put  and  con- 
tinued under  the  Jurisdiction  of  the  Government  of  the  said  Province 
of  Neiv-Hampshire^  as  at  the  first,  as  every  Emolument  and  Convenience 
both  publick  and  private,  are  in  Your  Petitioners  humble  Opinion^ 
clearly  and  strongly  on  the  Side  of  such  Connection  with  said  New- 
Ilampshire  Province.  All  which  Favours  or  such  and  so  many  of 
them  as  to  Yuur  Majesty  shall  seem  meet  to  grant.  We  humbly  ask; 
or  that  Your  Majesty  will  in  some  other  Way  grant  Relief  to  Your 
Petitioners;  and  they,  as  in  Duty  bound,  shall  ever  ])i*ay. 

Dated  in  New-England,  November,  17Gb.  And  in  t/ni  Seventh  Year 
of  His  Majest/fs  Ileigu. 

Cotton  M Smith  Tempe  Worthington 

(i  Caldwell  Tho"  Pardee 

Sam"  Elmer  .Inner  Mai  tin  Elmer  .Inner 

Samuel  Hurlbut 


XXXVIII 


594 


APPENDIX. 


*p.  57.  *We  the  Subscribers  Proprietors  and  Claimants  in  and  of 
sundry  Townships,  lately  granted  by  Governor  Wentwokh, 
in  the  Western  Parts  of  the  then  supposed  Province  of  New-Hampshire^ 
do  hereby  fully  impower  Our  trusty  Friends  and  fellow  Partners  in 
those  Interests,  Samuel  Robinson^  Esq ; Ehenezer  Cole^  Jeremiah 
French^  Benjamin  Ferris^  Samuel  Hungerford ^ Fhenezer  Fisk^  John 
Brooks^  John  Sherrer^  Samuel  Keep^  Partridge  Thatcher^  Abraham 
Thompson^  Fdtvard  Burling^  Benjamin  Townsend^  Tunis  Wortman^ 
Peter  Clapper^  John  Burling^  Joseph  Hallet^  Thomas  Hicks^  Esq ; and 
David  Matthews^  Esq ; for  Us  and  in  Our  Behalf  and  Stead,  to  take 
and  pursue  all  and  every  needful  and  proper  Measure  and  Step,  by 
Application  to  His  Majesty  or  otherwise,  to  obtain  a full  Confirmation 
to  Us  of  said  Lands,  on  such  reasonable  Terms  as  may  be ; hereby 
granting  to  them  and  to  any  and  every  three  or  more  of  them,  full 
Power  of  Substitution.  Witness  our  Hands,  in  New-Fngland^  Novem- 
ber^ 1766. 

Cotton  Mather  Smith  Tempe  Worthington 

G Caldwell  Tho®  Pardee  * 

Sam^^  Elmer  Juner  Martin  Elmer  Juner 

Samuel  Hurlbut 

* This  name  is  crossed  out  in  the  original.  Ed. 


*p.  21.  2, 

James  Owen 
Samuel  Tousley  Ju’^ 
Joseph  Hanchet 
Andrew  Squier 
Ruluff  White 
Eliger  Skinner 
Joel  Reed 
Daniel  Reed 
Andrew  Brownson 
Daniel  Cole 
Elisha  Strong 
Heman  Allen 
Jonathan  Chipman 
Aaron  owen  Ju’^ 
Eliphalet  Owen 
William  Ham 
Jabez  Keys 


Petition.'] 

David  Yallance 
Abner  woodwarth 
amos  bird 
Roswell  Steel 
David  owen 
Elias  Reed 
Elias  Reed  Ju”^ 
David  Stevens 
John  Scovil 
Ebenezer  Hanchet 
Samuel  Chipman 
Thomas  Chipman 
Reynold  Marvin 
Jonathan  Hall 
Gideon  Kellogg 
Sam^^  Keys 
John  Chipman 


APPENDIX. 

595 

*[pi 

9wer  of  Attorney.'] 

*p.  37. 

James  Owen 

David  Yallance 

Samu^^  Tousley  Ju’’ 

Abner  woodwarth 

Joseph  Hanchet 

amos  bird 

andrew  Squier 

Rosel  Steel 

Ruluff  White 

David  owen 

Eligar  Skinner 

Elias  Reed 

Elias  Reed  Jun 

Joel  Reed 

Daniel  Reed 

David  Stevens 

Andrew  Brownson 

John  Scovil 

Daniel  Cole 

Ebenezer  Hanchet 

Elisha  Strong 

Samuel  Chipman 

Thomas  Chipman 

Jonathan  Chipman 

Russell  Hunt 

Elisha  Sheldeii  J*^ 

Appleton  Burnham 

odel  Squier 

Thomas  Porter 

Phenihas  Spaulden 

Henery  Spaulden 

Thomas  Barney 

Joseph  Bradley 

Dan”  Griswold 

methy  Pangboon 

Charles  Burrall 

Jonathan  Hall 

Reynold  Marvin 

Aaron  owen  Ju’^ 

Eliphalet  Owen 

Gideon  Kellogg 

William  Ham 

William  March 

4'  Petition.] 

^p.  41 

'Charles  IRirrall 

Sam”  Elinor 

Dan”  Griswold 

David  Holcomb  J'' 

Daniel  Hopkins 

Ruben  Squier 

J'iin®  Holcomb 

Isaac  Kellogg 

Elisha  Sheldon  Jun*' 

Appleton  Burnham 

Thomas  Porter 

Phenihas  Spaulden 
Thomas  Barney 

Henery  Spaulden 

Joseph  I3radley 

odel  Squier 

Timothy  Panghoun 

William  Burrall 

(diaries  Burrall  Ju’’ 

Jonathan  Burrall 

Ovid  IRirrall 

Russell  Hunt 

\^For  Power  of  Attorney  see  No,  ^.] 


APPEISIDIX. 


61.  ^[iVb.  5.  Petition.'] 


Stiles  Curtiss 
Abner  Judsoii 
Joseph  Tomlinson 
Joseph  Tomlinson 
Purchasar  of  John  Becher 


Nathan  Birdsey 
Francis  Hawley 
Purchaser  of  Gideon  Wheeler 
Beach  Tomlinson 
Daniel  Judson 


Joseph  Birdsey  Purchaser  of  Daniel  Bardslee 

Agur  Tomlinson  under  ) & Agur  Tomlinson  under 

Benajah  Dickinson  ) John  Hide — 

Silas  Curtis  under  ) Jonathan  Judson 

Edmund  lavenworth  j Jeremiah  Beardslee 

Agur  Judson  Luke  Summers 

Agur  Judson  under  John  Mallary 
John  Wooster  under  Samuel  Hockings 


Thomas  Wooster 
Joseph  Holbrook 
Thomas  French 
John  Beardslee 
Edmund  Curtiss 
John  Moss 
John  Brooks 


Israel  Johnson 
Elnathan  Lake 
Thomas  French 
Henry  Curtiss 
Zechariah  Tomlinson  J*^ 

( William  Pendleton  By 
) Edmond  Pendleton 


77. 


^ [Power  of  Attorney.] 


Beach  Tomlinson 
Joseph  Tomlinson 
Abner  Judson 
Daniel  Judson 
Agur  Tomlinson 
Stiles  Curtiss 
Silas  Curtiss 
Agur  Judson 
Luke  Summurs 
Thomas  Wooster 
Joseph  Hoolbrek 
Thomas  French 
Henry  Curtiss 
Zechariah  Tomlinson  J^ 
William  Pendleton 


Nathan  Birdsey 
Joseph  Tomlinson 
Pursher  of  John  Becker 
francis  Hawley 
Jeremiah  Beardslee 
Joseph  Birdsey 
Jonathan  Judson 
Agur  Judson 
John  Wooster 
Elnathan  Lake 
Thomas  French 
John  Beardslee 
Edmund  Curtiss 
John  Moss 


APPENDIX. 


597 


*[iVb.  6.  Petition^ 


*p.  81. 


[This  petition  bears  the  words  “Both  original  Grantees  & Pur- 
chassers  ” inserted  at  the  place  marked  (^)  in  the  preceding  printed 
form,  and  “allowing  ns  till  the  time  your  Majestys  Quit  Rent 
Becomes  on  Each  Township  Granted  for  to  Settle  & Improve  the 
Same:  or”at(^).  Ed.] 


Joseph  Sanford 
Stephen  Sanford 
Joseph  Sanford  Juner 
James  Barlow 
Nathaniel  Barlow 
Benjamin  Beets 
Peter  Fairchild 
Wm  Green 
Joshua  hall 
Hesekiah  Sanford 
^Seth  Sanford 
Job  Bartram 
Abra"^  Gold 
Seth  Samuel  Smith 


Nathan  Sanford 
James  Sanford 
Samuel  Barlow 
Jabez  Barlow 
Dan^^  Bets 
Nath^^  Bartlett 
Eben’’  Greer 
James  Gray 
Joshua  hall  Junr 
Gershom  m or  ho  us  J*^ 
William  Hawley 
Livesay 
Zalmon  Hull 


^\Power  of  Attorney *p.  97. 

[This  document  has  added  to  it,  and  afterwards  crossed  out,  the 
words,  “N:  B:  Tis  agreed  that  the  Sums  to  be  Raised  shall  be 
four  Shillings  : to  Each  Single  Right  york  money”.  Ed.] 


Joseph  Sanford  JiF 
Benjamin  Beets 
Nathan  Sanford 
Stephen  Sanford 
James  Barlow 
Nathaniel  Barlow 
Joshua  Hall 
Hezekiah  Sanford 
Seth  Sanford 


Dan^^  Beets 
Joseph  Sanford 
James  Sanford 
Samuel  Barlow 
Jabez  Barlow 
Nath^^  Bartlett 
Joshua  hall  Junr 
Gershom  morhous  J*" 
W'"  Livesay 


*[iV6>.  8.  Petition^ 


Samuel  Holt 
Stephen  Matthews 
Gideon  Matthews 
Joseph  Beach 


Thomas  Matthews 
Stephen  Upson 
George  Nichols 
Israel  Woodward 


*p.  101. 


598 


APPENDIX. 


Ephraim  Woriier  Jonathan  Baldwin 

Abijah  Worner  William  Nichols 

Nathaniel  Edwds 


*p.  117. 


*\^Power  of  Attorney,'] 


George  Nichols 
Israel  Woodward 
Jonathan  Baldwin 
Thomas  Matthews 
Stephen  Upson 
Abijah  Worner 
Nathaniel  Edwards 


Joseph  Beach 
Ephraim  Worner 
Sam — Holt 
Stephen  Matthews- 
Gideon  Matthews 
William  Nichols 


*p.  121.  ^[A7?.  9,  Petition.~\ 

Thomas  Clapp  Calep  Croswell 

Timothy  Seymour  Jim^  Claims  under  Spenser 

Timothy  Seymour  Timothy  Seamour  Jun*'  3d 

Purchased  of  Joshua  Stantor  Jared  Lee 
Seth  Lee  Amos  Lee 

Timothy  Lee  Eliakim  Hall 

Ephraim  Tuttle 


*p.  137. 


^ \_Power  of  Attorney^ 


thorn  as  Clapp 
Timothy  Seamer  Jun’' 
Jared  Lee 
Amos  Lee 
Ephraim  tuttle 


Calep  Croswell 
Timothy  Seamer 
Seth  Lee 
Timothy  Lee 


*p.  141.  *[Wo.  10.  Petition.^ 

[This  petition  bears  the  words  “ Both  original  grantees  & purchas- 
ers ” inserted  at  (^),  and  the  words  “allowing  us  till  the  time  your 
majestys  Quitrent  of  money  Becomes  Due  on  Each  Township 
Granted  for  to  Settle  & Improve  the  Same:  or”  at  (^).  Ed.] 

Partridge  Thatcher  Samuel  Canfield 

*p.  157.  ^{Power  of  Attorney. ~\ 

Samuel  Canfield  Abel  Hine 


APPENDIX. 


599 


^[iVb.  11.  Petition^  *p.  161. 

[This  petition  bears  the  words  ‘‘Both  original  Grantees  & Pur- 
chassers  ” inserted  at  (^).  and  the  words  “Allowing  ns  till  the  time 
your  Majestys  Quit  Rent  of  money  Becomes  Due  on  Each  Township 
Granted  for  to  Settle  & Improve  the  same:  or”  at  (^).  Ed.] 


Noble  Hine 
William  Goold 
Isaac  Hitchcock 
John  Carington 
David  P'*erris 
Joseph  Ferriss 
Benjamin  Gaylard 
Zadok  Noble 
Samll  Ferris 
John  APEwen 
Oliver  Warner 
Abel  Camp 
Mar  tain  Worner 
Reuben  Booth 


John  Brown  son 
Ebenezer  Hotchkiss 
Israel  Baldwin 
Benjamin  Eastman 
Samuel  Comstock 
Thomas  Weller 
Amos  Bostwick 
Joseph  Ferriss  Juner 
Daniel  Bostwick  J"^ 
Zechariah  Ferriss 
thomas  Noble 
Cap*  Joseph  Canfield 
Isaac  Bostwick 
Isaac  Cafield 


"^\Power  of  Attorney.^ 


Noble  Hine 
Ebenezer  Hotchkiss 
Israel  Baldwin 
David  Ferriss 
Dobson  Wheeler 
John  M^^Ewen 
Capt  Joseph  Canfield 
Isaac  Bostwick 


John  Brownson 
Isaac  Hitchcock 
John  Carington 
Benjamin  Eastman 
Joseph  Ferriss  jur 
Abel  Camp 
Martain  Worner 


*p.  179. 


*[A7).  12.  Petition.^  *p.  181. 

[This  petition  bears  the  words  “ Between  conecticut  River  and 
Hudsons  river  and  Lake  Champlain”  inserted  at  (*)  and  the  words 
“according  to  the  tener  of  their  patents  with  a Lowenc  of  So  Long 
a time  to  Settel  the  Land  in  as  till  his  majesties  (piitrent  becomes 
due  ” at  O.— Ed.] 

Reed  Ferriss 
Benja  Ferriss  Juii'' 

Thomas  Akin 


John  Akin 
Elisha  Akin 
John  J'ripp 


600 


APPENDIX. 


James  Tripp 

Nathan  Soule 

Giddeoii  Gifford 

Joshua  Dakin 

Amos  Northriip 

Jacob  Haviland 

Simon  Dakin 

William  Davis 

William  Haviland 

George  Soule 

Daniel  Chase 

John  Hoag 

John  Hoag 

David  Akin 

Benja  ferriss 

John  Cannon 

Ebenezer  Peaslee 

Nathaniel  Stevenson 

Prince  Howland 

Nathaniel  Howland 

Zebulon  Ferriss 

Josiah  Akin 

Jona*^  Akin 

Henry  davis 

Elijah  Dot}^ 

John  Soule 

Henry  Chase 

Daniel  Wing 

Nathan  Soule 

David  Palmer 

Jonathan  mosher 

Samuel  Coe 

Stephen  Field 

John  Hoag 

Elias  Palmer 

Paul  Hoag 

[No  Power  of  Attorney  for  this  petition  is  found.  Ed, 

197. 

*[Ab.  IS.  Petition.~\ 

John  Cornell 

Benjamin  Cornell 

Joseph  Cornnell 

213. 

^[^Power  of  Attorney. 

John  Cornell 

Joseph  Cornnell 

Benjamin  Cornell 

217. 

*[Ac.  14-  Petition. 

Names  of  y®  Proprietors  &c 

James  Ferriss 

John  Ferriss 

Sam^^  Stringham 

Benj"  Haviland 

Thomas  Hayiland 

Jacob  Suydam 

Daniel  Bowne 

John  Cornell 

Mathew  Franklin 

David  Hunt  Ju’^ 

Theophilus  Hunt 

John  vermilye 

Peter  Huggeford 

Samuel  Tredwell 

Abram  guion 

Jonathan  Fowler 

Henry  Coutant 

Aaron  Quinby 

James  Fowler 

Edward  Burling  Jun"" 

Richard  Burling 

Jesse  Hallock 

APPENDIX. 


601 


*\_Power  of  Attorney 


*p.  233. 


John  vermilje 
Jj^oes  Fowler 
John  Ferris 
Benj"  Havilancl 
Jacob  Siiydam 
John  Cornell 
David  Hunt  JiF 
Samuel  Tredwell 
Jonathan  Fowler 


Aaron  Quinby 
James  Ferris 
Sarn^^  Stringham 
Thomas  Haviland 
Daniel  Boune 
Matthew  Franklin 
Peter  Huggeford 
Abram  Guion 
Jesse  Hallock 


*[A6>.  15.  Petition.']  *p.  237. 


Richard  Woodhull 
Jonathan  Lyman 
David  Austin 
Jonathan  Mix 
Sam^^  Austin 


Thomas  Willmot 
Naphtali  Daggett 
Isaac  Doolittle 
Daniel  Lyman 
Sam“  Bishop  JuiF 


"^\_Power  of  Attorney.] 


*p.  253. 


Richard  Woodhull 
Jonathan  Lyman 
David  Austin 
Jonathan  Mix 
Sam”  Austin 


Thomas  Willmot 
Naphtali  Daggett 
Isaac  Doolittle 
Daniel  Lyman 
Sam”  Bishop  Jun*' 


*\_No.  16.  Petition.] 


Eliakim  Hall  for  ten  rights 
Caleb  Merriman  one  Right 
Jared  Lee  one  Right 
'Isaac  Hall  nine  Rights 
John  Austin  his  Right 
Daniel  Clark  one  Right 
Benjamin  Rice  c)iie  Right 
Samuel  Jearom  one  Ivight 
John  Ives  one  Kight 
John  Austin  3‘‘  one  Rigiit 


257. 

John  Hulls  one  Right  Pur- 
chest  of  Asel  Beach 
Benjamin  Lewis  one  Right 
Reul^en  Royse  one  Right 
John  Austin  one  Right  pur- 
chsed  of  Abraham  Rerker 
Isaac  Halsey  one  Right 
Abel  austin  one  Right 
Caleb  Chilver  two  rights 


602 


APPENDIX. 


^\^Power  of  Attorney. 

Caleb  Merriman 

John  Hulls 

Caleb  Culver 

Daniel  Clark 

John  Austin 

Benjamin  Lewis 

John  Ives 

Abel  austin 

Samuel  Jearom 

John  Austin  3^^ 

Isaac  Hall 

Reuben  Roj^se 

Benjamin  Rice 

Eliakim  Hall 

*p.  277.  ^[iV(3.  17.  Petition.^ 

[This  petition  hears  the  words  Both  original  Grantees  and  Pur- 
chassers  ” inserted  at  (^),  and  the  words  ‘‘  allowing  ns  till  the  time 
your  majestys  Quit  Rent  of  Money  Becomes  Due  on  Each  Township 
Granted  to  settle  & Improve  the  Same:  or”  at  (^).  Ed.] 


Samuel  Hungerford 

James  Potter 

Nathaniel  Seelye 

Elijah  Sill 

James  Moger 

Aaron  Prindle 

Alexander  Steward  Jun*’ 

Elihu  Marsh 

Daniel  Marsh 

John  Marsh 

Samuel  Marsh 

Kent  Wright 

Leddol  Buck 

Leddol  Buck  JiP 

John  Gorham 

Thomas  Dowglas 

Samuel  Dean 

Thomas  Northroup 

John  MacCordy 

Samuel  olmsted 

James  Stew^art 

Daniel  Cone 

Daniel  Prindle 

Alexander  Stewart 

William  Beck 

John  ™^Coal 

Grean  hungerford 

daniel  Prindle  JuiP 

Elnathan  Hall 

Seth  Hall 

Stephen  Hull 

Haynes  Hanford 

Andrew  Sturgis 

George  Burr 

Stephen  Barns 

Wilk“  Barnes  Jun^ 

William  Giddings 

Joseph  Giddings 

John  wing 

John : Morhous 

Samuel  Waldo 

Benjamen  Elliot 

John  Hoag  Ju*" 

Andrew  Morhous 

William  Barnes 

Edmund  Hawse 

thomas  Dunk 

Benjamin  Eliot 

Josiah  Hungerford 

That  ford  Homes 

Dan  Towner 

Wb^  Gaylard  Hubbel 

Eleazer  Hubbell 

Dennis  Hubbell 

Ephraim  Hubbell 

Thomas  Gold 

* 


APPENDIX. 


\^Power  of  Attorney.'] 


603 

*p.  313. 


Alexander  Steward  2'^ 

Elihu  Marsh 

Leddol  Buck 

John  Gorham 

Nathaniel  Seely e 

Elijah  Sill 

Aaron  Prindle 

Samuel  Dean 

Leddol  Buck  JiP 

Thomas  Dowglas 

William  Giddings 

John  wing 

John  Morhous 

Andrew  Morhous 

thomas  Dunk 

That  ford  Homs 

Wi"  Gay  lard  Hubbell 

Eleazer  Hubbell 

Dennis  Hubbell 

Alexander  Stewart 

Daniel  Prindel 

Andrew  Sturgis 

^[No. 

18.  Petition.] 

Paul  Yeats 

Benjamin  Seelye 

Noah  Wadhams 

John  Calhoun 

Josep  wheten 

Benjaman  Bennit 

Morgin  Noble 

Stephen  Noble 

Israel  Noble 

Joel  Bordwell 

Jedidiah  Hubbell 

Abijah  Hubbell 

Azariah  Pratt 

Eliezer  thompson 

Jethro  Hatch 

Silvanus  Hatch 

Zacheriah  Nobles 

John  Bostwick 

Elias  Kinne 

Jacob  Kinne 

Daniel  Kinne 

Josiah  Caswell 

Benjamun  mallory 

Samuel  mallory 

silvenas  Osbiirn 

Eliphelet  Whittelesey 

John  Whittlesay 

Nathaniel  Hickock 

Nathan  hicock 

Joseph  Calhown 

James  Calhown 

David  Cahoun 

Sam"  Averill 

Tille  Weller 

Abel  Weller 

[No  Power  of  Attorney  for  this  petition  is  found.  Ed, 

297. 


[xVb.  19.  Petition.] 


^p.  1, 


Ebenezer  Cole 
V Freegift  Cole 
Mills  sly 
Jacob  Marsh 


Sam"  Waters 
Parker  Cole 
Feleg  spencer 
Makbir  Merlin 


604 


APPENiDIX. 


Ichabod  west 
Rufus  Bakon 
Isaah  Cerpender 
Jestins  Olin 
George  Pengree 
David  Blakelee . 

John  Trumble 
Moses  Robinson 
Nathan  Clark 
Jonathan  Eastman 
Jedediah  merrill 
Joseph  Wickwire 
Jonathan  Scott  Jun*" 
Lebbeus  Armstrong 
Joseph  Willoughby 
Elisha  Field 
simeon  Harmon 
sam^^  Pratt 
Samuel  Safford 
Henry  Walbridge  Ju 
Thomas  Smith 
Gideon  Spencer 
Samuel  atwood 
Nathaniel  Holmes  Junr 
Nath^^  Spencer 
Daniel  mills 
Jonathan  Carpenter 
Benjamin  Corey 
Joseph  Barber 
Joseph  Barber 
Sam^^  Robinson  JiP 
Daniel  Scott 
Tho®  Henderson 
Elkanah  Ashley 
Zech^  Harwood 
Benajah  Story 
Petre  Harwood 
Robert  Cochren  ju 
Jonathan  Scott 
John  Fasset 
^ Samuel  Cuttler 
Benj^^  Warner 
John  Warner 
Weight  Hopkins 


Ichabod  West 
*^Matthias  Cob 
^Ichabod  Cross 
John  Burnum 
Abither  Woldo 
Zarabalel  Materson 
Edward  Fitsimmons 
Ebenezer  Wood 
Jacob  Hide 
Henry  Walbridge 
John  Fasset  Jun"^ 
Joseph  Rudd 
Josiah  fuller 
Timothy  Pratt 
Elijah  Story 
Jonathan  Fasset 
Joseph  Richardson 
Benj^‘  Whipple 
Silas  Pratt 
James  Breakenridge 
Joseph  Robinson 
John  Smith 
Nathaniel  Holmes 
Sam^^  Hunt 
Sam'i  Tubs 
Israel  hurd 
Nathan  Clark  jun*^ 
John  Corey 
Joseph  Smith 
Nath^^  Dickinson  M D. 
Silas  Robinson 
Zephaniah  Holmes 
Elnathan  Hubbel 
Cornelius  Cady 
Lenard  Robinson 
John  Smith  Ju 
Robert  Cochren  Sen 
Banajah  Rude 
Ebenezer  Robinson 
Stephen  Fay 
Sam^^  Scott 
Daniel  Warner 
Seth  Warner 
Stephen  Hopkins 


APPENDIX. 


605 


the  following  is  a List  of  the  Inhabants  of  Pownall  who  are  all  on 


the  Spot — 

Seth  Hudson 
Asa  Alger 
Isaac  Yanarnum 
Timothy  Grover 
Petter  .Payne 
James  Archer 
Caleb  Raynolds 
Petter  Robards 
theophels  Whaley 
John  Dafoo 
Abraham  Bass 
Loreance  Cry 
Woolrod  Kriger 
Andrew  Burns 
Mathew  ford 
David  Carey 
Mathew  Randal 
Benj™  Briges 
Daniel  Perce 
Jonathan  Card 
Joseph  Williams 
George  Gardner  Ju^ 
James  Fuller 
Andrew  Alger 
Boaz  Brookens 
Jonathan  Wright 
David  Mallery 
Witherly  Wittam 
Ely  Nobels 
Daniel  Luce 
Edward  Hicks 
Silas  Pratt 
Benj™  Anderson 
(jeorge  mitchel 
Dan  Howlet 
Joseph  Miller 
E[)hriam  Burliuggame 
Ebene/J  Wright 
Samuel  Waters  Jun*' 
Sam  Brown  Jun^ 

Amos  Leach 
^ rnoses  (’orbin 


Direck  Smith 
Michel  Duning 
David  Perigo 
Enos  Grover 
Luke  Vanernum 
John  Vanernum 
Abraham  Jacob  Laynghtson 
Isaac  Whaley 
Charls  wright 
Elijah  woolcutt 
Noah  Pratt 
John  George  Kriger 
Crispen  Bull 
Francies  Burns 
Peeter  fursbury 
» Paul  Gardner 
Elisha  Card 
Benj“  Raynolds 
George  Backer 
Ephraim  Mallery 
George  Gardner 
Benoni  Permenter 
William  Hayward 
Benj“  Gardner 
Philip  Brookings 
Joseph  Gallop 
Elezer  Marsh 
Jerimeah  Gardner 
Josiah  Nobels 
James  Curtis 
George  Hicks 
Samuel  Anderson 
Benj"  Grover 
James  Perigo 
John  Blakley 
James  Draper 
Moses  omsted 
Levi  West 
Joshua  Raynolds 
Elish  Noble 
obadiah  Noble 
Isaac  Lawrance 


606 


APPENDIX. 


*p.  17. 


*\_Poiver  of  Attorney. 


Sam^^  Waters 
Jacob  Marsh 
Riifuss  Bakon 
David  Blakelee 
George  pengree 
Sam^  wortors 
Dan  Howlit 
Jediah  Dewey 
Sephen  Fay 
Abiather  Waldo 
Sain^  Adams 
Machir  Mertin 
Mills  sly 

Sam®^  waters  Junr 
Ebenezer  Wood 
Nathan  Clark 
Jonathan  Eastman 
Joseph  Wickwire 
Libbeus  Armstrong 
Joseph  Rudd 
Josiah  Fuller 
Silas  Pratt 
Elijah  Story 
simeon  Harmon 
sam^^  Pratt 
Samuel  Safford 
Thomas  Smith 
Joseph  Robinson 
Samuel  atwood 
Nathanael  Holmes  Ju’^ 
Sam^'  Hunt 
Isreal  hurd 
Sam^  Tubs 
John  Corey 
Jonathan  Cerpenter 
Joseph  Barber 
Daniel  Scott 
Silas  Robinson 
Tho®  Henderson 
Elknah  Ashley 
Zech^  Harwood 


Freegift  Cole 
Ichabod  West  Ju*^ 
Isaah  Cerpenter 
Ichabod  Cross 
John  Bunum 
Isaac  Lawrance 
Jestins  olin 
Ichabod  west 
Peleg  spencer 
Isaac  serls 
John  Burnum  J'' 
Matthias  Cobb 
Sam®^  waters 
Moses  Robinson 
Jacob  Hide 
Henry  Walbridge 
John  Fasset  Jun^ 
Jedediah  merrill 
Timothy  Pratt 
Jonathan  Scott 
Joseph  Willoughby 
Jonathan  Fossett 
Elisha  Field 
Joseph  Richardson 
Benj^  Whipple 
Henry  Walbridge 
James  Breakenridge 
Gideon  Spencer 
John  Smith 
Nathaniel  Holmes 
Nath^  Spencer 
Daniel  mills 
Benjamin  Corey 
Nathan  Clark  juiF 
Joseph  Smith 
Nath^^  Dickinson  m D 
Sand^  Robinson  Ju"^ 
Zephaniah  Holmes 
Elnathan  Hubbel 
Lenard  Robinson 
John  Smith  jun 


APPENDIX. 


607 


Beiiajah  Story 
Beoajh  Rude 
Robert  Cocbren  Ju 
Ebenezer  Robinson 
John  Fasset 
Benj^  Warner 
John  Warner 
Weight  Hopkins 
Direck  Smith 
Michal  Duning 
Seth  Hudson 
Timoth  Grover 
Fetter  Payne 
James  Archer 
Caleb  Raynorlds 
Peeter  Robards 
theophels  whaly 
John  Dafoo 
Abraham  Bass 
Lorance  Cr}^ 

Woolrod  Kriger 
Andrew  Burns 
Mathew  ford 
David  Carey 
Mathew  Raynorlds 
Benj"'  Brigs 
Daniel  Perce 
Jonathan  Card 
Joseph  williams 
George  Gardner  JurF 
James  fuller 
Andrew  Alger 
Boaz  Brookens 
Jonathan  Wright 
Da  vied  Mallery 
Witherly  Wit  tarn 
Ely  Nobels 
Daniel  Luce 
Cieorge  flicks 
Silas  Pratt 
Benj'"  Anderson 
(ieorge  Mitchell 
John  Willson 


Petre  Harwood 
Robert  Cochren  Ser 
Jonathan  Scott 
Stephen  Fay 
Samuel  Cuttler 
Daniel  Warner 
Seth  Warner 
Stephen  Hopkins 
Asa  Alger 
Isaac  Vanernum 
David  Perigo 
Enos  Grover 
Luke  Vanernum 
John  Vanernum 
Abraham  J Ban  son 
Isaac  Whaley 
Charls  wright 
Elijah  Woolcutt 
Noah  Pratt 
John  George  Kriger 
Crispen  Bull 
frances  Burn 
Peter  fursbury 
Paul  Gardner 
Elisha  Card 
Benj"*  Renorlds 
George  Baker 
Ephriam  Mallery 
George  Gardner 
Benoni  Permentor 
William  Hayward 
Benj'"  Gardner 
Philip  Brookens 
Joseph  Gal  loop 
Elezer  Marsh 
Jarmiah  Ganlner 
Josiah  Nobels 
James  Curtis 
iMlward  Hicks 
Samuel  Anderson 
Benj'"  Grover 
James  l*erigo 


608 


APPENDIX. 


*p.  333.  \_^No.  20.  Petition.'] 


Jehiel  Hawley 
Sam^  Adams 
Josiah  Hawley 
Ebenezer  wallis 
David  Williams 
Zackeas  Mallary 
John  Serls  Ju*' 
Gideon  Woring 
Gideon  Brownson 
Isaac  Hill 
Frances  Berney 
Simon  Burtton 
Amos  Chipman 
Joseph  Erls 
Jeremiah  French 
Sam^  Sopper 
James  Vaughn 
WilF‘  Nowland 
Will™  Ernes 
Ebenez*^  Wallis  J'^™ 
David  Williams 
John  prey 
John  Newbre 
John  Willson 


John  Searls 
ogdin  malery 
Remember  Baker 
Jephthah  Hawley 
Agure  Hauley 
Gideon  Serls 
Elisha  Pendle 
Tymothy  Brownson 
John  White 
Rosel  Hill 
Gideon  Hawley 
Ebenezer  Leonard 
Stephen  Mead 
Will™  serls 
Eliakim  Weller 
James  Mead 
James  Frome 
Ezra  Mead 
ISaac  Wallis 
Nathaniel  Wallis 
John  Whesson 
Benj^  Simonds 
Thomas  Denten 
James  Lewis 


[No  Power  of  Attorney  for  this  petition  is  found.  Ed.] 


*p.  293.  ^\_Power  of  Attorney Number  Unknown.] 

[The  names  affixed  to  this  power  of  attorney  do  not  correspond 
with  those  on  any  of  the  petitions  in  the  book.  This  is  numbered 
17  but  that  is  certainly  a mistake  for  the  names  are  entirely  differ- 
ent, while  those  found  on  the  pow^"”  of  attorney,  page  313  of  the 
original  volume,  prove  conclusively  tnat  that  is  the  document  which 
should  accompany  petition  No.  17.  It  ^^eems  probable  that  this  is  a 
part  of  one  of  the  missing  numbers,  3 dr  7.  Ed.] 


Edward  Burling 
Direk  Lefferts 
W™  Mercier 
W™  Hawxhurst 


John  Burling 
Edward  Agar 
Joseph  Hallett 
Daniel  Latham 


APPENDIX. 


609 


Benj''^  Hildreth 
\V"‘  Field 
Sand  Willets 
David  Barclay 
John  Laurence 
Blagge 

Joseph  Latham 
Willett  Taylor 
Benjamin  Underhill 
Jacobus  Bogert 
John  Grenell 
Jos.  Pearsall 
Tho:  Franklin  Jiin*^ 

XXXIX 


Sam^  Farmar 
Francis  Field 
Jacob  Watson 
Lancaster  Burling 
Caleb  Lawrance 
Gilbert  Pell 
John  Bogert  Jun^ 
Henry  Franklin 
Amos  Underhill 
Nicholas  Bogert 
Amos  Dodge 
Tho.  Pearsall 


i 


NOTES 


HISTOKICAL  AND  DESCEIPTIVE. 


COMPILED  BY 


Hiram  A.  Huse. 


612 


APPENDIX. 


ACTON. — About  5,045  acres  of  land  in  Windham  County  granted 
by  Vermont,  Feb.  23,  1782,  to  Moses  Johnson  & Company,  thirty- 
three  in  number.  This  tract  was  granted  under  the  name  of  Jolin- 
son'^s  Gore  and  it  was  so  known  until  it  was  incorporated  Nov.  6,  1800, 
as  the  township  of  Acton,  which,  however,  was  not  by  its  incorpora- 
tion given  representation  in  the  General  Assembly  except  that  its 
freemen  were  given  the  right  to  assemble  with  those  of  Townshend 
in  freemen’s  meeting  in  Townshend.  In  1824,  notwithstanding  this 
attempted  restriction,  a representative  was  chosen  from  Acton,  and 
again  in  1825,  and  these  representatives  were  admitted.  In  1825  the 
act  of  incorporation  was  amended  by  repealing  the  section  by  the 
terms  of  which  the  freemen  of  Acton  were  to  assemble  with  those  of 
Townshend  in  freemen’s  meeting.  In  Oct , 1840,  an  act  annexing 
Acton  to  Townshend  was  passed.  This  act,  after  acceptance  by 
each  town,  went  into  effect  Feb.  1,  1841. 

[Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  1-296;  Laws  of  Vermont,  1800,  p.  29; 
18i0,  p.  59;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  (Gazetteer),  p.  1; 
(Utto^  edition  of  1824,  p.  45 ; Hemeji way’s  Vermont  Historical 
Gazetteer,  5-532.  Governor  and  Council,  4-285. 

See  Warrenton^  (New  York  grant),  post. 


ADDISON. — Town  in  Addison  Countj^  granted  by  New  Hamp- 
shire Oct.  14,  1761.  The  first  English  fort  on  Vermont  territory 
was  built  in  this  town  at  Chimney  Point  in  1690  by  a party  from  Al- 
bany under  Capt.  Jacobus  D’Narm.  This  fort  was  not  permanently 
occupied.  But  the  French  made  a settlement  at  Chimney  Point  in 
1730  which  continued  until  near  the  time  of  the  New  Hampshire 
grant  of  Addison.  An  agreement  between  the  proprietors  of  Addi- 
son and  those  of  Panton  was  ratified  by  act  of  Oct.  24,  1785,  giving 
the  proprietors  of  Panton  the  ownership  of  8,000  acres  in  the  north 
part  of  Addison,  it  proving  that  Addison,  granted  three  years  before 
Pan  ton,  lapped  over  lands  first  settled  by  Panton  proprietors.  Part 
annexed  to  Weybridge  Oct.  22,  1804.  Part  annexed  to  Waltham 
Oct.  25,  1804.  Legislation  as  to  lines  between  Addison  and  Wey- 
bridge, 1856, 1859,  and  1862. 

New  Hampshire  charter,  ante.,  pp.  3-7 ; act  of  Oct.  24,  1785  is 
found  in  [Ms.]  Record  of  Acts  and  Laws  of  the  State  of  Vermont  in 
America,  1-509,  and  in  [Ms.]  Vermont  State  Papers,  Vol.  1;  and  is 
referred  to  in  [Revised]  Laws  1797,  p.  145  of  Appendix;  Laws,  1804, 
pp.  7,  23;  1856,  p.  78;  1859,  p.  148;  1862,  p.  51;  Thompson’s 


APPENDIX. 


613 


Gazetteer,  p.  1;  Hemenvvay’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  1-1; 
Child’s  Gazetteer  of  Addison  County,  p.  63;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s 
History  and  Description  of  Mew  England,  p.  731 ; Conant’s  Vermont, 
pp.  67,  72;  Surveyor  General’s  [Ms.]  Papers,  2-16,  10-13,  (bounds 
of)  ; Governor  and  Council. 

Gov.  Dunmore  of  New  York,  March  13,  1771,  granted  a small  tract 
in  Addison  to  Adolphus  Benzel,  and  May  30,  1771,  granted  10,000 
acres  lying  in  Addison,  to  Sir  John  St.Clair.  Vermont  Hist.  Soc. 
Col.  1-155;  Vol.  1,  Documentary  Hist,  of  N.  Y.,  map  preceding 
Index. 


AIKIN’S  GORE. — About  930  acres  in  Windham  County  granted 
hy  Vermont  Eeb.  25,  1782,  to  Edward  Aikins  [later  spelled  Aiken,] 
Nathaniel  Brown,  Peter  Sylvester,  Peter  Sylvester  2d,  William 
Aikin  and  Nathaniel  B.  Brown,  and  by  the  terms  of  the  charter 
annexed  to  Londonderry  which  had  been  granted  in  1781.  It  forms 
the  southwest  part  of  Londonderry,  and  most,  if  not  all,  of  this  gore 
was  included  in  the  26,000  acre  grant  made  by  New  York,  Aug.  9, 
1770,  called  Virgin  Hall. 

[Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  1-259  ; Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical 
Gazetteer,  Vol.  5,  Part  3,  under  Londonderry',  Governor  and  Coun- 
cil. 

See  Virgin  Hall,  (New  York  grant), 


ALBANY. — Town  in  Orleans  County.  A grant  was  made  June 
27,  1781,  by  resolution  of  the  General  Assembly  to  Colonel  Henry 
Emanuel  Lutterloh  and  Major  Thomas  Cogswell  and  their  associates 
to  the  number  of  sixty  five  officers  and  soldiers  then  in  tlie  continental 
army,  of  a tract  of  land  six  miles  scjuare  to  be  located  and  return 
made  of  the  location  to  Ira  Allen,  Surveyor  General,  "Ho  obtain  a 
charter  of  incorporation.”  The  town  was  chartered  as  Lutterloh, 
(sometimes  written  Liitterlock),  June  26,  1782.  Col.  Antipas  Gilman 
being  one  of  the  grantees,  (kjl.  Henry  Emanuel  Lutterloh  was  a 
New  York  ollicer  a[)pointed  Deputy  Quarter-Master-General  by 
General  Washington,  June  30,  1777.  Major  Thomas  C7)gswell  was 
a Massachusetts  officer,  then  of  Haverhill,  Mass.,  and  afterwards  of 
Gilmanton,  N.  II.  Name  of  Lutterloh  changed  to  Albany  in  1815. 
Part  of  Lowell  authorized  to  be  annexed  to  Albany  in  1870. 

[Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  1-47  ; Laws  of  1815,  p.  11  ; 1870,  p.  570; 
Thompson’s  Gazetteer,  p.  2 ; ditto,  edition,  of  1824,  p.  46;  C/hild’s 


614 


APPENDIX. 


Gazetteer  of  Lambille  and  Orleans  Counties,  p.  189 ; Coolidge  and 
Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  p.  733;  Heinenway’s  Vermont 
Historical  Gazetteer,  3-46;  Surveyor  General’s  (Ms.)  Papers  1-76, 
77,  82,  89 ; 2-132,  (plan  of)  ; 10-31,  82,  (bounds  of)  ; Governor  and 
Council,  8 vols. 


ALBURGH. — Town  in  Grand  Isle  County  granted  by  Vermont 
to  Ira  Allen  and  his  sixty-four  associates  Feb.  23,  1781.  The  name 
is  said  to  be  an  abbreviation  of  Allenburgh  or  Allensburgh.  A set- 
tlement was  made  within  its  bounds  by  the  French  in  1731  at  Wind 
Mill  Point.  This  settlement  was  made  under  a French  grant  to 
Francis  Foucault,  afterwards  confirmed  and  renewed  by  the  King 
of  France.  After  the  conquest  of  Canada  this  grant  was  confirmed 
by  the  King  of  Great  Britain  and  the  title  passed  from  Foucault  to 
Gen.  Haldimand,  from  Haldimand  to  Henry  Caldwell,  and  from 
Henry  Caldwell  to  John  Caldwell,  all  British  subjects.  The  tract 
went,  before  it  was  known  as  Alburgh,  successively  under  the  names 
of  Point  Algonquin,  Point  Du  Detour,  Point  Detouror,  Turnabout, 
Missisco  Leg,  Missisco  Tongue,  and  Caldwell’s  Upper  Manor. 
Heman  Allen  acquired  the  Caldwell  title  and  about  1820  endeavored 
to  establish  it  in  a United  States  Court  but  failed.  Part  of  Al- 
burgh was  annexed  to  Highgate,  Nov.  1,  1792. 

[Ms.]  Vermont  Charters  1-70  to  73  ; 2-23  to  25  ; Laws  of  Vermont, 
1792,  p.  26 ; Governor  and  Council,  3-222;  4,  see  index  under 
Alburgh ; also  other  of  the  8 vols.  of  id,  as  indexed ; and  especially 
map  facing  p.  430  of  Vol.  8.  Thompson’s  Gazetteer,  p.  3 ; ditto,,  edition 
of  1824,  p.  47  ; Hemen way’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer  2-487 ; 
Child’s  Gazetteer  of  Franklin  and  Grand  Isle  Counties,  p.  214;  Cool- 
idge and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  p.  733;  Surveyor 
General’s  Papers,  [Ms.]  1-63,  221 ; 2-139,  (plan  of). 


ALBURGH  GORE. — Referred  to  in  Governor  and  Council,  4- 
352,  351,  358,  and  428.  Probably  that  part  of  Alburgh  east  of  Mis- 
sisquoi  Bay  which  was  annexed  to  Highgate  Nov.  1, 1792.  See  Laws 
of  1806,  p.  11. 


ANDERSON’S  GORE. — About  1730  acres  of  laud  in  Windham 
County  granted  to  James  Anderson  and  nine  others  by  resolution  of 
the  General  Assembly,  Feb.  27,  1782,  which  was  read  in  Council 
Oct.  17,  1782  ; see  Governor  and  Council,  3-8.  The  charter  was 


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not  issued  until  Oct.  22,  1801 ; see  [Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  1- 
358.  By  the  terms  of  the  charter  the  tract  was  made  a part  of  the 
town  of  Windham. 

See  Kent^  (New  York  grant), 


ANDOVER. — Town  in  Windsor  County  granted  by  New  Hamp- 
shire, Oct.  13,  1761.  The  Vermont  charter  of  Benton’s  Gore,  a 
tract  of  about  5,000  acres,  constituted  it  a part  of  Andover  after 
Oct.  25,  1781.  Andover  was  divided  Oct.  26,  1799,  and  the  western 
part  thereof  with  Benton’s  Gore  was  incorporated  as  the  town  of 
Weston.  By  the  act  of  1799  the  two  towns  of  Andover  and  Wes- 
ton were  restricted  to  one  representative  for  both,  but  each  town 
elected  a representative  in  1823,  and  from  that  time  on  each  has  had 
one,  though  no  repeal  of  the  restriction  has  been  found. 

New  Hampshire  charter,  ante^  pp.  7-11 ; [Ms.]  Vermont  Charters, 
3-1;  Laws  of  1799,  p.  14.  Thompson’s  Gazetteer,  p.  3;  ditto,  edition 
of  1824,  p.  48;  Child’s  Gazetteer  of  Windsor  County,  p.  72.  Cool- 
idge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  p.  734. 

See  Virgin  Hall^  (New  York  grant),  post. 


ARLINGTON. — Town  in  Bennington  County  granted  by  New 
Hampshire  July  28,  1761.  Lieut.  Gov.  Golden  of  New  York  granted 
about  26,000  acres  under  the  name  of  Princetown,  May  21,  1765,  to 
Isaac  Vrooman  and  twenty-five  others,  covering  part  of  Arlington, 
Sunderland,  Manchester,  and  Dorset;  this  being  the  first  New  York 
patent,  (except  perhaps  some  of  the  154  military  patents  issued  by 
New  York  in  1765),  for  land  in  what  is  now  Vermont.  Oct.  30, 
1765,  Lieut.  Gov.  (’olden  granted  (by  the  second  New  York  [)atent 
other  than  military)  to  James  Napier  a tract  of  10,000  acres  described 
as  '•‘lying  partly  within  the  town  ships  of  Shaftsbury,  Glastenbury, 
Sunderland  and  Arlington,  formerly  granted  under  the  Province  of 
New  Hampshire.”  ^larcli  19,  1771,  Gov.  Dunmore  of  New  York 
granted  John  Munroe  4,000  acres  lying  chiefly  in  Arlington.  Ethan 
Allen,  Remember  Baker,  and  Thomas  Chittenden  were  sometime 
re.sidents  of  Arlington,  Cliittenden  being  its  first  representative 
and  Allen  its  second. 

New  Hampshire  charter,  pp.  11-15  ante.  H.  Hall’s  Early  History 
of  Vermont,  pp.  80,  81,  133,  134,  276,  and  citations  made  by  Hall  of 
Documentary  History  of  New  York,  'riiompson's  Gazetteer,  p.  4; 


616 


APPENDIX. 


ditto^  edition  of  1824,  p.  48;  Child’s  Gazetteer  of  Bennington  County, 
p.  68;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  1-121  to  138. 


ATHENS. — Town  in  Windham  County  granted  by  Vermont  May 
3,  1780.  Oct.  30,  1794,  part  of  Athens  with  a part  of  Putney  was 
incorporated  as  the  town  of  Brookline.  Nov.  13,  1813,  that  part  of 
Brookline  formerly  part  of  Putney  was  “annexed”  to  Athens  for 
the  purpose  of  choosing  a representative  and  voting  for  state  officers. 
Part  of  Avery’s  Gore  was  annexed  to  Athens  in  1815.  Part  of 
Athens  was  annexed  to  Grafton,  Oct.  30,  1816.  Lines  between 
Athens  and  Westminster  established  1839.  Parts  of  Rockingham 
and  Grafton  were  authorized  to  be  annexed  to  Athens  in  1 846.  The 
New  York  grant  of  Warrenton  covered  part  of  what  is  now  Athens. 
May  16,  1767,  Gov.  Moore  of  New  York  granted  John  Adair  a tract 
of  5,000  acres  which  lies  partly,  at  least,  in  Athens. 

[Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  1-5  to  7 ; 2-10;  Laws  of  1794,  pp.  124-6; 
1813,  p.  124;  1815,  p.  167;  1816,  p.  40;  1839,  p.  85;  1846, 
p.  10;  Thompson’s  Gazetteer,  p.  5;  ditto^  edition  of  1824,  p. 
50;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  p.  736; 
Child’s  Gazetteer  of  Windham  County,  p.  80;  Hemenway’s  Vermont 
Historical  Gazetteer,  pp.  357  to  376. 

See  Warrenton^  (New  York  grant),  post. 


AVERILL. — Township  in  Essex  County  granted  by  New  Hamp- 
shire June  29,  1762.  The  appraised  acreage  of  this  and  other  towns 
is  but  an  approximation  to  the  real  acreage  as  is  illustrated  in  the 
case  of  Averill  in  which  the  appraised  acreage  of  1894  was  21,200 
acres,  of  1882  was  22,716  acres,  and  of  1880  was  20,468  acres.  Other- 
towns  show  less  discrepancy  in  their  returns  which  is  perhaps  ac- 
counted for  by  Averill  being  one  of  the  three  towns  yet  unorganized 
in  Vermont — Ferdinand  and  Lewis  being  the  other  two. 

New  Hampshire  charter,  pp.  16-19,  ante ; Thompson’s  Gazetteer, 
p.  6;  ditto.,  edition  of  1824,  p.  51;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  His- 
tory of  New  England,  p.  737;  Child’s  Gazetteer  of  Caledonia  and 
Essex  Counties,  p.  389;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer, 
1-943;  Surveyor  General’s  [Ms.]  Papers,  1-2,  90;  3,  (survey  of 
lines)  ; 10-89,  (bounds  of). 


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617 


AVERY’S  GORE. — Samuel  Avery  was  of  Westminster  as  early 
as  1780  and  as  late  as  1799,  and  there  were  issued  by  Vermont  to 
liim,  or  in  his  behalf,  charters  of  eight  tracts  of  land.  Six  at  least  of 
these  tracts  both  in  neighborhood  speech  and  legislative  phrase  were 
each  called  Avery’s  Gore. 

Some  of  the  enactments  distinguished  the  gore  to  which  they  ap- 
plied by  adding  the  name  of  the  county  in  which  it  was  situated  ; others 
did  not.  The  six  tracts  referred  to  were  all  chartered  direct  to  Avery, 
and  one  of  them,  that  in  Orleans  County  and  now  a part  of  Troy, 
was  often  called  Avery’s  Grant  as  well  as  Avery’s  Gore.  Direct  ref- 
erence by  name  to  the  smallest  of  the  eight  tracts,  a gore  of  only  554 
acres  which  was  also  granted  direct  to  Avery  and  was  between  Frank- 
lin (then  Huntsburgh)  and  Sheldon  (then  Hungerford),  has  not  been 
found  in  any  enactment  or  legislative  record.  The  tract  chartered  on 
Avery’s  account  to  Thomas  Pearsall,  being  the  8,926  acres  that  from 
1803  to  1856  constituted  the  unorganized  township  of  Bradleyvale 
and  that  now  forms  partof  Concord  and  Victory,  probably  never  went 
by  the  name  of  Avery’s  Gore.  The  story  of  these  grants  is  illustra- 
tive of  the  time. 

In  an  article  on  New  York  Land  Grants  in  Vermont  it  is  stated 
(Vermont  Hist.  Soc.  Collections,  1 — 157),  that  to  Samuel 
Avery  (and  others)  there  was  granted  Aug.  16,  1774,  28,000  acres 
in  Lincoln  and  Ri[)ton  ; to  Humphrey  Avery  Sept.  6,  1774,  24,000 
acres  in  Lincoln,  Ripton  and  Granville  ; and  Oct.  28,  1775,  to  Samuel 
Avery,  4,000  acres  under  the  name  of  Whippleborough,  in  Starksbor- 
ough  and  vicinity.  In  each  of  these  cases  there  is  no  doubt  that  the 
grant  was  to  the  party  named  and  his  associates.  As  early  as  1780  and 
1782  some  arrangement  seems  to  have  been  made  between  the  grantees 
so  that  Samuel  Avery  (who  was  perhaps  a son  of  Humphre}^  Avery 
of  New  London,  C'onnecticut)  had  come  to  own  the  New  York  title 
to  the  first  two  tracts,  and  Mary  Whipple  (who  was  })erhaps  the 
widow  of  Daniel  Whipple,  of  Brattleboroughl  that  title  to  the  third,  or 
Whip])leborough.  (See  Avery’s  caveats  against  the  granting  of  the 
first  two  tracts,  Oct.  4,  1780,  Vt.  [Ms.]  State  Papers,  21-181,  183,  and 
Feb.  18,  1782,  22-23;  also  Mary  Whipple’s  caveat  against  grant- 
ing Whipj)leborough  Feb.  1 8, 1782,  22-22).  A very  also  laid  claim 

to  1,0  0 acres  in  Middlesex  (the  New  York  Grant,  now  KandolplO, 
as  is  shown  by  his  caveat  of  Oct.  4,  1782,  Vt.  [Ms.]  State  Papers,  1- 
182;  and  to  some  interest  in  Tliomlinson  (now  Grafton),  as  is  shown 
by  his  caveat  of  Feb.  18,  1782,  Vt.  [Ms.]  State  I*aj)ers,  22-22.  He 
evidently  depended  mainly  on  his  claim  to  the  first  two  tracts,  cover- 
ing  together  52,000  acres,  and  from  his  ])ersistent  efforts  to  obtain 
them  or  an  ecjui  valent  came  the  numerous  A very’s  Gores.  1 1 is  original 


618 


APPENDIX. 


52,000  acres  granted  by  New  York  were  part  of  the  Lydius  tract,  or 
what  was  known  as  the  Otter  Creek  Lydius  tract,  to  distinguish  it 
from  his  Wood  Creek  tract. 

Col.  John  Henry  Lydius,  born  in  Albany,  1694,  son  of  a Dutch 
minister,  became  a trader  with  the  Indians,  a resident  of  Montreal  until 
he  was  banished  therefrom  in  1730,  afterwards  a resident  on  his  Wood 
Creek  tract  in  New  York  near  Fort  Edward,  and  from  1767  a resident 
in  England  where  he  died  near  London  in  1791.  He  obtained  a paper 
purporting  to  be  a deed  from  certain  Mohawk  Indians  of  a tract  ex- 
tending sixty  miles  south  of  the  mouth  of  Otter  Creek  and  to  the 
east  twenty  four  miles.  This  covered  nearly  all  of  what  is  now  Ad- 
dison County  and  a good  part  of  Rutland  County.  His  “deed”  was 
dated  PYb.  1,  1732,  and  is  about  the  only  evidence  that  the  Mohawks 
themselves  ever  counted  the  land  as  theirs.  Lydius  obtained  Aug^ 
31,  1744,  from  Gov.  Shirley  of  Massachusetts  a paper  purporting  to 
be  a confirmation  of  his  Indian  deed  and  an  absolute  conveyance  to 
him  of  the  lands  it  described  in  fee,  “ in  obedience  to  His  Majesty’s 
special  command  of  the  5^^  of  Oct.  last.”  Hiland  Hall  thinks  there 
never  was  any  such  command  ; (Early  History  of  Vermont,  p.  496). 
Lydius  also  received  his  title  of  Colonel  from  Gov.  Shirley.  The 
claimants  to  parts  of  this  tract  have  been  so  numerous  that  in  giving 
some  account  of  them  it  is  a relief  as  well  as  somewhat  of  a surprise 
to  know  that  Arthur  Orton  and  Dr.  Kenealy  never  pretended  that  any 
of  it  belonged  to  the  Tichborne  estate.  About  an  eighth  of  it  was 
granted  to  Mons.  Hocquart  (to  whom  curiously  was  due  the  banish- 
ment of  Lydius  from  Montreal)  by  a French  grant  in  1743  or  1745, 
and  Hocquart’s  tract  was  sold  by  him  in  1763  to  one  Michel  Chartier 
de  Lotbiniere  who  was  making  claim  of  Great  Britain  in  1776  for  hi& 
“ Lordship  of  Hocquart,”  which  “Lordship of  Hocquart”  was  described 
as  lying  on  the  east  side  of  Lake  Champlain  extending  four  leagues 
in  front  and  five  leagues  in  depth.  It  was  opposite  Crown  Point  and 
was  pretty  nearly  what  is  now  the  southwesterly  part  of  Addison 
County.  See  Documents  Relating  To  the  Colonial  Hist,  of  N.  Y.,  7- 
642,  and  8-577.  670. 

Following  the  Mohawk-Lydius-Massachusetts  claim  and  the  French 
claim,  were  the  New  Hampshire  grants  made  in  great  number  on  this 
tract.  Lydius  had  made  a plan  of  this  tract  dividing  it  into  thirty 
five  townships.  New  York  followed,  granting  a number  of 
townships  within  its  limits  and  a still  greater  number  of  military 
patents  here  and  there.  Durham  (now  Clarendon)  and  Socialborough 
were  within  its  limits.  Durham  was  settled  by  grantees  under  the 
Lydius  title  v/ho  obtained  a subsequent  charter  from  New  York ; and 
it  was  in  Durham  that  the  “Bennington  mobb  ” in  1773  erected  a 


APPENDIX. 


619 


judgment  seat”  upon  which  Ethan  Allen,  Seth  Warner,  Remember 
Baker,  and  Robert  Cochran,  who  had  been  appointed  by  “the  propri- 
etors of  the  New  Hampshire  grants  * * to  inspect  and  set  things 

in  order,”  took  their  places  as  judges  and  held  such  a court  as  never 
was  before  or  has  been  since  on  land  or  sea.  (Hall’s  Early  Hist,  of 
Vt.  pp.  169  to  177,  and  Doc.  Hist,  of  N.  Y.,  Vol.  4.)  The  object  of 
the  expedition  was  to  make  the  settlers  recognize  the  New  Hampshire 
title,  not  to  drive  them  off  the  lands  they  had  made  settlement  on,  or 
to  make  them  pay  exorbitant  prices  in  recognition  of  the  New  Ham]> 
shire  title.  See  Allen’s  letters  to  the  people  of  Clarendon,  Hall’s 
Early  History  of  Vermont,  pp.  175-177. 

These  Durhamites  were  holding  their  lands  by  the  same  title  Avery 
had  to  the  52,000  acres  claimed  by  him  with  the  addition  that  they 
were  actual  settlers. 

One  of  Avery’s  petitions  to  Vermont,  never  before  in  print,  is  this : 

To  his  Excellency  Thomas  Chittenden  Esq^  Captain  General 
and  Governor  in  Chief  of  the  State  of  Vermont,  and  the 
Territories  depending  thereon  in  America,  and  the  Honorable 
the  General  Assembly  of  said  State,  now  Convened  and 
Sitting  at  Windsor  within  and  for  said  State — 

The  Petition  of  Samuel  Avery  a friend  to  this  and  the  united  States 
of  America — 

Humbly  Sheweth 

That  your  Petitioners  and  the  Rest  concerned  with  him.  Did  many 
years  since  Purchase  a tract  of  Land  (now  within  this  State)  of  Col. 
John  Henry  Lydius  of  Albany,  He  pretending  to  have  a Title  to  the 
same.  For  which  we  paid  a large  sum  of  money.  Bounded  and  De- 
scribed as  follows.  Beginning  at  tlie  distance  of  nineteen  miles  and 
fifty  Chains  from  the  mouth  of  Otter  Creek  where  it  emptieth  itself 
into  Lake  Champlain,  On  a Course  south  forty  three  degrees  east,  and 
from  the  said  place  of  Beginning,  East  eight  degrees  South  Six  miles 
and  seventy  Chains,  Then  south  sixteen  degrees  west  six  miles  and 
sixty  five  Chains,  Then  west  twenty  seven  degrees  north  six  miles, 
and  from  thence  to  the  place  of  Beginning,  Containing  twenty  four 
thousand  acres  of  land  and  the  usual  allowance  for  highways,  which 
tract  of  land  we  then  supj)()sed  we  had  obtained  a good  title  to,  Ibit 
unfortunately  for  us,  we  found,  that  the  Goverment  of  New  York 
who  then  Claimed  the  Jurisdiction  of  that  part  of  the  Country,  paid 
no  Regard  to  Col.  Lydins’s  Title  or  pretentions  to  that  Tract  of  Land. 
But  was  granting  the  same  to  any  Iversons  that  would  apply  to  them 
and  pay  them  their  enormous  fees,  ( )n  which  your  Petitioner  sup[)osed 


620 


APPENDIX. 


himself  Reduced  to  the  necessity  of  Obtaining  a grant  or  Confirma- 
tion of  the  land  from  the  Government  of  New  York. 

Accordingly  we  made  application  to  the  State  of  New  York  and 
after  a Solicitation  of  about  Six  years,  and  paying  to  the  Officers  of 
Gov*^  about  Seven  or  Eight  hundred  pounds,  besides  the  Expenses  of 
Surveying  application  &c.,  to  the  amount  of  near  fifteen  hundred 
pounds,  we  Obtained  a grant  or  Confirmation  from  that  State  for  the 
same  lands.  We  then  supposed  we  had  a good  title  beyond  all  dispute. 
This  Grant  we  Obtained  from  the  Gov*^  of  New  York  nearly  on  the 
principles  of  equity,  having  been  at  so  great  expense  in  the  purchase 
from  Lydius  Surve}dng  &c : — But  Still  unfortunate.  Our  misfortunes 
do  not  end  here,  those  Publick  Confusions  come  on.  An  intire  Revo- 
lution Takes  place,  This  State  of  Vermont  set  up  Jurisdiction  and 
form  a Constitution  for  themselves,  by  which  means  our  Title  is 
again  brought  in  question  and  all  set  afloate 

Your  Petitioner  would  beg  leave  further  to  observe  to  your  Excel- 
lency and  this  Honorable  Assembly,  That  the  lands  before  described 
have  never  been  granted  by  the  Government  of  New  Hampshire,  or 
this  State  of  Vermont,  nor  has  any  Person  any  Just  Challenge  or 
Pretention,  Except  your  Petitioner — 

And  that  your  Petitioner  is  willing  to  subject  himself  to  any  Reg- 
ulations or  Conditions  with  Respect  to  Settlement  &c. : To  which 
other  lands  granted  by  this  State  are  Subjected — 

That  your  Petitioner  has  ever  been  a fast  friend  to  this  and  the 
united  States  of  America,  which  he  is  well  able  to  prove  by  those  on 
both  sides  of  the  question  and  early,  and  ever,  both  publickly  and 
privately,  espoused  the  Cause  of  those  New  Hampshire  Grants  against 
the  Arbitrary  and  unjust  proceedings  of  the  Gov*^  of  New  York. 

That  your  Petitioner  has  been  near  Twenty  years  in  the  pursuit  of 
those  Lands,  Constantly  attending  thereto — 

That  your  Petitioner  was  forty  days  in  the  Wilderness  without 
Shelter  in  the  Survey  of  those  lands  and  gone  throng  every  dificulty 
Expense  and  fatigue,  till  he  has  nearly  expended  his  whole  Interest 
in  the  pursuit — He  now  Humbly  Conceives  he  has  the  highest  degree 
of  Justus  in  his  favour.  And  that  the  Granting  or  Confirming  those 
lands  to  your  Petitioner  Cannot  be  esteemed  or  made  use  of  as  a 
president,  for  1 presume  there  is  not  anothere  Claim  or  pretention  to 
land  in  this  state  Cloathed  with  the  same  Circumstances. 

Your  Petitioner  therefore  Humbly  Prays,  that  your  Excellency  and 
this  Honorable  Assembly  will  at  this  time  be  favorably  Pleased  to 
grant  or  Confirm  to  j’our  Petitioner  the  tract  of  Land  before  described, 
without  fees. 


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621 


And  that  the  same  may  be  created  into  a Township  by  the  name  of 
and  Vested  with  the  usual  Priviledges  Granted  to  other 
Townships  within  This  State — 

And  Your  Petitioner  as  in  Duty  bound 
Shall  ever  Pray — 

Samuel  Averv 

Windsor  IW  16^^  1781. 

Avery,  who  in  1781  said  he  had  “been  hear  twenty  years  in  the 
pursuit  of  those  lands,  constantly  attending  thereto,”  continued  eight 
years  more  in  that  pursuit  before  the  Vermont  legislature  in  1789 
took  the  action  that  resulted  in  the  creation  of  Avery’s  Gores.  In 
October  of  the  last  named  year  he  presented  the  following  petition  to 
the  legislature  (see  [Ms.]  Vt.  State  Papers,  22 — 193)  : 

“ To  the  Honorable  the  General  Assemblj^  now  Convened  at  West- 
minster— 

The  Petition  of  Samuel  Avery  and  Associates  Humbly  Sheweth 

That  at  the  Session  of  this  Honorable  Assembly  in  the  month  of 
October  1780  your  Petitioners  presented  a Petition  [to  this  assembly] 
praying  for  a grant  or  Confirmation  [of  a grant  of  land]  therein  des- 
cribed. which  Petition  was  laid  over  for  a further  hearing  at  an  after 
Session  of  the  Assembly — 

That  in  the  February  following  your  Petitioners  again  prefered 
their  Petitions,  which  were  taken  up  and  a Committee  appointed, 
who  reported  that  those  ])etitions  should  have  a hearing  on  the  5*^'  day 
of  the  next  Session  of  this  Assembly 

That  at  the  Session  of  this  Assembly  in  February  1782  a Committee 
of  both  Houses  of  this  Assembly  was  appointed  who  took  the  matter 
of  our  Petition  into  Consideration  and  Reported  for  us  to  have  a 
grant  of  the  Land  described  in  the  Petition  which  Report  was  rejected 
by  the  Assembly  and  an  Additional  Committee  appointed,  which 
Committee  again  agreed  to  Re])ort  in  our  favor,  but  was  ])ievented 
by  an  Order  for  an  Additional  Ck)inmittee  from  the  Council  which 
Committee  after  again  hearing  the  matter  Re[)orted  that  they  Con- 
sider it  a matter  of  uncertainty  whether  the  I./and  ])rayed  for  had  not 
been  already  granted  either  by  the  State  of  New  Hampshire  or  by 
this  State — "I'herefore  they  advise  that  the  Petition  should  ly  till  an 
Actual  Survey  is  made  by  llie  Surveyor  General  and  that  no  grants 
should  be  made  to  any  other  Person  of  any  part  of  the  Lands  des- 
cribed in  our  Petition,  and  those  Petitions  have  ever  since  lain  before 
this  Honorable  Assembly — wliich  suspense  has  been  Greatly  to  the 
I’rejudice  of  your  Retilioners. 


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Your  Petitioners  would  Therefore  Humbly  Pray  That  the  Honor- 
able Assembly  would  take  [the  matter]  of  their  Petitions  into  Con- 
sideration [and  would  grant]  the  Lands  described  to  them  if  not 
already  g[ranted  and  if]  granted  tilready  to  other  Persons,  Grant 
your  Petitioners  Rightious  Compensation  in  other  Lands,  or  in  some 
wa}^  Grant  Relief  to  your  Petitioners. 

And  your  Petitioners  as  in  Duty  bound  Shall  ever  Pray — 

Samuel  Avery 

Westminster  OcP  10^^ 

1789 

The  original  petition  above  copied  is  in  one  place  torn  and  the 
words  printed  within  brackets  are  supposed  to  be  those  missing. 

The  committee  appointed  to  consider  the  foregoing  petition  reported 
that  in  their  opinion  the  facts  set  up  in  the  original  petition  were 
true,  that  the  lands  described  had  been  granted  to  others  and  recom- 
mended that  there  should  be  granted  to  Avery  and  his  associates  an 
equal  quantity  of  unlocated  lands. 

In  Council  Oct.  24,  1789,  (Governor  & Council,  3 — 198),  it 
appears  that:  “An  Act  Granting  fift}^  two  Thousand  acres  of  Land 
to  Samuel  Avery  Esq^'  having  passed  the  General  Assembly,  was 
read  and  concurred,  reserving  as  an  Amendment,  that  the  Grants 
of  two  Townships,  one  to  Governor  Marsh  and  one  to  Mr. 
Randall  & Company  be  first  Located  and  all  other  Grants  yet  un- 
located, provided  said  Locations  shall  be  made  and  returnes  thereof 
to  the  Governor  and  Council  by  the  15  day  June  Next — said  Avery 
to  have  a Gore  of  Land  east  of  Starksborough  which  he  has  liberty 
to  pitch  immedeatel}^” 

Pursuant  to  the  above  action  the  following  grants  were  made  of 
tracts  which  with  one  or  two  exceptions  each  went  under  the  name 
of  Avery’s  Gore  with  some  distinguishing  addition  to  designate  the 
particular  tract  referred  to. 

1.  Aver 'i/ 8 Gore  in  Chittenden  County.  This  consisted,  according  to 
the  statement  in  the  charter,  of  5,910  acres  west  of  Fayston,  but  is 
stated  in  a table  of  Avery’s  patents  made  by  Joseph  Fay  and  found 
in  [Ms.]  Vt.  State  Papers,  38 — 47,  to  have  contained  but  4,000 
acres.  This  table  is  without  date  but  was  probably  made  by  Fay  in 
1794,  in  which  year  he  ceased  to  be  Secretary  to  the  Governor  and 
Council  and  removed  to  New  York.  This  table  of  the  Avery  grants 
includes  all  of  them  except  one  of  554  acres  made  June  28,  1796, 
noted  hereafter;  the  filing  upon  it  is:  “List  of  Locations  executed  to 
Sami  Avery,”  and  it  is  as  follows : 


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623 


A cres 

‘'One  Gore  of  Land  adjoining  Fayston  4000 

one  gore  l3dng  West  of  Lewis  Orang  County  10685 

One  Do  do  west  of  Kingston  8744 

One  do — between  Westminster,  Athens  & Tomlinson  1380 

One  gore  north  of  Enosburgh  9723 

One  do  west  of  Duncansboro  11040 

One  do  granted  Thomas  Pearsall  3926 


49508 

52000 

49508 


2492  remains  to  be  satisfied 

True  cop3'  from  the  Several  Patents  issued  to  Mr  Avery  attest 

Joseph  Fay  Late  Secy  to 
the  Gov  & Council 
State  of  Vermont — ” 


This  gore  west  of  Fayston  was  one  of  three  gores  of  which 
Aver\^  obtained  a charter  in  one  instrument  dated  January  27,  1791: 
[Ms.]  Vt.  Charters,  1 — 302. 

Part  of  it  was  annexed  to  New  Huntington  (now  Huntington) 
October  22,  1794,  pp.  55-57. 

This  gore  lies  between  Buel’s  Gore  and  Faj^ston  and  is  commonly 
mentioned  in  connection  with  the  former  under  the  name  of  "Avery’s 
and  Buel’s  (fore  though  the  two  gores,  because  now  so  much  re- 
duced in  area,  or  for  some  other  reason,  are  together  called  some- 
times " Buel’s  Gore,”  and  sometimes  "Avery’s  Gore.”  Elias  Buel, 
November  16,  1788,  (see  [Ms.]  Vt.  State  l^apers,  22 — 184,  and 
under  Ifuel’s  Gore  and  Coventry),  after  he  had  located  his 
Hying  grant”  of  1784,  petitioned  to  have  tlie  land  in  question  given 
to  him  and  united  with  his  own  newly  acquired  gore  under  the  name 
of  Montzoar,  but  his  request  was  not  complied  with  and  the  land  be- 
came Avery’s.  Buel’s  memory  is  kej)t  green  much  better  by  tlie 
j)resent  ariangement  than  it  would  have  been  by  the  one  he  wanted. 

2.  Averi/'H  Gore  in  A(hlii<on  Conntf/.  This  gore  contained  8,714 
acres  and  was  the  second  one  named  in  the  charter  of  three  gores  to 
.Avery,  dated  Ian.  27,  1791,  and  recorded  in  [Ms.]  Vt.  ('barters, 
1 — 302.  It  was  bounded  north  by  Lincoln,  east  by  Kiimston, 

( now  Granville),  south  bv  Hancock  and  west  by  Ki|)ton.  Part  was 
annexed  to  Kingston,  (Granville  since  1834),  in  1833,  (see  Laws  of 
1833,  p.  26);  and  the  remainder  was  annexed  to  liincoln  in  1847, 
(See  Laws  of  1847,  p.  8). 


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APPENDIX. 


3.  Avery's  Gore  in  Essex  County.  This  gore  of  10,685  acres,  still 
existing  as  chartered,  was  the  third  named  in  the  charter  of  Jan.  27, 
1791,  recorded  in  [Ms.]  Vt.  Charters,  p.  302.  When  chartered  it 
was  within  the  bounds  of  Orange  County  as  that  county  was  then 
constituted.  This  gore  lies  west  of  Lewis. 

4.  PearsalVs  Gore.  This  was  a gore  chartered  to  Thomas  Pearsall 
by  a separate  charter  dated  January  27,  1791,  and  recorded  in  [Ms.] 
Vt.  Charters,  1 — 299  and,  (a  duplicate  record),  p.  362;  [Ms.]  Vt. 
State  Papers,  p.  27,  and  p.  47.  It  was  incorporated  as  Bradley  vale  in 
1803,  (Laws,  p.  25);  and  Bradleyvale,  which  never  was  represented 
in  the  General  Assembly,  was  annexed  to  Concord  and  Victory  in 
1856,  (Laws,  p.  91). 

5.  Avery's  Gore  in  Franklin  County.  This  gore  was  chartered  to 
Samuel  Avery  by  charter  dated  Oct.  29,  1791,  and  recorded  in 
[Ms.]  Vt.  Charters,  1 — 385.  It  contained  9,723  acres  and  was  in 
Chittenden  County  when  chartered.  The  annexation  of  part  to 
Montgomery  was  authorized  in  1858,  (Laws,  p.  50);  and  provis- 
ion was  made  for  establishing  the  line  between  it  and  Belvidere,  in 
1866,  (Laws,  p.  75).  According  to  the  Grand  List  of  1894  it  now 
contains  7,305  acres. 

6.  Avery's  Gore.,  in  Windham  County.  This  was  a tract  of  1,380 
acres  of  land  described  in  a resolution  of  the  General  Assembly  passed 
Nov.  3,  1791,  as  “lying  between  Thomlinson  [name  in  1792  changed 
to  Grafton]  and  Athens.”  This  resolution  directed  the  Governor  to 
issue  a charter  to  Samuel  Avery  pursuant  to  a grant  made  to  him  in 
Oct.  1789.  No  charter  of  this  tract  is  found  recorded  but  it  was  for 
a quarter  of  a century  referred  to  in  legislation  as  Avery’s  Gore, 
and  it  is  not  only  included  in  Fay's  list  ([Ms.]  Vt.  State  Papers, 
38-47,)  but  Avery  in  a petition  dated  Sept.  19,  1799,  ([Ms.]  Vt. 
State  Papers,  20 — 297),  states  that  “on  the  29^^  day  of  October  1791 
he  obtained  a grant  under  the  great  seal  of  the  State  of  thirteen  hun- 
dred and  eighty  acres  of  Land  lying  south  of  the  town  of  Grafton  and 
in  width  north  and  south  115  rods  and  in  length  east  and  west  the 
whole  length  of  the  south  line  of  Grafton.”  Avery,  who  in  a petition 
dated  Oct.  17,  1791,  ([Ms.]  Vt.  State  Papers,  18 — 289),  described 
himself  as  one  who  “from  his  many  misfortunes  with  which  Divine 
Providence  has  been  pleased  to  Visit  him  is  left  in  low  Circumstances 
with  a large  family  to  support,”  seems  to  have  undergone  the  last 
suffering  with  which  Vermont  records  credit  him,  in  respect  of  this 
1,380  acre  grant.  In  his  petition  of  1799,  referred  to,  he  tells  how 

one  Amos  Hale  of  a place  called  Johnson’s  Gore,”  entered  and  took 
possession  of  his  1,380  acre  tract,  how  he  sued  Hale  and  how  he  was 
cast  in  the  suit,  and  asks  that  the  legislature  provide  that  he  be  given 


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625 


a new  trial.  This  petition  was  served  on  Hale  but  was  dismissed  by 
the  General  Assembly  Oct.  19,  1799,  and  to  add  insult  to  injury 
Samuel  Crafts,  Clerk,  certifies  that  in  General  Assembly  Nov.  4, 1799, 
the  bill  of  costs  was  legally  taxed  at  $6.25,  ($1.75  being  for  35  miles 
travel  and  $4.50  for  9 days’  attendance).  This  taxation  of  the  peti- 
tionee’s costs  came  in  a good  year  for  Mr.  Avery  though,  because  he 
was  awarded  April  23,  1799,  the  sum  of  $2,655  of  the  $30,000  paid  by 
Vermont  to  New  York,  upon  distribution  of  that  $30,000  among 
claimants  by  the  New  York  commissioners.  In  H.  Hall’s  Early  His- 
tory of  Vermont,  p.  507,  it  appears  that  Avery’s  $2,655  was  awarded 
on  this  state  of  facts : “ One  of  Avery’s  claims  was  founded  on  a 

patent  issued  to  him  and  twenty-three  associates  for  24,000  acres, 
bearing  date  Aug.  16,  1774.  On  the  17‘^  and  18‘^  of  the  same  month 
these  twenty-three  associates  conveyed  their  shares  to  him.  Another 
claim  was  for  28,000  acres,  patented  to  Humphrey  Avery  and  twenty- 
seven  others,  in  Sept.,  1774,  all  of  whom  on  the  29*^'^  of  that  month 
conveyed  their  titles  to  him,  thus  vesting  in  him  the  whole  52,000 
acres,  and  showing  very  clearly  that  the  grants  were  made  for  his  sole 
benefit.  These  two  tracts  adjoined  each  other  and  were  in  the  easterly 
part  of  the  present  county  of  Addison.  These  with  a claim  for  200 
acres  in  Durham  and  1,000  in  another  town  [probably  the  New  York 
Middlesex,  now  Randolph],  of  which  Samuel  Avery  was  a grantee, 
[or  purchaser  from  a grantee,  see  [Ms.]  Vermont  State  Papers,  21 — 
181],  made  up  the  53,200  acres  for  which  he  was  allowed  the  sum  of 
$2,655.03.  These  grants  were  made  by  Lt.  Gov.  Golden.  Avery 
continued  his  applications  for  them  for  some  months  into  the  revolu- 
tionary period  and  on  the  28*^^  of  October,  1775,  obtained  a patent  for 
40,000  acres  [the  Whippleborough  grant]  from  Gov.  Tryon,  after  he 
had  fled  for  safety  on  board  a British  man-of-war  lying  in  New  York 
harbor.  The  land  was  situated  in  the  vicinity  of  his  former  grants, 
but  his  claim  for  it  was  disallowed  by  the  commissioners,  for  the 
reason  that  it  was  made  after  the  date  which  had  been  prescribed  in 
the  New  York  constitution,  as  the  time  when  the  colonial  grants 
should  cease  to  be  valid.” 

It  might  be  interesting  to  compare  Avery’s  proofs  before  the  New 
York  commissioners  with  his  statements  in  his  petitions  to  the 
General  Assembly  of  Vermont. 

Part  of  Avery’s  Gore  in  Windham  County  was  annexed  to  Athens 
in  1815,  (Laws,  {).  167);  and  the  remainder  was  annexed  to  Grafton 
in  1816,  (Laws,  p.  40). 

7.  Aver  if  % Grants  a tract  of  11,040  acres  now  constituting  the 
north  part  of  the  town  of  Troy.  Its  charter  to  Avery  did  not  issue 

XI. 


626 


APPENDIX. 


until  Dec.  28, 1792,  but  was  dated  Oct.  27, 1792,  because  of  an  attach- 
ment on  this  tract  made  by  Ira  Allen  who  had  sued  the  State  of  Ver- 
mont in  the  United  States  Court.  See  Avery’s  Grant,  post;  and  also 
[Ms.]  letter  of  Avery  to  Joseph  Fay  Dec.  19,  1792,  [Ms.]  Vermont 
State  Papers,  24 — 61. 

8.  A tract  of  554  acres  for  which  Samuel  Avery  received  a charter 
dated  June  28,  1796,  and  recorded  in  [Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  1 — 
328.  This  tract  was  a narrow  strip  of  land  between  Huntsburgh,  (now 
Franklin)  and  Sheldon.  It  is  not  referred  to  in  legislation  but  prob- 
ably took  its  place  within  town  lines  by  reason  of  an  act  establishing 
the  line  between  Huntsburgh  and  Sheldon,  passed  Nov.  5,  1810, 
(Laws,  p.  160). 

This  last  charter  of  554  acres  left,  according  to  Mr.  Fay’s  list,  yet 
to  be  granted  to  him  to  make  up  his  52,000  acres,  1,938  acres  more, 
but  Mr.  Fay  called  Avery’s  Gore  adjoining  Fayston  but  4,000  acres 
while  its  charter  described  it  as  5,910  acres.  Upon  this  last  basis 
Avery  had  received  within  28  acres  of  the  required  52,000  acres,  and 
no  doubt  the  state  “called  it  even”  when  the  554  acre  charter  issued. 


AVERY’S  GRANT. — A tract  of  land  now  constituting  the  north 
part  of  the  town  of  Troy  in  Orleans  County,  containing  11,040  acres 
of  land,  granted  to  Samuel  Avery  of  Westminster  by  a charter  signed 
by  Gov.  Chittenden  Oct.  27, 1792,  which  issued  from  the  Secretary  of 
State’s  office  Dec.  28,  1792,  and  was  in  further  and  part  execution  of 
a grant  to  Avery  of  52,000  acres  voted  by  the  General  Assembly  and 
concurred  in  by  the  Governor  and  Council,  Oct.  29,  1789.  Avery’s 
Grant  and  Kelly’s  Grant  (the  latter  containing  12,000  acres)  were 
incorporated  into  the  township  of  Missisquoi,  (Missiskouie  as  then 
spelled),  Oct.  28,  1801,  and  the  name  of  the  town  was  changed  to 
Troy  Oct.  26,  1803. 

[Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  1 — 387  ; Governor  and  Council,  3 — 198; 
Laws  of  1801,  p.  78;  1803,  p.  6;  Surveyor  General’s  [Ms.]  Papers, 
10 — 111,  bounds  of.  See  Avery’s  Gores,  ante. 


BAKERSFIELD. — Town  in  Franklin  County.  Vermont  grant  of 
10,000  acres  to  Luke  Knoulton,  Jan.  25,  1791,  ([Ms.]  Vermont 
Charters,  1 — 284),  in  accordance  with  a joint  resolution  passed  Feb. 
28,  1787,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  State  Papers  30 — 114).  In  a committee’s 
report,  Oct.  28, 1789,  found  in  [Ms.]  Vermont  State  Papers,  30 — 114,  it 
is  referred  to  as  a “Gore  of  land  marked  Knowlton  in  the  Plan  or  Map 
of  this  State.”  While  named  Bakersfield  in  the  charter  it  was  called 


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627 


until  1792,  Bakersfield,  alias  Knoulton’s  Gore.  Part  of  Fairfield  and 
Smithfield  annexed  to,  Oct.  25,  1792,  (Laws,  p.  5),  and  the  tract  so 
formed  “incorporated  into  one  entire  town,”  to  be  called  Bakersfield, 
by  the  same  act.  Knight’s  Gore  was  annexed  Oct.  31,  1798,  (Laws, 
p.  40),  and  part  of  Bakersfield  was  annexed  to  Enosburgh  by  the 
same  act.  Part  of  Coit’s  Gore  was  annexed  Oct.  26,  1799,  (Laws,  p. 
16).  Part  of  Bakersfield  with  remainder  of  Coit’s  Gore  and  part 
of  Belvidere  incorporated  as  Waterville,  (Laws  of  1824,  p.  14). 
Line  with  Fairfield  established,  (Laws  of  1817,  p.  33);  line  with 
Enosburgh,  (Laws  of  1845,  p.  5);  and  line  with  Belvidere,  (Laws  of 
1866,  p.  275). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  1 — 93;  5 — survey  of  lines;  10 — 
109,  bounds  of;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  2 — 103; 
Child’s  Franklin  and  Grand  Isle  Co.  Gazetteer,  1883,  p.  63.  Thomp- 
son’s Gazetteer  and  others  under  title  “ Bakersfield.” 


BALTIMORE. — Town  in  Windsor  County.  Incorporated  out  of 
part  of  Cavendish,  (Laws  of  1793,  p.  6),  but  by  this  act  it  was  not 
allowed  a representative  in  the  legislature  and  was  not  represented 
until  1824.  Journal  of  the  General  Assembly,  1823,  pp.  51-53.  Line 
with  Cavendish  was  established,  (Laws  of  1841,  p.  58). 

Child’s  Windham  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  80;  Hayward’s  Vermont 
Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  22;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI, 
p.  7;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  124;  Coolidge  and  Mans- 
field’s History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  738. 


BAMF. — New  York  grant  of  30,000  acres  to  Thomas  Clark  & Co. 
by  Lt.  Gov.  Colden,  Dec.  24,  1774.  It  covered  lands  in  Burke  and 
vicinity,  (Vermont  Historical  Society  Collections,  1-157).  Marked 
“Thos.  Clark  & Co.”  on  map  preceding  Index  to  Vol.  1,  Documentary 
History  of  New  York.  Bamf.  must  have  included  Billymead  now 
Sutton,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  State  Papers,  18 — 80.) 


BARNARD. — Town  in  Windsor  County.  New  Hampshire  grant 
as  Bernard,  of  26,000  acres  to  William  Story,  Francis  Bernard  and 
sixty  associates,  July  17,  1761;  ante  pp.  20-24. 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  IV — survey  of  lines;  Child’s  Windsor 
(’o.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  82;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1841(  p. 
22;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  j).  7;  Demiug's 


628 


APPENDIX. 


Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  124;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  Historj^ 
of  New  England,  1860,  p.  739. 

See  also  Thompson’s  Gazetteer  of  1824,  where  it  is  stated  that:  “In 
1774,  the  first  permanent  settlement  was  made  by  Asa  and  Lot  Whit- 
comb, Thomas  W.  White  and  others,  emigrants  from  Massachusetts 
and  Connecticut.  At  the  time  of  the  Battle  of  Bunker’s  hill,  (prop- 
erly Breed’s  hill,)  which  took  place  on  the  17‘^  of  July,  1775,  the 
firing  was  distinctly  heard  in  this  town  by  Thomas  Freeman  and 
others,  a distance  of  more  than  100  miles.  On  the  9*^^  of  August 
1780,  this  town  was  visited  by  a party  of  21  Indians,  who  made  pris- 
oners of  Thomas  M.  Wright,  Prince  Haskell  and  John  Newton,  and 
carried  them  to  Canada.  Newton  and  Wright  made  their  escape  the 
spring  following,  and  Haskell  was  exchanged  the  succeeding  fall. 
They  suffered  many  hardships  while  prisoners  and  on  their  return,  but 
they  all  arrived  safely  at  Barnard,  and  are  now  all  living  upon  the 
farms  from  which  they  were  taken.  They  were  all  prisoners  in  Can- 
ada at  the  time  Royalton  was  burnt  and  were  not  then  taken  as  has 
been  stated  in  the  narrative  of  that  event.”  The  author  of  the  fore- 
going paragraphs  from  the  earlier  edition  of  Thompson,  signs  his  arti- 
cle by  the  initials  A.  W.  He  gets  Bunker  Hill  moved  forward  a 
month  and  his  “more  than  100  miles”  is  very  nearly  130  miles  as  the 
sound  would  have  to  go  but  the  writer  knows  that  the  tradition  of 
Bunker  Hill  battle  having  been  heard  on  Barnard  hills  has  been  com- 
mon in  the  towns  in  the  vicinity  of  White  River  valley,  and  as  distinct 
as  that  the  people  of  Montpelier  gathered  on  the  hill  in  Berlin  oppo- 
site the  capitol,  and  listened  to  the  guns  of  the  battle  of  Lake  Cham- 
plain in  September,  1814. 


BARNET. — Town  in  Caledonia  County.  New  Hampshire  grant 
as  Barnett  of  23,040  acres  to  Simons  Stevens  and  sixty-six  associates. 
Sept.  16,  1763,  pp.  24-28. 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 69,  84,  107,  146;  II — 123;  V — 
survey  of  lines;  X — 147,  bounds  of;  Hemen  way’s  Vermont  Historical 
Gazetteer,  I — 271;  Child’s  Essex  and  Caledonia  Co.  Gazetteer, 
1887,  p.  133;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  23;  Thompson’s 
History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  8;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers, 
1851,  p.  124;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England, 
1860,  p.  739. 


BARRE,  CITY  OF — City  in  Washington  County.  Incorporated 
out  of  part  of  the  town  of  Barre,  (Laws  of  1894,  144  to  176).  The 
territory  included  within  the  city  limits  is  about  1917  acres,  and  the 
present  town  of  Barre  has  about  17,736  acres.  See  Barre,  Town  of. 


APPENDIX. 


629 


BARRE,  TOWN  OF. — Town  in  Washington  County.  Vermont 
grant  of  23,040  acres  to  Col.  William  Williams  and  sixty-four  associ- 
ates by  the  name  of  Wildersburgh,  Aug.  12,  1781,  ([Ms.]  Vermont 
Charters  I — 107  to  110).  Because  “the  name  of  the  township  has  ever 
sounded  uncouthly  to  the  inhabitants  and  settlers  and  is  also  disa- 
greeable on  account  of  its  length,”  ([Ms.]  Vermont  State  Papers, 
29-61),  the  legislature  changed  the  name  of  the  town  to  Bane,  Oct. 
19,  1793,  (Laws,  p.  5.)  Boundaries  of  Barre  established,  (Laws 
of  1799,  p.  17;  1801,  p.  88;  1802,  p.  48.) 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 18,  88,  97,  113,  119,  120,  140;  II 
— 30,  41,  52,  69,  88;  X — 17,  bounds  of.  Part  of  the  town  was  incor- 
porated as  the  City  of  Barre,  (Laws  of  1894,  144  to  176.) 

Hemen way’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  4-23;  Child’s  Washing- 
ton Co.  Gazetteer,  1889,  p.  129 ; Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849, 
p.  24;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  9;  Deming’s 
Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  125;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of 
New  England,  1860,  p.  740;  Nickerson  & Cox’s  Historical  Souvenir 
of  Barre,  1894. 

See  Newhrook,  (New  York  grant), 


BARTON. — Town  in  Orleans  County.  Vermont  grant  to  Col. 
William  Barton  and  Company,  sixty-five  in  number,  of  a township  of 
land  by  the  name  of  Providence  by  act  of  Oct.  23,  1781 — Providence, 
R.  I.,  being  the  residence  of  Col.  Barton.  A charter  was  not  issued 
until  Oct.  20,  1789,  and  then  to  Col.  Barton  and  twenty-eight  associ- 
ates of  a township  by  the  name  of  Barton,  (Governor  and  Council,  2 
— 122;  [Ms.]  Vermont  Charters  I — 40  to  43) ; part  of  Sheffield  was 
annexed,  (Laws  of  1858,  p.  51). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 15,  16,  38,  91,  138  (copy  of  char- 
ter) ; X — 83,  bounds  of;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer, 
3-71 ; Child’s  Lamoille  and  Orleans  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  200;  Hay- 
ward’s Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  25;  Thompson’s  History  of  Ver- 
mont, 1842,  Part  HI,  p.  12;  Deming’s  Vermont  Otticers,  1851,  p. 
125;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  742. 


BELT.(  ISLAND. — In  Lake  Memphremagog ; annexed  to  Derby 
and  Auditor  of  Accounts  authorized  to  sell,  (Laws  of  1865,  p.  244.) 


632 


APPENDIX. 


Charters  I — 9 to  11).  A New  York  grant  of  5,000  acres  by  Lt.  Gov. 
Colden  to  Farquahar  Sept.  8,  1770,  covered  lands  now  in  Benson. 

Vermont  Historical  Society  Collections,  I — 155  ; Hemenway’s  Ver- 
mont Historical  Gazetteer,  3 — 405;  Child’s  Rutland  Co.  Gazetteer, 
1882,  p.  75;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  27;  Thomp- 
son’s History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  21 ; Deming’s  Vermont 
Officers,  1851,  p.  126;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  Eng- 
land, 1860,  p.  747. 


BENTON’S  GORE. — About  5,000  acres  of  land  in  Windsor 
County  granted  by  Vermont  Oct.  25,  1781,  to  Samuel  Benton  and 
twenty-three  associates.  By  the  charter  it  was  constituted  a part  of 
the  town  of  Andover.  It  became  a part  of  Weston  when  that  town 
was  incorporated  Oct.  26,  1799. 

[Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  3 — 1;  Laws  of  1799,  p.  14;  Thompson’s 
History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  22;  Deming’s  Vermont  Offi- 
cers, 1851,  p.  126. 

See  Virgin  HaV  (New  York  grant),  post. 


BERKSHIRE. — Town  in  Franklin  County.  Vermont  grant  to 
William  Goodrich  and  sixty  associates,  June  22,  1781  ([Ms.]  Ver- 
mont Charters  I — 22  to  24.)  Line  with  Richford  established  and  sale 
of  a gore  of  land  (Enosburgh  Gore)  between  Berkshire  and  Enos- 
burgh,  Montgomery,  and  Richford,  directed,  (Laws  of  1802,  pp.  158- 
160.)  So  much  of  the  law  of  1802,  as  directed  sale  of  a gore  of  land 
between  Berkshire  and  Richford,  was  repealed,  (Laws  of  1803,  p.  60). 
Line  with  Enosburgh  altered  and  part  of  Enosburgh  annexed,  and 
part  of  Berkshire  annexed  to  Enosburgh,  (Laws  of  1838,  p.  14.) 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers  I — 5,  92, 127,  162;  V — survey  of  lines; 
X — 103,  bounds  of;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  2- 
109;  Child’s  Franklin  and  Grand  Isle  Co.  Gazetteer,  1883,  p.  72; 
Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  27 ; Thompson’s  History 
of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  22;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851, 
p.  126 ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860, 
p.  748. 


BERLIN. — Town  in  Washington  County.  New  Hampshire  grant 
of  23,040  acres  to  Rev.  Dr.  Chauncy  Graham  and  sixty-three  asso- 
ciates, June  8,  1763,  ante  j)p.  35-38. 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 14, 106,  113,  117  ; II,  26,  52,  87, 149, 


APPENDIX. 


633 


charter  of ; IV — survey  of  lines  ; X — 2,  5,  17,  bounds  of ; Hemen- 
way’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  4-53 ; CJiild’s  Washington  Co. 
Gazetteer,  1889,  p.  185;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  28; 
Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  22  ; Deming’s 
Vermont  Officers,  1851,  App.  p.  126  ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  His- 
tory of  Xew  England,  1860,  p.  749. 


BESSBOROUGH. — New  York  grant  of  36,000  acres  by  Lt.  Gov. 
Colden,  March  20,  1770.  It  embraced  what  is  now  St.  Johnsbury 
and  vicinity.  Vermont  Historical  Society  Collections  I — 154. 


BETHEL. — Town  in  Windsor  County.  Vermont  grant  of  23,060 
acres  to  John  Payne,  John  House,  and  forty-five  associates;  the 
grant  was  voted  October  27,  1779,  and  the  charter  issued  Dec.  23, 
1779,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charter  I — 1 to  3).  Line  with  Rochester 
established,  (Laws  of  1821,  p.  213)  . 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 100,  174,  232  ; II  — 32,  142,  charter 
of ; IV  ; V — survey  of  lines  ; X — 53,  bounds  of ; Child’s  Windsor 
Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  88;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842, 
Part  HI,  p.  24 ; Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  28 ; Dem- 
ing’s Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  127 ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  His- 
tory of  New  England,  1860,  p.  749;  Thompson’s  Gazetteer,  1824, 
p.  64. 

Bethel  was  the  first  town  granted  and  chartered  by  Vermont.  Its 
settlement  began  in  1780. 


BILLYMEAD. — Now  Sutton,  Caledonia  County.  Vermont  grant 
of  23,040  acres  to  Jonathan  Arnold  and  twelve  associates,  Feb.  26, 
1782,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters  I — 281  to  283).  Billymead  was 
claimed  by  tlie  proprietoi*s  of  Bamf.  (New  York  grant)  ; ([Ms.]  Ver- 
mont St<ite  Jki})ers,  18-80.)  Name  changed  to  Sutton,  (Laws  of 

1812,  p.  16). 

J'hompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  25;  Deming's 
Vermont  Officei*s,  1851,  p.  127. 

See  Sutton. 


IiLACK  ISIiAND. — In  Lake  Mempliremagog  ; annexed  to  Derby 
and  Auditor  of  Accounts  authorized  to  sell,  ( Laws  of  186)5,  p.  244.) 


634 


APPENDIX. 


BLAKE’S  GORE. — Vermont  grant  of  a tract  of  land  between 
Sharon  and  Strafford  to  Timothy  Blake  and  fourteen  associates, 
June  18,  1785,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  III — 7 to  9.) 


BLOOMFIELD. — Town  in  Essex  County.  New  Hampshire  grant 
as  Minehead,  of  23,040  acres  to  Rev.  Noah  Waddams  and  sixty-three 
associates,  June  29, 1762;  ante  pp.  39-42.  Name  changed  to  Bloom- 
field (Laws  of  1830,  p.  26). 

Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  1-950;  Child’s  Essex 
and  Caledonia  Co.  Gazetteer,  1887,  p.  389 ; Thompson’s  History  of 
Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  25 ; Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849, 
p.  29;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  127 ; Coolidge  and  Mans- 
field’s History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  750. 


BOLTON. — Town  in  Chittenden  County.  New  Hampshire  grant 
of  23,040  acres  to  George  Bunnell  and  sixty-five  associates,  June  7, 
1763;  ante  43-47.  Part  annexed  to  Richmond,  (Laws  of  1804, 
p.  26).  Part  of  Huntington  annexed,  (Laws  of  1794,  pp.  55-57  ; 1808, 
p.  135).  Part  annexed  to  Waterbury,  (Laws  of  1851,  p.  64). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 11,  191 ; II — 22 ; VII — survey  of 
lines  ; X — 53,  bounds  of ; Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer, 
I — 480;  Child’s  Chittenden  County  Gazetteer,  1883,  p.  86;  Rann’s 
History  of  Chittenden  County,  1886,  p.  384 ; Thompson’s  History  of 
Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  25;  Hay  ward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849, 
p.  29  ; Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  127  ; Coolidge  and  Mans- 
field’s History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  751. 


BRADFORD. — Town  in  Orange  County.  New  York  grant  as 
Mooretown  of  25,000  acres  to  William  Smith  by  Lt.  Gov.  Colden, 
May  3,  1770,  (Vermont  Historical  Society  Collections,  I — 154;  H. 
Hall’s  Early  History  of  Vermont,  pp.  92-94).  Name  changed  to 
Bradford,  Oct.  23,  1788,  (Laws,  p.  9.) 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 117,  145,  153,  154 ; II — 3,  4,  20,  22, 
29,  58,  78,  80,  162;  IX — survey  of  lines;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  His- 
torical Gazetteer,  2-807  ; Child’s  Orange  Co.  Gazetteer,  1888,  p.  161 ; 
Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  25;  Hayward’s 
Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  29;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851, 
p.  127 ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p. 
751;  McKeen’s  History  of  Bradford,  1875;  Address  of  Col.  J.  H. 
Benton,  Jr.,  July  4,  1895,  at  dedication  of  library. 


APPENDIX. 


635 


BRADLEYVALE. — Incorporated  out  of  Pearsall’s  Gore  ‘‘with 
all  the  rights,  privileges  and  immunities  enjoyed  by  other  towns  in 
this  state ; except  so  far  as  may  relate  to  the  right  of  representation,” 
Oct.  29,  1803,  (Laws,  p.  25.)  The  town  was  never  represented  in 
the  legislature,  and  was  annexed  to  Concord  and  Victory,  (Laws  of 
1856,  p.  91.) 

Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  26  ; Hayward’^ 
Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  30;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851, 

p.  128. 


BRAINTREE. — Town  in  Orange  County.  Vermont  grant  of 
23,040  acres  to  Jacob  Spear,  Levi  Davis,  and  sixty-three  associates, 
Aug.  1,  1781,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters  I — 114  to  118.)  Part 
annexed  to  Rochester,  (Laws  of  1824,  p.  15.) 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers  I — 10,  84,  95;  II — 68;  IV — survey  of 
lines;  X — 61,  bounds  of;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazet- 
teer, 2-844,  (an  interesting  historical  sketch  by  Miss  Miriam  M- 
Nichols);  Child’s  Orange  Co.  Gazetteer,  1888,  p.  198;  Thompson’s 
History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  27  ; Hayward’s  Vermont 
Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  30;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  128; 
Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  752; 
Braintree  Centennial,  1781-1881;  History,  by  H.  Royce  Bass,  1883. 


BRANDON. — Town  in  Rutland  County.  New  Hampshire  grant 
as  Neshobe,  of  23,000  acres  to  Josiah  Powers  and  sixty-five  associ- 
ates, Oct.  20,  1761,  ante  pp.  47-51.  Name  changed  to  Brandon, 
OcL  20,  1784.  Part  annexed  to  Philadelphia  for  school  purposes, 
(Laws  of  1812,  p.  158).  This  law  repealed  if  towns  so  vote  (Laws 
of  1854,  p.  60).  Part  provisionally  annexed  to  Goshen  (Laws  of 
1854,  p.  59).  Annexation  of  part  to  Chittenden  authorized  (Laws 
of  1855,  p.  75).  Annexation  of  part  of  Pittsford  to  Brandon  and 
}>art  of  Brandon  to  Pittsford  authorized,  (Laws  of  1854,  p.  57). 

Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  3 — 428;  Child’s  Rut- 
land Co.  Gazetteer,  1882,  p.  84;  Thompson's  History  of  \"ermoiit, 
1842,  Part  HI,  p.  27;  Hayward’s  Vermont  (iazetteer,  1849,  p.  31; 
Deming’s  Vermont  Ofiicei*s,  1851,  p.  31;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s 
HisUjry  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  753. 

See  Ualen}>orouffh^  (New  York  grant),  post. 


B BATTLE  B( ) RO.— Town 
sliire  grant  of  19,360  acres  to 


in  Windham  County.  New  Hani]>- 
Williain  Brattle  and  fifty  associate's. 


636 


APPENDIX. 


Dec.  26,  1758;  charter  renewed  June  11,  1760,  and  July  6,  1761; 
ante  pp.  51-8.  New  Hampshire  charter  of  Dec.  26,  1753,  was  con- 
firmed by  New  York  grant  of  19,500  acres,  July  22,  1766,  (Vermont 
Historical  Society  Collections  1-154).  Vermont  postoffice  estab- 
lished, March  9,  1787,  (Laws,  p.  116);  repealed,  Nov.  10,  1797  (R. 
1797,  Repeals). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers  I — 224;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Histori- 
cal Gazetteer,  5-17 ; Child’s  Windham  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  82 ; 
Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  28;  Hayward’s 
Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  32;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851, 
p.  128 ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p. 
755;  Early  History,  by  Henry  Burnham;  B.  H.  Hall’s  History  of 
Eastern  Vermont,  passim. 

Thompson  (in  his  1824  edition)  says  : — “ The  first  civilized  estab- 
lishment in  Vermont  was  made  in  the  south-east  part  of  this  town 
in  1724,  and  was  called  ‘Fort  Dummer’;”  also  “Col.  John  Ser- 
geant was  the  first  known  white  person  born  in  the  State  of  Ver- 
mont.” Fort  Dummer  was  at  least  the  first  white  settlement  in 
Vermont  east  of  the  Green  Mountains,  unless  it  be  that  in  Vernon 
which  was  in  part  included  in  Northfield,  Mass.,  some  of  the  settlers 
in  the  seventeenth  century  had  their  farms  north  of  the  present  Ver- 
mont line.  Conant  in  his  History  of  Vermont  gives  Vernon  as  first 
settled. 


BRIDGEWATER. — Town  in  Windsor  County.  New  Hampshire 
grant  of  28,000  acres  to  Seth  and  Rufus  Field  and  fifty-nine  associates, 
July  10,  1761,  ante  pp.  58-62. 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers  I — 234;  II — 39;  Child’s  Windsor  Co. 
Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  95;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part 
III,  p.  30;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  33;  Deming’s 
Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  129;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of 
New  England,  1860,  p.  757. 


BRIDPORT. — Town  in  Addison  County.  New  Hampshire  grant 
of  25,500  acres  to  Ebenezer  Wiswall  and  sixty-three  associates,  Oct. 
9,  1761,  ante  pp.  62-66. 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers  X-12,  13,  bounds  of ; Hemenway’s 
Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  1-16;  Child’s  Addison  Co.  Gazetteer, 
1882,  p.  73;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  31; 
Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1848,  p.  33 ; Deming’s  Vermont  Offi- 
cers, 1851,  p.  129 ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England, 
1860,  p.  758. 


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BRIGHTON. — Town  in  Essex  County.  Vermont  grant  to  Col. 
Joseph  Nightingale  and  sixty-four  associates,  as  Random,  Aug.  13, 
1781,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  1-82  to  85.)  Name  changed  to 
Brighton  Nov.  3,  1832,  (Laws,  p.  24).  Part  of  Wenlock  annexed  and 
part  of  Brighton  annexed  to  Ferdinand,  (Laws  of  1853,  p.  57). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers  1-92,  126  ; 11-18 ; Ill-survey  of  lines  ; 
X-81,  bounds  of;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  1-952  ; 
Child’s  Essex  and  Caledonia  Co.  Gazetteer,  1887,  p.  397  ; Thompson’s 
History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  33;  Hayward’s  Vermont 
Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  35  ; Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  129  ; 
Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  761. 


BRISTOL. — Town  in  Addison  County.  New  Hampshire  grant  as 
Pocock,  of  23,600  acres,  to  Samuel  Averill  and  sixty-three  associates, 
June  26,  1762,  ante  pp.  66-70.  Name  changed  to  Bristol,  Oct.  21, 
1789,  (Laws,  p.  2).  Part  annexed  to  Lincoln,  (Laws  of  1824,  p.  17.) 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  1-9 ; 11-107  ; X-22,  23,  bounds  of ; 
Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  1-19 ; Child’s  Addison  Co. 
Gazetteer,  1882,  p.  81 ; Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI, 
p.  34  ; Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  35  ; Deming’s  Vermont 
Officers,  1851,  p.  130 ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New 
England,  1860,  p.  762. 


BROOKFIELD. — Town  in  Orange  County.  Vermont  grant  of 
23,040  acres  to  Phinehas  Lyman  and  sixty-four  associates,  Aug.  5, 
1781,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Cliarters,  1-156  to  158,  350)  ; Aug.  15,  1781, 
(fd.,  2-7.)  Annexation  of  part  to  Chelsea  authorized,  (Laws  of 
1829,  p.  21.) 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  1-84;  1 1-86  ; IV-survey  of  lines;  X- 
57,  lK)unds  of ; Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  2-854; 
Cliild’s  Orange  Co.  Gazetteer,  1888,  p.  212;  Thompson’s  History  of 
Vermont,  1842,  l^artlll,  p.  34;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849, 
p.  36;  Deming’s  Vermont  Ofiicers,  1851,  p.  130;  Coolidge  and  Mans- 
field’s HisR)ry  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  763  ; Centennial  of  Brookfield 
Libniry,  1891. 


BROr)K I>INE. — Town  in  Windham  C’ounty.  Incorporated  out 
of  Putney  and  Athens  Nov.  30,  1794,  (Laws,  pp.  124-6),  Imt 


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was  not  allowed  a representative  in  the  General  Assembly  until  1828, 
when  the  General  Assembly  determined  that  the  constitutional  pro- 
vision giving  each  town  representation  was  more  potent  than  any 
attempted  legislative  restriction  of  the  right;  Vermont  Assembly 
Journal,  1823,  p.  52.  Part  of  Putney  annexed,  (Laws  of  1804, 
p.  20).  Part  of  Newfane  annexed  (Laws  of  1820,  p.  41). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  11-16;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  His- 
torical Gazetteer,  5-377 ; Child’s  Windham  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p. 
159;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  85 ; Hay- 
ward’s Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  36  ; Deming’s  Vermont  Officers, 
1851,  p.  130;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England, 
1860,  p.  763. 


BROWNINGTON. — Town  in  Orleans  County.  Vermont  grant 
of  two  tracts  of  16,750  and  3,095  acres  to  Timothy  and  Daniel  Brown 
and  sixty-four  associates,  Oct.  2,  1790,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I 
— 353  to  355.)  The  smaller  of  the  two  tracts,  (called  Brownington 
Gore),  annexed  to  Caldersburg,  (now  Morgan),  (Laws  of  1801,  p. 
62). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers  1-8,  154 ; X — 83,  100,  bounds  of ; 
Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  3-90;  Child’s  Lamoille 
and  Orleans  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  213 ; Thompson’s  History  of 
Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  36;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1847, 
p.  37 ; Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  131 ; Coolidge  and  Mans- 
field’s History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  764. 


BROWNINGTON  GORE. — Tract  of  3,095  acres  granted  as  a part 
of  Brownington  and  annexed  to  Caldersburgh  (now  Morgan)  in  1801, 
(Laws,  p.  82);  and  also  Brownington,  ante. 


BRUMLEY  or  BROMLEY. — Now  Peru,  (which  see).  New 
Hampshire  grant  as  Brumley  of  23,040  acres  to  William  Sumner  and 
sixty-five  associates,  Oct.  18,  1761,  ante  pp.  339-43.  Name  changed 
to  Peru,  Feb.  3,  1804,  (Laws,  p.  34). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  1-173;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont, 
1842,  Part  HI,  p.  34;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  130. 


BRUNSWICK. — Town  in  Essex  County.  New  Hampshire  grant 
of  25,000  acres  to  Stephen  Noble  and  sixty-three  associates,  Oct.  13, 
1761,  ante  pp.  71-74. 


APPENDIX. 


639 


Surveyor  General’s  Papers  1-7,  90, 166;  IX-survey  of  lines ; X-86, 
bounds  of;  Heinenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  1-960;  Child’s 
Essex  and  Caledonia  Co.  Gazetteer,  1887,  p.  413;  Thompson’s  History 
of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  36;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer, 
1849,  p.  37;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  131;  Coolidge 
and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  764. 


BUEL’S  GORE. — A tract  of  land  in  Chittenden  County.  Ver- 
mont grant  of  4,273  acres  as  a part  of  Coventry  to  Major  Elias  Buel 
and  fifty-nine  associates,  Nov.  4,  1780,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters  I- 
43  to  46.)  Part  annexed  to  New  Huntington,  (now  Huntington), 
(Laws  of  1794,  pp.  55-57). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  X-30  ; Child’s  Chittenden  Co.  Gazetteer, 
1883,  p.  93;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  36; 
Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  132. 

Coventry  was  granted  in  1780  to  be  situate  about  on  the  line  of 
Rutland  and  Addison  counties  but  it  was  found  its  site  was  already 
taken,  and  in  1784  Capt.  Elias  Buel  obtained  that  “flying  grant”  by 
which,  in  1788,  he  obtained  a charter  of  what  is  now  Coventry,  in 
Orleans  County,  and  of  Buel’s  Gore  in  Chittenden  County.  The 
Coventry  charter  was  not  issued  or  the  land  under  it  surveyed  till 
1788,  but  its  charter  was  dated  l)ack  to  Nov.  4,  1780.  This  charter 
so  dated  refers,  in  stating  the  bounds,  to  trees  marked  in  September, 
1788,  and  some  of  the  sketclies  of  Coventry  change  the  dates  of  the 
marking  of  the  trees  back  to  September,  1780,  to  fit  the  date  of  the 
charter.  44ie  trees  were  marked  in  September,  1788,  and  are  rightly 
referred  to  in  the  cliarter  as  so  marked  and  tlie  discrepancy  occurs 
by  dating  the  cliarter  back  to  tlie  year  the  grant  was  originally  made 
to  Buel. 

Biiel’s  petition  of  Nov.  16,  1788,  found  in  [Ms.]  V ermont  State 
Papei’s,  relates  his  difliculties  with  liis  “flying  grant.”  It  is  as  fol- 
lows : 

“To  tlie  Hold  General  Assembly  of  the  Stat  of  Vermont  To  be 
('on veiled  at  Westminister  on  the  2'"‘  ddiursday  of  OcP  next 

44ie  Petition  of  Elias  Ibiell  of  Coventry,  in  the  State  of  Connecti- 
cut Lnto  Your  Hold"  Humbly  Sheweth 44iat  in  1780  your  1*P 

with  his  associates  to  the  number  of  sixty  Rrefered  their  Pt"  for  a 
township  of  Lands,  in  this  state  A hy  advice  of  gent"  Referd  to  in 
this  State,  Located  the  same  Between  the  townshijis  of  Hubardston, 
Benson,  Sudbury'  Orwell  and  Whiting  44ien  sujiposed  to  lie  \hicant 
Lands  fora  full  4'ownslii]),  and  tliat  in  Oct*^  1780  Your  RP  Obtaineil 
a grant  of  s''  Lands  at  £10  [d  Right,  and  Inimediately  thereon  Paid 


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APPENDIX. 


the  granting  fees  then  Required  in  solid  Coin. — That  some  years 
after  it  was  found  by  ascertaining  the  Surveys  of  s^^  adjoining  Towns 
that  the  Same  Covered  the  Whole  of  s*^  Lands,  Whereupon  your 
PeR  in  OcP  1784  Prefered  his  Pt"  to  the  Hon^  Assembly  Stating  s*^ 
facts  & Praying  for  an  Equivolent  in  any  of  the  Unlocated  Lands  in 
this  State,  and  Obtained  a flying  Grant  for  an  Equivalent,  and  that 
Due  Regard  Should  be  had  to  the  quantity,  quality.  Situation  & 
Time  of  the  former  Grant  (as  by  files  & Records  may  appear)  That 
your  Hon*^®  PP  notwithstanding  his  Indefatigable  and  Expensive  Per- 
suits  for  more  than  Eight  years  hath  never  been  able  to  Locate  and 
Obtain  a Charter  of  s'^  Lands,  Untill  OcP  1788  and  that  the  Lands 
now  Obtained  are  in  three  Diferent  Parts,  and  Mostly  in  the  North- 
erly Extreams  of  this  State,  and  are  but  Equal  in  quantity,  (not  in 
quality  & situation)  With  Lands  first  Granted,  that  your  PP  as  a 
Part  of  s*^  grant  Hath  a gore  of  about  4000  acres  Laying  East  of 
Starksburrough  about  Eight  miles  & | in  Length,  & about  One  Mile 
in  width  on  the  North  (adjoining  on  New  Huntington  and  Termi- 
nating in  a Point  at  the  South  & is  mostly  Broken  and  mountainous, 
that  it  is  Inviron’d  by  an  Inacsesable  Ridge  of  Mountains  on  the 
Starksbury  East  Line  and  by  Its  situation  no  ways  Convenient  to  he 
annexed  to  New  Huntington,  that  on  the  East  adjoining  s^^  Gore 
their  is  about  four  Thousand  acres  of  Vacant  Lands  Laying  on  the 
hight  & Range  of  the  Green  Mountains  & adjoin  on  Fayston  Chiefly 
mountainous,  but  Interspersed  with  valeys  Capable  of  Improvement, 
Which  if  annexed  to  the  Lands  granted  to  your  PP  might  make  a 

small  Cororate  District Whereupon  your  Petitioner  Prays  your 

Hon*"®  to  Grant  him  s*^  vacant  Lands  Described  as  Some  Compensa- 
tion for  his  Losses  & Disapointments  on  his  Paying  the  Charter  fees 
or  on  such  moderate  Granting  fees  as  y’’  Hon®  shall  think  Just  and 
the  Same  Incorporate  with  the  gore  allready  granted  y’'  PeP  by  the 
name  of  Montzoar  and  your  Hon’’®  PeP  further  Prays  (that  your 
Hon’'®  Considering  the  Long  & accumulated  Disapointments  Losses 
Troubles  and  Expense  sustained  by  y’'  PeP  associates)  that  your 
Hon*^®  Would  grant  your  PeP  and  associates  Such  Parts  & Peaces, 
of  Vacant  & unlocated  Lands  in  this  State  as  may  still  be  found 
ungranted  (not  less  than  10000  acres  nor  Exceeding  40000  acres,  on 
such  Granting  fees  & under  such  Regulations  and  Restrictions  as 
your  Hon’’®  in  your  wisdom  shall  think  fit  and  y’'  PeP  in  Duty  Bound 
shall  Ever 

Pray 

Dated  at  Rutland  Elias  Buell 

Nov^  16‘^  1788  ” 


APPENDIX. 


641 


BURKE. — Town  in  Caledonia  County.  Vermont  grant  as  Burk 
of  23,040  acres  to  Justus  Rose,  Capt.  Uriah  Seymour,  and  sixty-three 
associates,  Feb.  20,  1782,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  1-50).  Part 
known  as  Burke  Tongue  annexed  to  Hopkinsville  and  the  whole 
incorporated  into  a toAvn  by  the  name  of  Kirby,  (Laws  of  1807,  p.  71.) 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers  1-4,  6 ; 11-40,  163,  charter  of ; IV-sur- 
vey  of  lines;  X-69,  109,  bounds  of;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical 
Gazetteer,  1-302;  Child’s  Essex  and  Caledonia  Co.  Gazetteer,  1887, 
p.  151;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  36;  Hay- 
ward’s Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  37;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers, 
1851,  p.  132;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England, 
1860,  p.  765. 

See  BamJ\  (New  York  grant),  ante. 


BURKE  TONGUE. — See  Burke.  Thompson’s  History  of  Ver- 
mont, 1842,  Part  HI,  p.  37. 


BURLINGTON. — City  in  Chittenden  County.  New  Hampshire 
grant  of  23,040  acres  to  Samuel  Willis,  John  Willis,  3d,  and  sixty- 
four  associates,  June  7,  1763,  ante  pp.  75-79.  Part  incorporated  into 
town  of  Williston  Oct.  27,  1794,  (Laws  p.  55).  Part  annexed 
to  Williston  and  line  between  the  two  established,  (Laws  of  1797,  p. 
66).  Division  of  Burlington  into  city  of  Burlington  and  town  of 
South  Burlington  authorized,  (Laws  of  1852,  pp.  85-96). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers  1-85,  109,  114,  177  to  185,  196;  H-16, 
25,  100,  101,  103,  104,  109,  110,  131,  141;  IV,  VI,  VII  -survey  of 
lines ; Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  1-487 ; Child’s 
Chittenden  Co.  Gazetteer,  1883,  p.  94;  Rann’s  History  of  Chittenden 
Co.,  1886,  p.  392;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p. 
37;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  37;  Deming’s  Vermont 
Officers,  1851,  p.  132;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New 
England,  1860,  p.  765;  Auld’s  Picturescpie  Burlington,  1893. 

See  JJeerfiehl^  (New  York  grant),  pout. 


('ABOT. — 'Fown  in  Wasliington  C’ounty.  VTrmont  grant  of  23,- 
040  acres  to  Jesse  Levingswortli  and  sixty-five  cassociates,  Aug.  17, 
1781,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Chartei’s,  1-240  to  243).  Town  annexed  to 
Wasliington  (\mnty,  (Laws  of  1855,  pp.  68-70).  Part  annexed  to 
Danville,  (Laws  of  1834,  p.  28). 


XM 


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APPENDIX. 


Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  1-88, 102;  11-126;  Ill-survey  of  lines; 
X-63,  79,  bounds  of;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer, 
4-74;  Child’s  Washington  Co.  Gazetteer,  1889,  p.  201;  Thompson’s 
History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  40;  Hayward’s  Vermont 
Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  39;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  133; 
Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  769. 

See  Sidney^  (New  York  grant),  post. 


CALAIS. — Town  in  Washington  County.  Vermont  grant  of  23,- 
040  acres  to  Col.  Jacob  Davis,  Stephen  Fay  and  fifty-eight  associates, 
Aug.  15,  1781,  ([Ms.J  Vermont  Charters,  1-152  to  155). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  1-27,  28 ; 11-44,  85 ; X-2,  3,  77,  bounds 
of;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  4-128;  Child’s  Wash- 
ington Co.  Gazetteer,  1889,  p.  222;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont, 
1842,  Part  HI,  p.  41;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  39; 
Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  133;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s 
History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  770. 

See  Fenryn^  (New  York  grant),  post. 


CALDERSBURGH. — Vermont  grant  of  23,040  acres  to  Col.  Jede- 
diah  Elderkin  and  sixty-three  associates  Nov.  6,  1780,  ([Ms.]  Ver- 
mont Charters,  I — 268  to  270).  Brownington’s  and  Whitelaw’s  Gores 
annexed,  east  part  annexed  to  Wenlock,  and  name  changed  to  Mor- 
gan Oct.  19,  1801,  (Laws  p.  82). 


CALDWELL’S  UPPER  MANOR. — Same  as  Alburgh.  Nov.  1, 
1744,  the  King  of  France  granted  Alburgh  to  Francis  Foucault; 
after  the  conquest  of  Canada  the  grant  was  confirmed  by  the  King 
of  Great  Britain  ; the  title  subsequently  passed  from  Foucault  to  Gen. 
Haldimand  and  thence  to  Henry  and  John  Caldwell,  all  British 
subjects. 

Governor  and  Council,  IV — 455. 


CAMBRIDGE. — Town  in  Lamoille  County.  Vermont  grant  to  Col. 
Samuel  Robinson,  Hon.  John  Fassett,  Junior,  Esq.,  Jonathan  Fassett, 
Esq.,  and  seventy-three  associates  Aug.  30,  1781,  ([Ms.]  Vermont 
Charters,  I — 210  to  213).  Part  of  Sterling  annexed,  (Laws  of  1828, 
p.  15).  Annexation  of  parts  of  Fairfax  and  Fletcher  authorized, 
(Laws  of  1841,  p.  58). 


APPEJ^DIX. 


643 


Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 128 ; X — 2,  5,  6,  T,  bounds  of ; Hem- 
enway’s  Yerinont  Historical  Gazetteer,  2 — 595  ; Child’s  Lamoille  and 
Orleans  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  66;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont, 
1842,  Part  HI,  p.  43 ; Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  41 ; 
Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  133 ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s 
History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  772. 


CAMDEX. — Ncav  York  gTant  by  Lt.  Gov.  Colden  Nov.  13,  1769, 
to  Robert  R.  Lhdngston,  Chief  Justice  of  New  York,  of  35,000  acres, 
covering  land  in  Jamaica,  IVardsborough,  and  Dover. 

Vermont  Historical  Society  Collections,  I — 154. 


CANAAN. — Town  in  Essex  County.  Vermont  grant  of  15,360 
acres  to  John  Wheeler  and  forty-three  associates  Feb.  25,  1782, 
([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  HI — 2 to  4).  Norfolk  annexed  Oct.  23, 
1801,  (Laws,  p.  95).  Part  annexed  to  Lemington,  (Laws  of  1837, 
p.  101).  Annexation  of  part  of  Lemington  authorized,  (Laws  of 
1870,  p.  569). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 30  ; II — 49, 120, 121 ; Child’s  Essex 
and  Caledonia  Co.  Gazetteer,  1887,  p.  415 ; Thompson’s  History  of 
Vermont,  1842,  p.  44 ; Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  42 ; 
Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  134 ; Coolidge  and  jMansfield’s 
Histor}^  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  773. 

See  Thirmmg^  (New  York  grant),  post. 


CARTHAGE.— See  Jay. 


CASTLETON. — dYwii  in  Rutland  County.  New  Hampshire 
grant  of  23,040  acres  to  Samuel  Brown  and  sixty-three  associates. 
Sept.  22,  1761,  ante  pp.  79-82.  Setting  off  part  of  school  district  No. 
9 to  No.  11  of  Hul)])ardtoii  legalized,  (Laws  of  1829,  p.  294). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  VII — survey  of  lines;  Ilemenway's 
Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  3-501  ; Child's  Rutland  ('o.  Gazetteer, 
1882,  p.  97  ; Tbompson’s  History  of  \"ermont,  1842,  Part  III,  j).  45; 
Haywai’d's  N'ermont  Gazetteer,  184i>,  p.  42;  Deming's  Wuinont  Offi- 
cers, 1851,  p.  134;  (’oolidge  and  Mansfield's  History  of  New  Eiig- 


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CAVENDISH. — Town  in  Windsor  County.  New  Hampshire 
grant  of  25,000  acres  to  Amos  Kimball  and  sixty-five  associates,  Oct* 
12,  1761,  ante  pp.  83-87.  New  York  grant  by  Gov.  Tryon  of  22,000 
acres,  Jan.  6,  1772,  was  a confirmation  of  New  Hampshire  charter; 
Vermont  Historical  Society  Collections,  I — 157.  Oct.  19, 1793,  (Laws, 
p.  6),  Cavendish  was  divided  into  two  towns,  Baltimore  being  incor- 
porated but  represented  jointly  with  Cavendish,  (Vermont  Assembly 
Journal,  1823,  p.  51).  Line  with  Baltimore  established,  (Laws  of 
1841,  p.  58). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  II — 67  ; Child’s  Windsor  Co.  Gazetteer, 
1884,  p.  101 ; Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  47  ; 
Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  43;  Deming’s  Vermont  Offi- 
cers, 1851,  p.  134;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  Eng- 
land, 1860,  p.  775. 


CHARLESTON. — Town  in  Orleans  County.  Vermont  grant  of 
23,040  acres  as  Navy  to  Abraham  Whipple  and  sixty-three  associates, 
Nov.  10,  1780,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 206  to  209).  Name 
changed  to  Charleston,  Nov.  16,  1825,  (Laws,  p.  33). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  (see  Navy),  I — 92,  171 ; II — 46,  161, 
164;  HI — survey  of  lines;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazet- 
teer, 3-105 ; Child’s  Lamoille  and  Orleans  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884, 
p.  220;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  50;  Hay- 
ward’s Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  44;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers, 
1851,  p.  134;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England, 
1860,  p.  777. 


CHARLOTTE. — Town  in  Chittenden  County.  New  Hampshire 
grant  of  23,060  acres  as  Charlotta  to  Benjamin  Ferris  and  sixty-five 
associates,  June  24,  1762,  ante  pp.  87-90. 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 31,  190,  214,  236 ; VI — survey  of 
lines;  X — 4,  11,  bounds  of;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazet- 
teer, 1-733;  Child’s  Chittenden  Co.  Gazetteer,  1883,  p.  162;  Rann’s 
History  of  Chittenden  Co.,  1886,  p.  534;  Thompson’s  History  of 
Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  51 ; Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849, 
p.  45;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  135;  Coolidge  and 
Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  778. 


CHARLOTTE. — New  York  grant  of  25,000  acres  to  Nathaniel 
Marston  & Co.  by  Lt.  Gov.  Golden,  March  31,  1770,  in  Chelsea  and 
vicinity:  Vermont  Historical  Society  Collections  I — 154.  This  is 


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not  to  be  confounded  with  the  present  town  of  Charlotte,  which  see, 
ante. 


CHATHAM. — New  York  grant  of  12,750  acres  to  Lt.  John  Cruik- 
shank  and  others  by  Gov.  Duninore,  March  14, 1771,  embracing  lands 
principally  in  Dorset;  H.  Hall’s  Earl}'  History  of  Vermont,  pp. 
131,  132.  ■ 


CHELSEA. — Town  in  Orange  County.  Vermont  grant  as  Turn- 
ersborough  of  23,040  acres  to  Bela  Turner  and  seventy  associates, 
Aug.  4,  1781,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  1-193  to  196).  Name 
changed  to  Chelsea  Oct.  23,  1788,  (Laws,  p.  5).  Annexation  of  part 
of  Brookfield  authorized,  (Laws  of  1829,  p.  21). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  1-32,  84;  IV-survey  of  lines;  X-49, 
bounds  of;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  2-870; 
Child’s  Orange  Co.  Gazetteer,  1888,  p.  220;  Thompson’s  History  of 
Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  52;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer, 
1849,  p.  46;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  135;  Coolidge 
and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  779. 

See  Charlotte.)  (New  York  grant),  ante.,  and  G-agehorongh^  (New 
York  grant),  post. 


CHESTER. — Town  in  Windsor  County.  New  Hampshire  grant 
as  Flamstead  of  23,040  acres  to  John  Balbridge  and  fifty-seven  asso- 
ciates Feb.  22, 1754.  Regranted  as  New  Flamstead  to  Daniel  Haywood 
and  sixty-six  associates  Nov.  3,  1761,  ante  pp.  91-8.  The  New  York 
grant  as  Chester  of  31,700  acres  July  14,  1766,  was  a confirmation  of 
New  Hampshire  charter  of  Feb.  22,  1754;  Vermont  Historical  Society 
Collections,  1-154. 

Child’s  Windsor  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  113;  Thompson’s  History  of 
Vennont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  52;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849, 
p.  46;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  135;  Coolidge  and  Mans- 
field’s Histoiy  of  New  England,  186>0,  p.  779. 


CIirr'rENDEN. — Town  in  Rutland  (Aunty.  Vermont  grant  to 
Gei-shom  P>each  and  sixty-five  associates  March  16,  1780,  ([Ms.]  Ver- 
mont C'hartei-s,  1-184  to  186 ; II-l).  I*art  annexed  to  Philadelphia 
for  .school  i)ur])oses,  ( Laws  of  181 2,  p.  158).  Pliiladelphia  annexed 
Nov.  2,  1812,  (Laws,  }>p.  48-50).  Annexation  of  part  to  Sheri mrne 
authorized,  (Laws  of  1829,  p.  20).  Annexation  of  part  of  Brandon 


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authorized,  (Laws  of  1855,  p.  75).  Laws  of  1854,  p.  60,  repeals 
Laws  of  1812,  p.  158,  annexing  part  of  Brandon  to  Philadelphia  for 
school  purposes  provided  towns  of  Brandon  and  Chittenden  so  vote. 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 96;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Histori- 
cal Gazetteer,  3-547;  Child’s  Rutland  Co.  Gazetteer,  1882,  p.  109; 
Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  54;  Haywood’s 
Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  48;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p. 
136;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  781. 


CLARENDON. — Town  in  Rutland  County.  New  Hampshire 
grant  of  23,600  acres  to  Caleb  Willard  and  sixty-three  associates 
Sept.  5,  1761,  ante  pp.  99-102.  Part  annexed  to  Ira,  (Laws  of  1854, 
p.  57). 

Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  3-552;  Child’s  Rutland 
Co.  Gazetteer,  1882,  p.  114;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842, 
Part  HI,  p.  55;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  48;  Deming’s 
Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  136;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of 
New  England,  1860,  p.  782. 

See  JJurliam^  (New  York  grant), 


COIT’S  GORE. — Vermont  grant  of  10,000  acres  to  James  White- 
law,  James  Savage,  and  William  Coit,  Oct.  26,  1788,  ([Ms.]  Ver- 
mont Charters,  1-313;  Governor  and  Council,  HI-177,  180).  Part 
annexed  to  Bakersfield,  (Laws  of  1799,  p.  16).  Remainder  incorpo- 
rated into  town  of  Waterville,  (Laws  of  1824,  p.  141. 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  1-26;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers, 
1851,  p.  136;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  56. 


COLCHESTER. — Town  in  Chittenden  County.  New  Hampshire 
grant  of  23,040  acres  to  Edward  Burling  and  sixty-five  associates, 
June  7,  1763,  ante  pp.  103-106.  Part  united  with  part  of  Burlington 
for  school  purposes,  November  1,  1808,  (Laivs,  p.  23).  Part  annexed 
to  Milton,  (Laws  of  1868,  p.  309).  Loomis  Island  annexed,  (Laws 
of  1872,  p.  622). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  1-22,  85,  109,  114,  160,  188,  189,  195, 
210;  H-112  to  116;  VI,  VH-srvrvey  of  lines;  X-75,  bounds  of;  Hem- 
enway’s Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  1-754;  Child’s  Chittenden 
Co.  Gazetteer,  1883,  p.  179;  Rann’s  History  of  Chittenden  Co.,  1886, 
p.  553;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  56;  Hay- 
ward’s Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  49;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers, 


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1851,  p.  136;  Cooliclge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England, 
1860,  p.  783. 


CONCORD. — Town  in  Essex  County.  Vermont  grant  to  Reuben 
Jones  and  sixty-four  associates.  Sept.  15, 1781,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Char- 
ters, 1-203  to  206).  Annexed  to  Caledonia  Co.,  (Laws  of  1826,  p. 
21).  Part  of  Bradley  vale  annexed,  (Laws  of  1856,  p.  91). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  1-25,  155;  11-70;  IV-survey  of  lines; 
X-75,  bounds  of;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  1-966; 
Child’s  Essex  and  Caledonia  Co.  Gazetteer,  1887,  p.  421 ; Thompson’s 
History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  57 ; Hayward’s  Vermont  Gaz- 
etteer, 1849,  p.  50;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  137;  Cool- 
idge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  784. 

See  Kershorovgh^  (New  York  grant),  jjost. 


CORINTH. — Town  in  Orange  County.  New  Hampshire  grant  of 
24,000  acres  to  Jonathan  AVhite  Esq.,  and  sixty-five  associates,  Feb. 
1,  1764,  ante  pp.  107-110.  New  York  grant  by  Governor  Tryon  of 
23,100  acres  ]\Iarch  2,  1772,  was  a confirmation  of  New  Hampshire 
charter;  Vermont  Historical  Society  Collections,  1-156.  Boundary 
lines  of,  Nov.  4,  1799,  (Laws,  p.  17).  Line  with  Vershire  established 
Nov.  6,  1801,  (Laws,  p.  88);  Nov.  7,  1806,  (Laws,  p.  120).  Part  of 
Vershire  annexed  Oct.  23,  1811,  (Laws,  p.  30). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  1-28,  84,  140,  163;  H-77 ; IV  and  V- 
survey  of  lines;  X-42,  bounds  of;  Hemenway's  Vermont  Historical 
Gazetteer,  2-873;  Child’s  Orange  Co.  Gazetteer,  1888,  p.  244;  Thomp- 
son’s History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  58;  Hayward’s  Vermont 
Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  50;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  137  ; 
Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  784. 


CORNWALL. — Town  in  Addison  County.  New  Hampshire  grant 
of  25,000  acres  to  Elias  Reed  and  sixty-four  associates  Nov.  3,  1761, 
pp.  111-114.  Part  annexed  to  ^liddlebury,  (I^aws  of  1796,  p. 

56). 

Surveyor  (General’s  Pa]>ers,  II-Bi;  X-2U,  l)Ounds  of ; Hemenway's 
VTrmont  Historical  Gazetteer,  1-23;  (Jiild's  Addison  Co.  Gazetteer, 
1882,  9(j;  I'hompson's  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  I*art  III,  p.  59; 

Hayward's  NTiiiumt  (br/etteer,  1H49,  }>.  51  ; Demiiig's  X'ermont  Offi- 
cers, 1851,  p.  137  ; ('oolidge  and  Mansfield's  History  of  New  Liigland, 
1860,  p.  785. 

See  MorrixjiehL  (New  York  grant),  pant.  See  under  /jelcet<te)\  pont^ 
for  New  ^'ork  grant. 


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APPENDIX. 


COVENTRY. — Town  in  Orleans  County.  Nov.  4,  1780,  Major 
Elias  Buell  of  Coventry,  Conn.,  obtained  from  Vermont  for  himself 
and  associates  a grant  of  “ a Certain  tract  of  Land  in  this  State  lying 
between  the  towns  of  Shorum,  Orwel,  Hubbarton,  Sudbury  and 
Whiting,”  (Governor  and  Council,  II — 55),  and  paid  the  granting 
fees  therefor.  When  it  was  afterwards  found  that  the  surrounding 
towns  covered  nearly  the  whole  of  the  lands  granted,  the  legislature 
in  Oct.,  1784,  upon  a petition  filed,  allowed  Buell  to  select  from  the 
unlocated  lands  in  the  state  an  equivalent  for  the  deficiency,  (Gov- 
ernor and  Council,  III — 59).  Oct.  24,  1788,  a sufficient  amount  of 
land  having  been  decreed  by  the  Land  Commissioners,  in  accordance 
with  the  “flying  grant”  of  1784,  to  make  up  the  deficiency,  the  Sec- 
retary of  the  Council  was  directed  to  issue  a charter,  (Governor  and 
Council,  III — 176,  180).  The  charter  dated  Nov.  4,  1780,  issued  to 
Maj.  Elias  Buel  and  fifty-nine  associates,  included  three  tracts  of 
land;  the  present  town  of  Coventry,  16,767  acres,  2,000  acres  known 
as  Coventry  Gore,  which  was  annexed  to  Newport  in  1816,  and  Buel’s 
Gore  in  Chittenden  County  whieh  then  contained  4,273  acres,  ([Ms.] 
Vermont  Charters  I — 43  to  46).  Coventry  Gore  annexed  to  Newport, 
(Laws  of  1816,  p.  129).  Name  of  town  changed  to  Orleans,  (Laws 
of  1841,  p.  61).  Name  changed  back  to  Coventry,  (Laws  of  1843, 

p.  28). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 24,  76,  89;  II — 47,  129,  132,  160; 
X — 32,  101,  bounds  of;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer, 
3 — 136 ; Child’s  Lamoille  and  Orleans  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  227  ; 
Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  60 ; Hayward’s 
Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  52;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851, 
p.  138 ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860, 
p.  786. 

See  [Ms.]  Vermont  State  Papers,  22 — 69, 184,  for  petitions  of  Buell; 
and  also  see  Buel’s  Gore,  ante. 

See  St.  G-eorge.,  (New  York  grant), 


COVENTRY. — A “Will  o’  the  Wisp”  sometime  thought  to  have 
been  seen  where  Corn  Avail  and  Weybridge  are.  See  Governor  and 
Council,  8 — 366,  and  map  facing  p.  430 ; also  Jeffery’s  Atlas,  Map 
No.  15.  This  Coventry  is  plainly  neither  the  Coventry  petitioned 
for  and  granted  to  Major  Buel  and  associates  in  1780,  nor  the  present 
Coventry  which  Avas  chartered  (by  charter  dated  back  to  Nov.  4, 
1780,)  to  Major  Buel  and  associates  in  1788.  It  is  discovered 
nowhere  except  on  certain  maps,  and  no  doubt  there  appears  by  the 
blunder  of  the  draughtsman  or  engraver  mistaking  the  name  of  Corn- 


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wall,  which  was  granted  in  1761  ; or  by  thinking  (from  Coventry, 
N.  H.,  holding  the  same  relative  position  to  Connecticut  River  that 
Cornwall  does  to  Lake  Champlain)  that  he  was  at  work  on  the  New 
Hampshire  Coventry,  when  really  at  work  on  Cornwall.  It  looks 
more  like  a misreading  of  the  name  Cornwall  on  the  part  of  the  map 
maker,  for  the  same  map  in  Jeffery’s  contains  Betton  for  Bolton  and 
Woodbury  for  Newbury.  Such  carelessness  would  easily  make 
Coventry  out  of  Cornwall. 


COVENTRY  GORE. — Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842, 
Part  HI,  p.  60;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  144. 

See  Coventry,  ante. 


CRAFTSBURY. — Town  in  Orleans  County.  Vermont  grant  as 
linden  of  23,040  acres  to  Timothy  Newell,  Ebenezer  Craft,  and 
sixty-one  associates  Aug.  23,  1781,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 
197  to  199).  Since  “from  a similarity  of  sound  between  the  names 
of  Minden  and  Lyndon  people  often  mistake  one  for  the  other,”  the 
name  was  changed  to  Crafts  bury,  (Laws  of  1790,  p.  6). 

vSurveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 23,  231;  II — 19;  X — 8,  bounds  of; 
Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  3 — 164;  Child’s  Lamoille 
and  Orleans  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  239;  Thompson’s  History  of  Ver- 
mont, 1842,  Part  HI,  p.  60  ; Ha^^vard’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849, 
p.  52;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  138;  Coolidge  and  Mans- 
tield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  787. 


CUMBERLAND. — “ Cuml)erland  4'ownship  ” was  the  south-west 
corner  of  Cumberland  County,  and  covered  tlie  present  towns  of 
Whitingham  and  Readsboro.  New  York  grants  were  made  in  this 
territory,  one  of  10,000  acres  to  Nathan  Wliiting  and  associates 
iUarch  12,  1770;  \"ermont  Historical  Society  Collections,  I — 154. 
A record  of  a charter  of  the  town  of  Chiml)crland  lias  not  yet 
appeared. 

Hemenway's  ATrmont  Historical  Gazetteer,  Vol.  5,  Part  II — 189, 
pp.  684,  685,  (Whitingham).  See  also  map  preceding  Index  to  Vol. 
1,  Documentary  History  of  New  York.  See  also  Iteaihhoro.,  post. 


DAN  BY. — Town  in  Butland  (^ounty.  New  Hampshire  grant  of 
23,040  acres  to  Jonathan  Willard  and  sixty-one  associates,  Aug.  27, 


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1761,  ante  pp.  115-118.  New  York  grant  of  1,000  acres  to  John 
Tudor  by  Gov.  Tryon,  Feb.  20,  1772,  covered  lands  in  Danby;  Ver- 
mont Historical  Society  Collections,  I — 156.  Annexation  of  part  to 
Mt.  Tabor  authorized,  (Laws  of  1848,  pp.  9-11). 

Heinenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  3-576;  Child’s  Rut- 
land Co.  Gazetteer,  1882,  p.  122;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont, 
1842,  Part  HI,  p.  62;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  53; 
Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  139 ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s 
History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  789. 


DANVILLE. — Town  in  Caledonia  County.  Vermont  grant  of 
28,000  acres  to  Jacob  Bailey,  Jesse  Leavenworth,  and  associates,  Oct. 
31,  1786,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters  I — 319  to  324).  A committee 
was  appointed  to  report  facts  respecting  a new  charter  in  1801,  (Laws, 
p.  85).  New  charter  in  accordance  with  act  of  Nov.  6,  1802,  (Laws, 
pp.  92-105),  issued  Nov.  12,  1802,  to  seventy-five  grantees,  ([Ms.] 
Vermont  Charters,  I — 364  to  367).  Walden  Gore  annexed  Oct.  29, 
1792,  (Laws,  p.  15).  Part  of  Deweysburgh  annexed,  (Laws  of  1810, 
pp.  108-110).  Part  of  Cabot  annexed,  (Laws  of  1834,  p.  28). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 126,  147,  155  ; II — 11 ; IV — survey 
of  lines;  Hemen way’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  1-312  ; Child’s 
Essex  and  Caledonia  Co.  Gazetteer,  1887,  p.  172;  Thompson’s  His- 
tory of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  62;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazet- 
teer, 1849,  p.  53;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  140;  Coolidge 
and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  789. 

See  HilUhorough^  (New  York  grant),  post. 


DELLINS  GRANT. — A New  York  grant  made  to  Rev.  God- 
frey Dellins,  of  Albany,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  3, 1696,  and  three  years  later  set 
aside  and  annulled,  as  having  been  obtained  and  issued  by  fraud. 
New  York  used  this  grant  as  showing  that  her  claim  of  an  eastern 
boundary  on  the  Connecticut  River  was  an  ancient  one,  insisting  that 
the  patent  covered  a tract  of  land  on  the  west  side  of  Vermont 
twelve  miles  in  width,  commencing  at  Charlotte  and  extending  south 
for  about  fifty  miles.  Hiland  Hall  in  his  Early  History  of  Vermont 
insists  that  no  part  of  the  Dellins  grant  covered  any  Vermont  land. 

See  H.  Hall’s  Early  History  of  Vermont,  pp.  488-495,  with  map, 
p.  491 ; see  also  map  facing  p.  368,  Vol.  I,  Documentary  History  of 
New  York  (quarto). 


APPENDIX. 


651 


DEERFIELD. — New  York  grant  of  35,000  acres  to  Samuel  Wells 
& Co.  by  Gov.  Dunmore,  June  20, 1771,  now  Burlington  and  vicinity, 
chartered  by  New  Hampshire,  1761 ; Vermont  Historical  Society  Col- 
lections, I — 155.  Probably  covered  the  greater  part  of  Williston. 


DERBY. — Town  in  Orleans  County.  Vermont  grant  of  23,040 
acres  to  Timothy  Andrews  and  fifty-nine  associates,  Oct.  29,  1779, 
([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 74  to  76).  Black  and  Bell  Islands 
annexed  and  Auditor  of  Accounts  authorized  to  sell  the  islands, 
(Laws  of  1865,  p.  244).  Line  with  Newport  established,  (Laws  of 
1868,  p.  310).  Annexation  of  Salem  authorized,  (Laws  of  1880,  pp. 
236  to  238). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 34;  X — 95,  bounds  of;  Hemen- 
way’s  Vermont  Historical  'Gazetteer,  3-178;  Child’s  Lamoille  and 
Orleans  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  250;  Thompson’s  History  of  Ver- 
mont, 1842,  Part  HI,  p.  63  ; Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849, 
p.  54 ; Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  141 ; Coolidge  and  Mans- 
field’s History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  790. 


DEWEYS  BURGH. — Vermont  grant  of  a tract  “containing  15 
sixty  fifty  parts  of  a six  mile  square  township  ” to  Capt.  Elijali 
Dewey  and  fourteen  associates  Feb.  28,  1782,  ([Ms.]  Vermont 
Charters,  I — 36  to  39).  Annexed  to  Danville  and  Peacham  Nov.  2, 
1810,  (Laws,  pp.  108-110). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 35  ; IV — survey  of  lines  ; X — 67, 
bounds  of. 


DORSET. — Town  in  Bennington  County.  New  Hampsliire  grant 
of  23,040  acres  to  Gideon  Lyman,  Esq.,  and  sixty-three  associates 
Aug.  20,  176)1,  fuite  pp.  119-122.  Annexation  of  part  of  Mt.  I'abor 
authorized,  (Laws  of  1825,  p.  25;  1832,  p.  25). 

nemenway's  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,! — 1S3:  Child's  Ben- 
nington Co.  Gazetteer,  1881,  p.  122;  J'liompson's  History  of  Ver- 
mont, 1842,  l*art  HI,  p.  64;  Hayward's  \'ei’mont  Gazetteer,  1841>,  p. 
55;  Deming's  \"ermont  Ollicers,  ls51,  j>.  141  ; (’oolidge  and  Mans- 
field's History  of  New  Kngland,  I860,  p.  7‘.*1. 

See  ChntJmuu  (New  York  grant),  mitr  ; l*rincrfoinu  York 

gr.int), ; Arlittf/ton,  New  York  grant  to  J.  Napiei-. 


652 


APPENDIX. 


DOVER. — Town  in  Windham  County.  New  Hampshire  grants 
of  2,000  acres  each  to  Lieut.  Peter  Brown,  Lieut.  Stephen  Holland, 
and  Lieut.  James  Tute  July  6,  1764,  were  of  lands  now  embraced  in 
the  town  of  Dover,  ante  pp.  123-129.  Incorporated  out  of  south 
district  of  Wardsboro,  (Laws  of  1810,  p.  79).  Annexation  of  a part 
of  Somerset  authorized,  (Laws  of  1851,  p.  65).  Line  with  Wilming- 
ton and  Marlboro  established,  (Laws  of  1851,  p.  65;  1852,  p.  66). 
Annexation  of  a part  of  Wilmington  authorized,  (Laws  of  1868,  p. 
310).  Part  of  Wilmington  provisionally  annexed,  (Laws  of  1869,  p. 
289). 

Hemenway’s  V ermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  Vol.  5,  Part  II,  p.  337  ; 
Child’s  Windham  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  162 ; Thompson’s  History 
of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  65;  Ha^^ard’s  Vermont  Gazetteer, 
1849,  p.  55;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  141;  Coolidge  and 
Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  792. 

See  Camden^  (New  York  grant),  ante. 


DRAPER. — New  Hampshire  grant,  ante  pp.  562-565. 

See  Wilmington. 


DUMMERSTON. — Town  in  Windham  County.  NeAV  Hampshire 
grant  as  Fullam  of  19,360  acres  to  Simeon  Stoddard  and  fifty  asso- 
ciates Dec.  26,  1753.  Charter  renewed  June  12,  1760,  July  6,  1761, 
July  7,  1762,  and  June  7,  1764,  ante^]).  130-138.  Dummerston  was 
part  of  a tract  of  land  granted  by  Massachusetts  to  Connecticut  in 
exchange  for  lands  granted  by  the  former  in  the  territory  of  the 
latter  through  mistake,  and  Dummerston  was  sold  at  auction  by 
Connecticut  in  1716  to  Hon.  William  Dummer  and  Simeon  Stoddard, 
Esq.  Annexation  of  part  to  Putney  authorized,  (Laws  of  1844, 
p.  4).  The  latter  act  repealed  and  part  annexed  to  Putney,  (Laws 
of  1846,  p.  11).  Annexation  of  part  to  Putney  authorized,  (Laws  of 
1870,  p.  568).  Part  annexed  to  Putney,  (Laws  of  1892,  p.  427). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 228;  II — 35;  Hemenway’s  Ver- 
mont Historical  Gazetteer,  Vol.  5,  Part  II,  p.  1 ; Child’s  Windham  Co. 
Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  169 ; Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842, 
Part  HI,  p.  65;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  56;  Dem- 
ing’s Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  142 ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History 
of  New  England,  1860,  p.  792. 


DUNBAR. — New  Hampshire  grant,  ante  pp.  477-480. 

See  Sudbury. 


APPENDIX. 


653 


DUNCANSBOROUGH. — Vermont  grant,  now  Newport,  which 
see. 


DUNMORE. — New  York  grant  of  39,000  acres  by  Lt.  Gov.  Col- 
den  to  John  Woods  & Co.  Aug.  8,  1770,  in  and  near  what  is  now 
Waterford,  (Vermont  Historical  Society  Collections,  I — 155). 


DURHAM. — New  York  grant  of  38,000  acres  by  Gov.  Tryon  to 
Benjamin  Spencer  & Co.  Jan.  7,  1772;  covered  lands  granted  by 
New  Hampshire  in  Clarendon  and  Wallingford;  Vermont  Historical 
Society  Collections,  I — 156.  Map  facing  p.  430  of  Vol.  VHI,  Gov. 
ernor  and  Council,  has  Durham  in  Shrewsbury. 

See  Avery'^ s G-ores^  ante. 


DUXBURY. — Town  in  Washington  County.  New  Hampshire 
grant  of  23,040  acres  to  Rev.  Isaac  Brown  and  sixty-four  associates 
June  7,  1763,  ante  pp.  138-142.  Part  of  Moretown  annexed  for  school 
purposes,  (Laws  of  1802,  p.  89).  Repealed,  (Laws  of  1822,  p.  95). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 36,  164,  165,  218  ; X — 2,  5,  18, 
bounds  of;  Child’s  Washington  County  Gazetteer,  1889,  p.  242; 
Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  66;  Hayward’s 
Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  56 ; Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p. 
142;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  795. 
See  Windham.,  (New  York  grant), 


EASTHAM. — Where  Chelsea  now  is.  Supposed  to  be  a New 
Hampshire  grant,  (Governor  and  Council,  VHI — 366,  and  map  facing 
page  430).  The  New  York  grant  of  Charlotte  covered  the  same  ter- 
litory.  Eastliam  is  found  on  a map  in  Jeffery’s  Atlas,  p.  15,  printed 
in  1776. 


EAST  HAVEN. — Town  in  Essex  County.  V^ermont  grant  of 
23,040  acres  to  Timothy  Andrews  and  sixty-tliree  associates  Oct.  22, 
1790,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 303  to  305). 

Surveyor  General’s  Paj)ei*s,  I — ; X — 71,  IkuukIs  of;  Heinen- 
way\s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  I — 985;  Cliild's  Essex  and  Cale- 
donia Co.  Gazetteer,  1887,  p.  439;  41iom})soirs  IHstory  of  \"erinont, 
1842,  Part  HI,  p.  66;  Hayward's  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1S49,  p.  56; 
Deming’s  Vermont  Officei*s,  1851,  j>.  143;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield's 
History  of  New  England,  i860,  p.  79<i. 


654 


APPENDIX. 


EAST  MONTPELIER. — Town  in  Washington  County.  Incor- 
porated by  dividing’  Montpelier  into  two  towns,  ("Laws  of  1848,  pp. 
5-1 ; 1849,  pp.  146-148). 

Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  4 — 51b  ; Child’s  Wash- 
ington Co.  Gazetteer,  1889,  p.  255;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer, 
1849,  p.  56;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  143;  Coolidge  and 
Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  796;  D.  P.  Thomp- 
son’s History  of  Montpelier,  1860  ; Vermont  Watchman.,  Souvenir  Edi- 
tion Devoted  to  Montpelier,  1893. 

See  Montpelier . 


EDEN. — Town  in  Lamoille  County.  Vermont  grant  of  23,040 
acres  to  Col.  Seth  Warner  and  seventy-one  associates  Aug.  28,  1781, 
([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 222  to  225).  Part  of  Belvidere 
annexed,  (Laws  of  1828,  p.  15).  Repealed,  (Laws  of  1831,  p.  12), 
and  line  with  Belvidere  established  according  to  original  charter 
limits. 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 40,  198 ; X — 33,  bounds  of ; Hem- 
enway’s Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  2 — 621;  Child’s  Lamoille 
and  Orleans  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  77 ; Thompson’s  History  of 
Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  66;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer, 
1849,  p.  57;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  143;  Coolidge 
and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  796. 


ELMORE. — Town  in  Lamoille  County.  V ermont  grant  of  23,040 
acres  to  Col.  Samuel  Elmore  and  sixty-four  associates  Aug.  21,  1781, 
([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  1-126  to  129).  Line  with  Worcester 
established,  (Laws  of  1837,  p.  10). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  1-41,  88;  X-1,  7,  33,  bounds  of;  Hem- 
enway’s Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  2-626;  Child’s  Lamoille  and 
Orleans  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  83;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont, 
1842,  Part  HI,  p.  67;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  57; 
Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  143;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s 
History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  797. 


ELY. — Authorization  of  change  of  name  from  Vershire,  (Laws  of 
1878,  p.  219).  Name  changed  back  to  Vershire,  (Laws  of  1882,  p. 
265). 


See  Vershire. 


APPENDIX. 


655 


ENOSBURGH. — Town  in  Franklin  County.  Vermont  grant  of 
23,040  acres  to  Roger  Enos  and  fifty-nine  associates  May  15,  1780, 
([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters  1-16  to  18;  11-16).  Part  of  Bakersfield 
annexed  Oct.  31,  1798,  (Laws,  p.  40).  Provision  made  for  establish- 
ing line  with  other  towns  and  sale  of  gore  of  land  between  Enos- 
bnrgh,  and  Montgomery,  Berkshire,  and  Richford  directed,  (Laws  of 
1802,  pp.  158-160).  Laws  of  1803,  p.  60,  repeals  so  much  of  Laws  of 
1802,  pp.  158-160,  as  directs  sale  of  a gore  of  land  between  Berkshire 
and  Richford.  Part  of  Berkshire  annexed  and  part  of  Enosburgh 
annexed  to  Berkshire,  (Laws  of  1838,  p.  14).  Line  with  Bakersfield 
established,  (Laws  of  1845,  p.  5). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  1-37  to  39,  127,  162;  11-90;  V-sur- 
vey  of  lines;  X-105,  108,  114,  116,  bounds  of;  Hemenway’s  Vermont 
Historical  Gazetteer,  2-132;  Child’s  Franklin  and  Grand  Isle  Co. 
Gazetteer,  1883,  p.  78;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part 
HI,  p.  67;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  58;  Deming’s 
Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  143;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of 
New  England,  1860,  p.  797. 


ENOSBURGH  GORE. — Vermont  grant  of  3,916  acres  to  Stephen 
House  and  Amos  Fassett,  of  Enosburgh,  Nov.  9,  1803,  in  accordance 
with  an  act  passed  Nov.  10, 1802,  (Laws,  pp.  158-160;  [Ms.]  Vermont 
Charters,  1-372).  See  also  Laws  of  1803,  p.  60;  1805,  p.  44;  1807, 
p.  64;  [Ms.]  Vermont  State  Papers,  31-200.  Made  a part  of  Enos- 
burgh by  section  II  of  act  passed  Nov.  10,  1802,  (Laws  pp.  158-160). 


ESSEX. — Town  in  Chittenden  County.  New  Hampshire  grant  of 
23,040  acres  to  Edward  Burling  and  sixty-hve  associates  June  7,  1763, 
ante  pp.  142-145. 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  1-42,  23<),  239;  1 1-105,  111  ; VI,  VII, 
VHI-survey  of  lines  ; X-15,  bounds  of ; Hemenway’s  Vermont  His- 
torical Gazetteer,  1-178;  Child’s  Chittenden  Co.  Gazetteer,  1883,  p. 
193;Rann’s  History  of  Chittenden  Co.,  188<),  p.  568;  Tliompson's 
History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  }>.  <18;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gaz- 
etteer, 1849,  p.  59;  Deming’s  Vermont  Oflicem,  1851,  j).  144;  Cool- 
idge and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  71<8. 


EUGENE. — New  York  grant  of  15,350  acres  by  Governor  Dun- 
more,  June  14,  1771  ; covered  lands  in  Rupert  and  Fawlet  chartered 
])y  New  Ilampsliire. 

Hall’s  Early  History  of  \T*rmont,  p.  131. 


656 


APPE^^DIX. 


FAIRFAX. — Town  in  Franklin  County.  New  Hampshire  grant 
of  23,040  acres  to  Edward  Burling  and  sixty-three  associates  Aug. 
18,  1763,  ante  pp.  146-150.  Annexation  of  part  to  Cambridge 
authorized,  (Laws  of  1841,  p.  58). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 46  ; II — 27  ; X — 8,  9,  bounds  of ; 
Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  2 — 467 ; Child’s  Frank- 
lin and  Grand  Isle  Co.  Gazetteer,  1883,  p.  88 ; Thompson’s  History 
of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  69;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer, 
1849,  p.  59;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  144;  Coolidge  and 
Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  799. 


FAIRFIELD. — Town  in  Franklin  County.  New  Hampshire  grant 
of  23,040  acres  to  Samuel  Hungerford  and  sixty-three  associates 
Aug.  18,  1763,  ante  pp.  150-158.  Part  of  Smithfield  annexed  Oct. 
25,  1792,  (Laws,  p.  5),  and  part  of  Fairfield  annexed  to  Bakersfield 
by  same  act.  Line  with  St.  Albans  and  Swanton  established,  (Laws 
of  1816,  p.  95).  Line  with  Bakersfield  established,  (Laws  of  1817, 
p.  33).  Line  with  Swanton  established  and  part  of  Swanton  annexed 
and  part  of  Fairfield  annexed  to  Swanton,  (Laws  of  1829,  p.  19). 
Annexation  of  part  to  Sheldon  authorized,  (Laws  of  1851,  p.  67). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 44 ; X — 2,  9,  10,  bounds  of. 

New  York  grants  by  Lt.  Gov.  Golden  of  5,000  acres  to  Henry  Gor- 
don, Sept.  1,  1774,  and  of  5,000  acres  to  Henry  Gordon  for  Peter 
Gordon,  Dec.  1,  1774,  covered  lands  in  Fairfield;  Vermont  Histori- 
cal Society  Collections,  I — 157.  Marked  “C.  H.  Gordon”  (and  the 
“John  Gordon”?)  on  map  preceding  Index  to  Vol.  I,  Documentary 
History  of  New  York. 

Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  2 — 467 ; Child’s  Frank- 
lin and  Grand  Isle  Co.  Gazetteer,  1883,  p.  99 ; Thompson’s  History 
of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  69;  Hay^vard’s  Vermont  Gazetteer, 
1849,  p.  59;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  144;  Coolidge  and 
Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  799. 

.See  Meath^  (New  York  grant),  j^ost. 


FAIRHAVEN. — Town  in  Rutland  County.  Vermont  grant  to 
Ebenezer  Allen  and  seventy-six  associates  Oct.  27, 1779,  ([Ms.]  Ver- 
mont Charters,  I — 175  to  177).  Oct.  20,  1792  (Laws,  p.  3),  divided 
into  the  towns  of  Fairhaven  and  Westhaven,  but  both  represented  in 
the  legislature  jointly  until  1823,  when  IVest  Haven  was  allowed  a 
separate  representative,  (Vermont  Assembly  Journal,  1823,  p.  51). 
Part  of  Fairhaven  west  of  Poultney  River  annexed  to  New  York,  pro- 


APPENDIX. 


657 


vicled  New  York  assents  and  the  Congress  of  the  United  States 
approves,  (Laws  of  1876,  p.  38). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 174;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  His- 
torical Gazetteer,  3 — 672;  Child’s  Rutland  Co.  Gazetteer,  1882,  p. 
130;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  70;  Hay- 
ward’s Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  60;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers, 
1851,  p.  144;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England, 

1860,  p.  800. 


FAIRLEE. — Town  in  Orange  County.  New  Hampshire  grant  of 
24,000  acres  to  Josiah  Chauncy  and  sixty-three  associates  Sept.  9, 
1761,  ante  pp.  159-163.  Feb.  25,  1797,  (Laws,  pp.  49-51),  divided 
into  two  towns,  Faiiiee  and  West  Fairlee,  but  both  together  were 
allowed  only  one  representative  in  the  General  Assembly.  West 
Fairlee  was  first  represented  separately  in  1823,  (Vermont  Assembly 
Journal,  1823,  p.  51). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 87,  98,  107 ; II — 23,  95 ; V and 
IX — survey  of  lines;  X — 41,  bounds  of;  Hemenway’s  Vermont 
Historical  Gazetteer,  2 — 888 ; Child’s  Orange  Co.  Gazetteer, 
1888,  p.  264;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  70; 
Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  60;  Deming’s  Vermont  Offi- 
cers, 1851,  p.  145  ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  Eng- 
land, 1860,  p.  801. 


FANE. — New  Hampshire  grant,  ante  pp.  307-311. 

See  Newfane. 


FAYSTON. — Town  in  AYashington  County.  Vermont  grant  of 
23,040  acres  to  Ebenezer  Walbridge  and  sixty-four  associates  Feb. 
27,  1782,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 77  to  79). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 43,  89,  104;  II — 37  ; X — 29,  bounds 
of;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  4-177;  Cliild’s 
Washington  Co.  Gazetteer,  1889,  p.  278;  Thompson’s  History  of 
Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  71  ; Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849, 
p.  61 ; Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  145;  Coolidge  and  Mans- 
field’s History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  802. 


FERDINAND. — Unorganized  town  in  Essex  County.  New 
Hampsliire  grant  of  25,000  acres  to  Tliomas  Ilungerford  and  sixty- 
tliree  associates  Oct.  12,  1761,  pp.  163-171.  Part  of  Wenlock 
and  part  of  Hrigliton  annexed,  (Laws  1853,  }).  57). 

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Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 45,  103,  125 ; II — 134,  charter  of ; 
III — survey  of  lines;  X — 96,  115,  bounds  of:  Child’s  Essex  and 
Caledonia  Co.  Gazetteer,  1887,  p.  443;  Thompson’s  History  of  Ver- 
mont, 1842,  Part  III,  p.  71;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p. 
61;  Deming’s  Vermont  Ofhcers,  1851,  p.  145;  Coolidge  and  Mans- 
field’s History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  802. 


FERRISBURG. — Town  in  Addison  County.  New  Hampshire 
grant  as  Farrisbourg  or  Ferrissburg  of  24,600  acres  to  Daniel  Merritt 
and  sixty-three  associates  June  24,  1762,  ante  pp.  171-175.  Part 
incorporated  into  the  City  of  Vergennes  Oct.  23,  1788,  (Laws,  pp.  11- 
19).  Annexation  of  part  to  Panton  authorized,  (Laws  1847,  pp. 
10-12). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  X — 10,  11,  bounds  of ; Hemenway’s 
Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  1-31;  Child’s  Addison  Co.  Gazetteer, 
1882,  p.  101;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p. 
71;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  61;  Deming’s  Vermont 
Officers,  1851,  p.  145 ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New 
England,  1860,  p.  803. 

See  Mecklenburg^  (New  York  grant),  post. 


FINCASTLE. — New  York  grant  of  18,000  acres  by  Gov.  Dun- 
more  June  11,  1771 ; was  in  Stockbridge.  Chartered  by  New  Hamp- 
shire in  1761,  (Vermont  Historical  Society  Collections,  I — 155). 


FLAMSTEAD. — New  Hampshire  grant,  ante  pp.  91-94. 

See  Chester.^  ante. 


FLETCHER. — Town  in  Franklin  County.  Vermont  grant  of 
23,040  acres  to  Moses  Robinson,  Jonas  Fay,  John  Fassett,  Jr.,  Major 
Joseph  Tyler,  and  sixty-one  associates  Aug.  20,  1781,  ([Ms.]  Ver- 
mont Charters,  I — 248  to  251).  Annexation  of  part  to  Cambridge 
authorized,  (Laws  of  1841,  p.  58). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 47 ; X — 9,  10,  bounds  of ; Hemen- 
way’s Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  2 — 468;  Child’s  Franklin  and 
Grand  Isle  Co.  Gazetteer,  1883,  p.  110;  Thompson’s  History  of  Ver- 
mont, 1842,  Part  HI,  p.  72;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849, 
p.  62;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  ]3-  146 ; Coolidge  and  Mans- 
field’s History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  804. 

See  Kellyhrook^  (New  York  grant),  post. 


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FRANKLIN. — Town  in  Franklin  County.  Vermont  grant  as 
Huntsburgh  of  23,040  acres  to  Jonathan  Hunt  and  five  associates 
March  19,  1789,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 80).  Line  with  Shel- 
don and  Highgate  established,  (Laws  of  1810,  p.  160).  Name 
changed  to  Franklin,  (Laws  of  1817,  p.  28). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  1 — 60,  91,  136  ; II — 15 ; X — 113, 
bounds  of ; Child’s  Franklin  and  Grand  Isle  Co.  Gazetteer,  1883, 
p.  115;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  72; 
HayAvard’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  63;  Deming’s  Vermont 
Officers,  1851,  p.  146;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New" 
England,  1860,  p.  804. 


FRENCH  GRANTS. — According  to  a map  of  French  and  English 
grants  facing  p.  368  of  Vol.  I,  (quarto).  Documentary  History  of 
New  York,  six  Seigniories  were  granted  by  the  French  east  of  Lake 
Champlain,  and  Avithin  the  present  State  of  Vermont. 

1.  The  Seigniory  of  Hocquart ; see  Hocquart,  j)ost. 

2.  Concession  of  July  7,  1734,  to  M.  Contrecoeur,  Junior,  of  land 
“ beginning  at  the  mouth  of  the  Rividre  aux  Loutres  [Otter  River] 
one  league  and  a half  above  and  one  league  and  a half  beloAv  mak- 
ing two  leagues  front  by  three  leagues  in  depth.”  Vol.  I,  (quarto). 
Documentary  History  of  Noav  York,  p.  361.  This  Seigniory  Avas 
situated  just  north  of  the  Seigniory  of  Hocquart,  and  is  marked  “A  ” 
on  map  of  Lake  Champlain  (1748),  facing  p.  358  of  Vol.  I,  Docu- 
mentary History  of  Noaa^  York. 

3.  Seigniory  conceded  to  M.  De  la  Perriere  July  6,  1734,  “begin- 
ning at  the  ^louth  of  the  RiA^er  Ouynouski  one  league  aboA'e  and 
one  beloAv  making  tAvo  leagues  front  by  three  leagues  in  depth,” 
Vol.  I,  Documentary  History  of  Noav  York,  p.  361,  and  marked  “B  ” 
on  map  facing  p.  358. 

4.  Seigniory  south  of  No.  3.  A record  of  the  grant  not  found,  and 
the  grantee  does  not  appear  on  the  map  last  mentioned. 

5.  Seigniory  “ La  Manaudiere,”  just  north  of  No.  3,  conceded  April 

30,  1737,  to  M.  Raind)ault  “ containing  four  Leagues  front  by  tiA'e 
leagues  deep,  tlie  said  four  Leagues  commencing  in  descending  the 
Lake,  from  the  Bounds  of  the  Seigniory  granted  to  Sieur  La 
PeiTiere  ” . . . . “in  Av4iicli  is  included  tlie  River  called  A la 

Mouelle.”  Vol.  I,  Documentary  History  of  NeAv  York,  p.  3(>4  ; marked 
36”  on  map  facing  p.  358.  Sept.  27,  1766,  this  Seigniory  Avas  sold 
to  Benjamin  Price,  Daniel  Robertson,  and  .John  Livingston,  pp.  363, 
.364. 

6.  Seigniory  just  nortli  of  No.  5 “ two  leagues  front  by  three 
leagues  deep  on  the  East  side  of  Lake  Cliamplain”  conceded  to  M. 


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Douville  Oct.  8,  1736;  Vol.  I,  Documentary  History  of  New  York, 
p.  361 ; marked  “ 37  ” on  map  facing  p.  358. 

The  Seigniory  granted  to  M.  De  Beauvais  July  20,  1734  “two 
leagues  in  front  by  three  leagues  in  depth  on  Lake  Champlain 
together  with  the  peninsula  which  is  found  to  be  in  front  of  said 
land”  and  marked  “C”  on  map  facing  p.  358,  is  evidently  in  Ver- 
mont territory.  Isle  la  Motte  was  included  within  the  limits  of  a 
Seigniory  west  of  the  lake,  conceded  to  M.  Pean,  April  10,  1733,  p. 
361 ; see  map  facing  p.  358. 

Part,  at  least,  of  Alburgh  is  in  the  Seigniory  granted  M.  Lafontaine, 
April  5,  1733,  “being  five  quarters  of  a league  in  front  on  the  River 
Chambly  by  the  depth  that  may  be  found  to  the  bay  of  Missiskouy,” 
marked  “ K ” on  map  facing  p.  358.  All  the  above  grants  except  the 
Seigniories  of  Hocquart  and  La  Manaudiere  (1  and  5)  were  reunited 
to  His  Majesty’s  Domain,  May  10,  1741,  the  Proprietors  not  having 
fulfilled  the  conditions  set  forth  in  their  deeds;  Vol.  I,  Documentary 
History  of  New  York,  pp.  360,  361. 

Grand  Isle,  marked  “ L 30  ” on  map  facing  p.  358,  and  which 
embraced  both  Heroes  as  the  Seigniory  of  M.  Contrecoeur  was  prob- 
ably forfeited  at  the  same  time  as  the  other  Seigniories  above  men- 
tioned. 

The  Seigniory  of  M.  Faulcaut,  marked  “ I,”  probably  included  part 
of  Alburgh ; see  Caldwell’s  Upper  Manor,  ante. 

The  Seigniory  Bedou  on  the  River  Thazy,  granted  Nov.  1,  1752, 
included  “the  Island  called  a la  Mothe,  (Isle  La  Motte)  ; Vol.  I, 
Documentary  History  of  New  York,  p.  362. 


FULLAM  or  FULLUM. — New  Hampshire  grant,  ante  pp.  130- 
138.  See  Dummerston,  ante. 


GAGEBOROUGH. — New  York  grant  of  24,000  acres  by  Lt.  Gov. 
Colden,  May  10,  1770;  included  what  is  now  Vershire  and  vicinity; 
Vermont  Historical  Society  Collections,  I — 154. 

Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  73;  Deming’s 
Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  146. 


GATESBOROUGH. — Township  No.  43  on  the  plan  of  the  state 
made  by  the  Surveyor  General  granted  to  Josiah  Gates  and  Amos 
Jones  and  company  to  the  number  of  120,  about  the  first  of  Novem- 
ber, 1780;  Governor  and  Council,  Vol.  II,  pp.  54,  501.  A charter 
of  Gatesborough  was  never  issued,  but  the  township  was  chartered 
as  Salem,  Aug.  18,  1781.  See  Salem,  post. 


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GEORGIA. — Town  in  Franklin  County.  New  Hampshire  grant 
of  23,040  acres  to  Richard  Emery  and  sixty-three  associates  Aug.  17, 
1763,  ante  pp.  175-179. 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 85,  109,  212,  223,  survey  of  lines; 
X — 8,  9,  bounds;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  2-468; 
Child’s  Franklin  and  Grand  Isle  Co.  Gazetteer,  1883,  p.  122;  Thomp- 
son’s History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  73;  Hayward’s  Vermont 
Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  63;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  146; 
Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  805. 


GILEAD. — Same  as  present  town  of  Brighton.  Was  granted  by 
the  legislature  as  Gilead,  (Governor  and  Council,  2-52),  and  char- 
tered as  Random,  which  see. 


GLASTENBURY. — Town  in  Bennington  County.  New  Hamp- 
shire grant  as  Glossenburry  of  23,040  acres  to  Captain  Samuel  Rob- 
inson and  sixty-one  associates,  Aug.  20,  1761,  ante  pp.  180-183.  See 
Arlington,  ante  for  the  New  York  grant  to  Napier. 

Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  I — 196  ; Child’s  Ben- 
nington Co.  Gazetteer,  1881,  p.  131;  ThomjDSon’s  History  of  Vermont, 
1842,  Part  HI,  p.  74;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  64; 
Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  146;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s 
History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  805. 


GLOVER. — Town  in  Orleans  County.  Vermont  grant  of  23,040 
acres  to  Gen.  John  Glover  and  sixty-two  associates,  Nov.  20,  1783, 
([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 317  to  319).  Record  of  charter  amend- 
ed by  inserting  the  name  of  a grantee,  omitted  by  tlie  Secretary  of 
State  in  recording  the  charter,  (Laws  of  1845,  p.  35). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 55,  58,  91,  136;  II — 24;  X — 82, 
bounds  of ; Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  3-195  ; Cliild's 
Lamoille  and  Orleans  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  264;  Thompson’s  His- 
tory of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  74  ; Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer, 
1849,  p.  64;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  147 ; Coolidge  and 
Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  806. 


GOSIIICN. — 4'own  in  Addison  County.  The  State  of  Vermont, 
Feb.  23,  1782,  granted  Goslien  to  Capt.  John  Iffiwel,  William  Doug- 
lass, and  sixty-three  associates,  (Governor  and  Council,  II — 145;  III 
— 180).  A charter  was  not  issued  until  Feb.  2,  1792,  and  that  was 


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in  the  nature  of  a flying  grant,  no  specific  territory  being  granted, 
([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 342  to  345).  The  Land  Commissioners 
in  their  report  to  the  Governor  and  Council,  March  15,  1788,  (Gov- 
ernor and  Council,  III — 179,  180),  decree:  “To  Capt.  John  Powell 

[John  Powell,  William  Douglass]  &c  & Company  Eleven  Thousand 
Six  hundred  acres  of  Land  as  marked  Goshen  in. two  places  to  make 
up  the  deficiency  of  their  Grant  Granted  Feb.  23,  1782.”  These 
tracts  are  evidently  the  two  gores  chartered  as  a part  of  Goshen  Oct. 
26,  1789.  “An  Act  Granting  a tax  of  one  penny  p*"  acre  on  the 
Lands  in  Goshen,  having  passed  the  General  Assembly  was  read 
and  Concurred  with  this  Amendment,  that  said  Tax  shall  not  be 
Collectable  until  the  Charter  of  said  Township  shall  be  Issued,” 
(Governor  and  Council,  III — 198).  A charter  in  accordance  with 
act  passed  Nov.  1,  1798,  (see  Laws  pp.  97-103)  issued  on  the  date 
late  mentioned  granted  13,000  acres  in  Addison  Co.,  one  gore  between 
Walden  and  Wheelock  of  7,339  acres  and  another  gore  between 
Plainfield  and  Harris  Gore  containing  2,820  acres,  ([Ms.]  Vermont 
Charters,  I — 355  to  357).  An  act  passed  Nov.  5,  1798,  (Laws,  p.  56), 
declared  that  all  the  land  should  be  considered  as  in  Addison  County. 
Part  of  Philadelphia  annexed  and  the  town  of  Goshen  incorporated, 
(Laws  of  1814,  p.  111).  First  represented  in  the  General  Assembly 
the  following  year.  Part  of  Rip  ton  annexed,  (Laws  of  1820,  p.  41). 
Part  of  Rochester  annexed,  (Laws  of  1847,  p.  7).  Two  gores  in  Cal- 
edonia Co.,  severed  from  Goshen,  (Laws  of  1854,  p.  59).  “Clemens- 
land”  in  Brandon  provisionally  annexed,  (Laws  of  1854,  p.  59). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 33,  56, 101 ; II — 151 ; I — 96,  Goshen 
Gore;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  1-35;  Thomp- 
son’s History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  75;  Child’s  Addison  Co. 
Gazetteer,  1882,  p.  109;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  65; 
Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  147  ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s 
History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  807. 


GOSHEN  GORE,  No.  1. — 7,339  acres  between  Wheelock  and 
Walden  chartered  as  a part  of  Goshen,  Nov.  1,  1798,  (Laws 
pp.  97-103;  [Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 355  to  357).  To  be  con- 
sidered as  in  Addison  County,  (Laws  of  1798,  p.  56).  Severed  from 
Goshen,  (Laws  of  1854,  p.  59).  Incorporated  as  the  town  of  Stan- 
nard,  (Laws  of  1867,  p.  66). 

Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  75;  Deming’s 
Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  147 ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of 
New  England,  1860,  p.  807  ; Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849, 
p.  144. 


See  Goshen  and  Stannard, 


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GOSHEN  GORE,  No.  2. — 2,820  acres  between  Plainfield  and 
Harris  Gore.  Chartered  as  a part  of  Goshen,  Nov.  1,  1798,  ([Ms.] 
Vermont  Charters,  I — 355  to  357  ; Laws  of  1798,  p.  56).  To  be  con- 
sidered as  in  Addison  County,  (Laws  of  1798,  p.  56).  Severed  from 
Goshen,  (Laws  of  1854,  p.  59).  Annexation  to  Plainfield  authorized 
and  annexed  to  Washington  Probate  District,  (Laws  of  1855,  p.  74). 
Annexation  to  Plainfield  authorized,  (Laws  of  1874,  p.  380). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  X — 81,  bounds  of ; Thompson’s  His- 
tory of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  75;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers, 
1851,  p.  147 ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England, 
1860,  p.  807 ; Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  144. 


GRAFTON. — Town  in  Windham  County.  New  Hampshire  grant 
as  Thomlinson  of  23,040  acres  to  Jonathan  Whitney  and  fifty-eight 
associates,  April  8,  1754.  Charter  renewed  July  9,  1761.  Regranted 
Sept.  1,  1763,  to  Jonathan  Whitney  and  fifty-seven  associates,  ante 
pp.  184-192.  New  Hampshire  charter  of  1754,  was  confirmed  by 
New  York  grant,  April  2,  1767  ; Vermont  Historical  Society  Collec- 
tions, I — 154.  Name  changed  to  Grafton,  Oct.  13, 1792,  (Laws,  p.  20). 
Part  of  Avery’s  Gore  and  part  of  Athens  annexed,  (Laws  of  1816, 
p.  40).  Annexation  of  part  to  Athens  authorized,  (Laws  of  1846, 

p.  1). 

Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  Vol.  5,  Part  II,  p.  552 ; 
Child’s  Windham  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  183 ; Thompson’s  History 
of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  75;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer, 
1849,  p.  65 ; Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  147 ; Coolidge  and 
Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  808. 


GRANRY. — Town  in  Essex  County.  New  Hampshire  grant  of 
23,040  acres  to  Elihu  Hall  and  sixty-three  associates,  Oct.  10,  1761, 
ante  pp.  192—196. 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 57  ; II — 14,  66;  HI,  IV — survey  of 
lines  ; X — 71,  bounds  of ; Ilemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer, 
I — 987;  Cliild’s  Essex  and  Caledonia  Co.  Gazetteer,  1887,  p.  444; 
Tliompson’s  Histoiy  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  j).  76;  Hayward’s 
Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  65  ; Demiiig's  Vermont  Officers,  1851, 
p.  148;  CooliOge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860, 

p.  808. 


GRAND  ISLE. — Town  in  (irand  Isle  County.  Name  changed 
from  Middle  Hero,  (Laws  of  1810,  p.  169). 


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Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 217 ; Hemenway’s  Vermont  His- 
torical Gazetteer,  2 — 517 ; Child’s  Franklin  and  Grand  Isle  Co. 
Gazetteer,  1883,  p.  220;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842, 
Part  HI,  p.  76;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  66;  Dem- 
ing’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  148;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  His- 
tory of  New  England,  1860,  p.  809. 

See  Two  Heroes^  South  Hero^  and  Middle  Hero. 


GRANVILLE. — Town  in  Addison  County.  Vermont  grant  as 
Kingston  of  23,040  acres  to  Reuben  King,  Sheldon  Graham,  Jona- 
than King,  Daniel  King,  and  sixty  associates,  Aug.  2,  1781,  ([Ms.] 
Vermont  Charters,  I — 159  to  162).  New  York  grant  of  28,000  acres 
by  Lt.  Gov.  Colden  to  Humphrey  Avery  & Co.,  (see  Avery’s  Gores, 
ante'),  Sept.  6,  1774,  covered  lands  now  in  Lincoln,  Rip  ton,  and 
Granville;  Vermont  Historical  Society  Collections,  1 — 157.  Part  of 
Avery’s  Gore  annexed,  (Laws  of  1833,  p.  26).  Name  changed  to 
Granville,  (Laws  of  1834,  p.  28). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 75,  84,  86,  112,  117,  195;  IV — sur- 
vey of  lines;  X — 62,  bounds  of;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical 
Gazetteer,  1 — 39 ; Child’s  Addison  Co.  Gazetteer,  1882,  p.  112 ; 
Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  77  ; Hayward’s 
Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  66;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851, 
j).  148;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860, 


p.  810. 


GREEN  AND  MOULTON’S  GRANT.— Mentioned  in  Vol.  VI, 
Governor  and  Council,  pp.  390,  401,  402.  Probably  the  same  as 
Whitingham  Gore,  which  was  chartered  Oct.  20,  1796,  to  Amos 
Green,  Samuel  Moulton,  Solomon  Moulton,  and  thirteen  associates, 
([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  1 — 337  to  339).  In  [Ms.]  Vermont  State 
Papers,  22 — 51,  there  is  a petition  dated  Oct.  2,  ] 7 83,  which  describes 
a certain  tract  of  land  as  bounded  “ South  on  the  South  Line  of 
Whitingham,  West  on  Lieut.  Gambell’s  New  York  Patent  (since 
granted  by  this  State  to  Amos  Green  and  others).”  Another  peti- 
tion in  the  same  volume,  p.  53,  dated  Oct.  7,  1783,  describing  the 
same  tract  of  land,  bounds  it  “South  on  Masachusetts  Bay  West  on 
land  granted  By  the  General  Assembly  to  molton  and  green  and 
company.”  As  the  granting  fees  on  a “ Gore  of  Land  Granted  unto 
Amos  Green,  Samuel  Moulton  and  Company”  were  fixed  by  the 
Governor  and  Council,  Feb.  25,  1782,  (Governor  and  Council,  II — 
146),  it  seems  highly  probable  that  the  Green  and  Moulton’s  Grant 
appearing  in  the  Governor  and  Council  in  1821,  and  Whitingham 


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665 


Gore  chartered  in  1796  to  Green,  Moulton,  and  others  are  one  and 
the  same  tract  of  land. 


GREENSBORO. — Town  in  Orleans  County.  Vermont  grant  of 
23,040  acres  to  Harris  Cole  and  sixty-six  associates,  Aug.  20,  1781, 
([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 129  to  133). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 58,  88;  II — 33,  82;  III  and  IV — 
survey  of  lines;  X — 1,  2,  bounds  of;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Histori- 
cal Gazetteer,  3 — 209;  Child’s  Lamoille  and  Orleans  Co.  Gazetteer, 
1884,  p.  274;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  78; 
Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  67  ; Deming’s  Vermont  Offi- 
cers, 1851,  p.  149;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  Eng- 
land, 1860,  p.  810. 


GROTON. — Town  in  Caledonia  County.  Vermont  grant  as 
Grotton  of  28,000  acres  to  Lieut.  Thomas  Butterfield  and  seventy- 
eight  associates,  Oct.  20,  1789,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 325  to 
327).  Part  of  Harris  Gore  annexed,  (Laws  of  1890,  p.  276). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 92,  112,  120,  123,  130,  166,  167, 
188;  II — 53,  56,  60;  X — 84,  bounds  of;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  His- 
torical Gazetteer,  1 — 321;  4 — 1145;  Child’s  Essex  and  Caledonia 
Co.  Gazetteer,  1887,  p.  189;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842, 
Part  HI,  p.  78;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  67;  Dem- 
ing’s Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  149;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  His- 
tory of  New  England,  1860,  p.  811. 


GUILDHALL. — Town  in  Essex  County.  New  Hampshire  grant 
of  23,040  acres  to  Elihu  Hall  and  sixty-three  associates,  Oct.  10, 1761, 
ante  pp.  196-200. 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 59,  90,  107,  166;  II — 14;  HI,  IV, 
IX — survey  of  lines;  X — 84,  bounds  of;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  His- 
torical Gazetteer,  1 — 996  ; Child’s  Essex  and  Caledonia  Co.  Gazet- 
teer, 1887,  p.  44!) ; Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III, 
p.  79;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  68;  Deming’s  Ver- 
mont Officei*s,  1851,  p.  149;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  Ilistor}*  of 
New  England,  1860,  p.  811. 


GUILFORD. — 4'own  in  Windham  County.  New  Hampshire  grant 
of  23,040  acres  to  Elijali  Williams  and  fifty-eight  associates,  April  2, 
1754.  Charter  renewed  July  6,  1761,  and  Marcli  20,  1764;  ante  pp. 


666 


APPE>?DIX. 


200-206.  New  York  grant  of  10,000  acres  to  Col.  Thomas  Howard 
& Co.  by  Gov.  Tryon  Nov.  23,  1771,  covered  lands  now  in  Vernon 
and  Guilford;  Vermont  Historical  Society  Collections,  I — 156. 

Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  Vol.  5,  Part  III,  p.  3; 
Child’s  Windham  County  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  194 ; Thompson’s  History 
of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  79;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer, 
1849,  p.  68;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  149;  Coolidge  and 
Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  812. 


HALESBOROUGH. — New  York  grant  of  23,000  acres  to  Wm. 
Sheriff  & Co.,  by  Gov.  Dunmore  June  12,  1771 ; covered  Neshobe, 
(now  Brandon)  chartered  by  New  Hampshire ; Vermont  Historical 
Society  Collections,  I — 155.  Marked  “ Hillsborough  ” on  map  pre- 
ceding index  to  Vol.  I,  Documentary  History  of  New  York. 


HALIFAX. — Town  in  Windham  County.  New  Hampshire  grant 
of  23,040  acres  to  Oliver  Partridge  and  sixty-two  associates.  May  11, 
1750,  ante  pp.  207-211. 

Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  Vol.  5,  Part  II,  p.  408; 
Child’s  Windham  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  216 ; Thompson’s  History 
of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  85 ; Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer, 
1849,  p.  69 ; Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  150  ; Coolidge  and 
Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  815. 


HAMILTON’S  GRANT. — Vermont  grant  of  3,000  acres  to  Silas 
Hamilton  and  seven  associates,  March  15,  1780;  by  charter  made  a 
part  of  the  township  of  Whitingham,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 
21;  11—20). 

[Ms.]  Vermont  State  Papers,  31 — 234;  Governor  and  Council,  II — 
32,  80. 


HANCOCK. — Town  in  Addison  County.  Vermont  grant  of 
23,040  acres  to  Samuel  Willcox,  Daniel  Kinne,  Josiah  Wright,  and 
one  hundred  and  twenty-seven  associates,  July  31,  1781,  ([Ms.]  Ver- 
mont Charters,  I — 94  to  98).  Annexed  to  Addison  CounW  Jan.  18, 
1791,  (Laws,  p.  3).  Line  with  Rochester  established  Nov.  6,  1792, 
(Laws,  p.  42).  Part  annexed  to  Rochester,  (Laws  of  1834,  p.  27). 
Annexation  of  part  to  Rochester  authorized,  (Laws  of  1847,  p.  9). 
Last  act  repealed,  (Laws  of  1848,  p.  9). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 61,  84,  86,  95,  112 ; IV — survey  of 
lines;  X — 64,  bounds  of;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazet- 


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teer,  1 — 43 ; Child’s  Addison  Co.  Gazetteer,  1882,  p.  117 ; Thomp- 
son’s History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  86;  Hayward’s  Vermont 
Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  69;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  150 ; 
Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  816. 


HARDWICK. — Town  in  Caledonia  County.  Vermont  grant  of 
23,040  acres  to  Danforth  Keyes,  Jonas  Fay,  Eliakim  Spooner,  and 
sixty-four  associates,  Aug.  19,  1781,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 
252  to  255.) 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 62,  88;  X — 78,  bounds  of;  Hemen- 
way’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  1 — 323;  Child’s  Essex  and 
Caledonia  Co.  Gazetteer,  1887,  p.  201 ; Thompson’s  History  of  Ver- 
mont, 1842,  Part  III,  p.  86 ; Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p. 
70;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  150;  Coolidge  and  Mans- 
field’s History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  816. 


HARRIS  GORE. — Vermont  grant  of  6,026  acres  to  Edward 
Harris  and  sixteen  associates,  Oct.  30,  1801,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Char- 
ters, I — 359).  Annexation  to  Plainfield  authorized,  and  annexed 

to  Washington  County  Probate  District,  (Laws  of  1855,  p.  74).  An- 
nexed to  Groton  and  Marshfield,  (Laws  of  1890,  p.  276). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 63,  91,  207 ; Thompson’s  History  of 
Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  67 ; Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849, 
p.  144;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  151. 


HARTFORD. — Town  in  Windsor  County.  New  Hampshire  grant 
of  27,000  acres  to  Prince  Tracy  and  sixty  associates,  July  4,  1761, 
ante  pp.  212-215.  Part  of  Hartford  and  part  of  Pomfret  united  for 
school  purposes,  (Laws  of  1804,  p.  54).  Part  annexed  to  Woodstock 
and  part  of  Woodstock  annexed  to  Hartford,  (Laws  of  1852,  p.  66). 

Child’s  Windsor  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  123  ; Thompson’s  History 
of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  87 ; Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849 
p.  70;  Deining’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  151;  Coolidge  and  Mans- 
field’s History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  817. 


HARTLAND. — Town  in  Windsor  County.  New  Hampshire  grant 
as  Hertford  of  26,000  acres  to  Samuel  Hunt  and  sixty-four  associates, 
July  10,  1761,  ante  pp.  216-219.  Confirmation  charter  issued  by  New 
York  to  Oliver  Willard  and  others  July  23,  1766;  Vermont  Historical 
Society  Collections,  I — 154.  Name  changed  to  Hartland  June  15, 


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1782,  (R.,  1797.)  Part  annexed  to  Woodstock,  (Laws  of  1852,  pp. 

66-68). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 229;  II — 10;  Child’s  Windsor 
Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  137 ; Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont, 
1842,  Part  III,  p.  88;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  71; 
Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  151 ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s 
History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  817. 


HARWICH. — New  Hampshire  grant,  ante  pp.  299-803. 

See  Mount  Tahor^  post. 


HERTFORD. — New  Hampshire  grant,  ante  pp.  216-219. 

See  Hartland.,  ante. 


HIGHGATE. — Town  in  Franklin  County.  New  Hampshire  grant 
of  23,040  acres  to  Samuel  and  Elisha  Hunt  and  sixty-two  associates 
Aug.  17,  1763,  ante  pp.  220-224.  New  York  grant  of  2,000  acres  to 
S.  Metcalf  & Co.  July  1,  1771,  covered  part  of  what  is  now  Highgate; 
Vermont  Historical  Society  Collections,  I — 156.  Part  of  Alburgh 
annexed,  (Laws  of  Nov.,  1792,  p.  26).  Marvin’s  Gore  annexed,  (Laws 
of  1806,  p.  11).  Provision  for  establishing  line  with  Sheldon,  Swanton, 
and  Huntsburgh,  (Laws  of  1810,  p.  160).  Part  annexed  to  Swanton, 
(Laws  of  1836,  p.  38). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 85,  109,  116,  213,  220,  239 ; II — 16  ; 
X — 11,  77,  bounds  of;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  2- 
469;  Child’s  Franklin  and  Grand  Isle  Co.  Gazetteer,  1883,  p.  131 ; 
Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  89  ; Hayward’s 
Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  72;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851, 
p.  151 ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860, 
p.  819. 

See  Prattshurg.,  (New  York  grant),  post. 


HILLSBOROUGH. — New  York  grant  of  36,000  acres  to  Elias 
Bland  & Co.  by  Lt.  Gov.  Colden  Aug.  10,  1770,  now  Danville  and 
vicinity;  Vermont  Historical  Society  Collections,  I — 155. 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  II — 63. 


HILLSBOROUGH. — The  place  where  this  Hillsborough  appears 
is  as  a New  York  grant  on  the  Chorographical  Map  facing  p.  430  of 
Vol.  VIII,  Governor  and  Council.  It  covers  the  present  town  of 


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669 


Swanton  and  part  of  the  territory  marked  “ Pratsburg,”  on  the  map 
preceding  index  to  Vol.  I,  Documentary  History  of  New  York. 
The  New  York  grant  of  Hillsborough,  including  the  present  town 
of  Danville  and  vicinity,  appears  as  “ Hilsborough  ” on  Chorographi- 
cal  Map  first  mentioned.  The  map  preceding  index  to  Vol.  I,  Doc- 
umentary History  of  New  York,  has  a “ Hillsboro  ” where  Brandon 
now  is, — probably  confounded  with  Halesborongh,  a New  York  grant 
covering  Brandon. 


HINESBURG. — Town  in  Chittenden  County.  New  Hampshire 
grant  of  23,040  acres  to  David  and  Zachariah  Ferriss  and  sixty-two 
associates,  June  24,  1762,  ante  pp.  224-228. 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 188,  190 ; VI — survey  of  lines ; 
X — 2,  4,  24,  bounds  of;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer, 
I — 792;  Child’s  Chittenden  County  Gazetteer,  1883,  p.  202;  Thomp- 
son’s History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  89 ; Hayward’s  Vermont 
Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  72;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  152; 
Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  820 ; 
Rann’s  History  of  Chittenden  County,  1886,  p.  592. 


HINSDALE. — “ This  township  had  first  been  granted  by  the  govern- 
ment of  the  MassachusetU-^?iY^  and  upon  the  settlement  of  the  bound- 
ary line  between  the  Massachusetts  and  Neiv  Hampshire^  in  1739,  fell 
within  the  latter,  and  by  them  [was]  granted,  and  fully  ratified  to 
the  inhabitants  and  proprietors,  who  in  addition  to  their  title,  had 
also  the  Indian  right.  This  township,  by  the  determination  of  the 
boundary  line  between  Neio  York  and  New  Hampshire^  fell  within 
the  jurisdiction  of  the  former,  and  was  by  them  granted  to  Col. 
Howard  after  it  had  been  settled  about  seventy  years.”  Appendix 
written  by  Ethan  Allen  and  printed  Sept.  23,  1774,  (Governor  and 
Council,  i — 508). 

See  Vernon^  post. 


HITCHCOCK’S  GORE. — Vermont  grant  of  about  1,000  acres, 
bounded  l>y  Athens,  Putney,  Dummerston,  Newfane,  and  J'owns- 
hend,  to  David  Hitclicock  and  seven  associates,  June  1783;  l)y 
its  charter  it  was  made  a part  of  Putney,  ([^Is.]  Vermont  Cliartem, 
III— 6). 


HOCQUART,  SEIGNIORY  OF.— Tlie  Seigniory  of  Hocciuart 
was  granted  by  the  King  of  France  to  M.  Hoc(iuart,  Intendant  of 


670 


APPENDIX. 


New  France,  in  two  Patents  of  concession,  one  dated  April  20,  1743, 
and  the  other,  April  1,  1745,  both  together  comprising  a tract  of  land 
four  leagues  in  front  and  five  in  depth  and  estimated  to  have  con- 
tained 115,000  acres.  It,  “ situate  in  the  said  Colony  on  Lake  Cham- 
plain opposite  Fort  St.  Frederic,”  extended  north  and  embraced  the 
present  towns  of  Panton,  Addison,  and  Bridport,  and  the  towns  east 
of  them,  (Documentary  History  of  New  York,  (quarto),  1 — 351,  352, 
375).  This  Seigniory  was  sold  to  M.  Michael  Chartier,  Seigneur  of 
Lotbiniere,  the  deed  of  sale  bearing  date  April  7,  1763,  for  the  sum 
of  nine  thousand  livres,  (p.  352).  See  map  facing  p.  368,  Vol.  I, 
Documentary  History  of  New  York. 

See  also  Avery‘s  G-ores^  ante. 


HOLLAND. — Town  in  Orleans  County.  Vermont  grant  of  23,040 
acres  to  Timothy  Andrews  and  fifty-nine  associates,  Oct.  26,  1779, 
([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 297  to  299). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 64 ; II — 33,  61 ; X — 90,  95,  bounds 
of;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  3 — 231;  Child’s 
Lamoille  and  Orleans  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  284 ; Thompson’s  His- 
tory of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  91;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazet- 
teer, 1849,  p.  73;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  152;  Cool- 
idge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  21. 


HOOSICK. — A New  York  patent  dated  June  2,  1688,  and  which 
was  claimed  by  New  York  partisans  to  have  covered  lands  in  the  town 
of  Pownal.  For  a discussion  of  this  patent,  see  H.  Hall’s  Early  His- 
tory of  Vermont,  pp.  487,  488. 


HOPKINS  GORE. — In  the  Report  of  Land  Commissioners  to  the 
Governor  and  Council,  March  15,  1788,  among  others  was  the  follow- 
ing Order  and  Decree : “ To  Doct.  Roswell  Hopkins  Eleven  Thou- 
sand & 264  acres  in  such  part  of  the  Gore  marked  Hofhim  Gore  as 
he  shall  choose.  Granted  Oct.  27^^’  1787,”  (Governor  and  Council, 
HI — 179,  180).  Hopkinsville  was  chartered  Oct.  27,  1790,  and  con- 
tained 11,264  acres.  Hopkinsville  was  sometimes  called  Hopkins 
Grant  (which  see),  and  in  the  charter  of  Pearsall’s  Gore,  dated 
Nov.  4,  1791,  a monument  in  the  east  corner  of  Hopkinsville  is 
marked  east  corner  of  Hoykintonia^  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 
299,  300).  Hopkinsville,  Hopkins  Grant,  and  Hopkintonia  are  one 
and  the  same  tract  of  land,  and  Hopkins  Gore  probably  included  in 
addition  the  3,936  acres  east  of  this  tract  chartered  to  Thomas  Pear- 
sall in  1719. 


APPENDIX. 


671 


HOPKINS  GRANT. — Hophhisville.  Governor  and  Coun- 
cil, III— 203. 


HOPKINSVILLE. — Vermont  grant  of  11,264  acres  to  Roswell 
Hopkins,  Oct.  27,  1790,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 294).  Burke 
Tongue  annexed  and  both  incorporated  into  Kirby,  (Laws  of  1807, 

p.  71). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 65,  123;  II — 158;  IV — survey  of 
lines  ; X — 75,  bounds  of. 

See  Kirhy. 


HUBBARDTON. — Town  in  Rutland  County.  New  Hampshire 
grant  of  23,040  acres  to  Isaac  Searle  and  sixty-seven  associates,  June 
15,  1764,  ante  pp.  228-231.  New  York  patent  of  4,000  acres  issued 
May  26,  1772,  by  Gov.  Tr^mn  to  Charles  Nichol  embraced  land 
now  in  Hubbardton;  Vermont  Historical  Society  Collections,  I — 156. 
Part  annexed  to  Sudbury,  (Laws  of  1806,  p.  120).  Annexation  of 
part  of  Castleton  to  part  of  Hubbardton  for  school  purposes  legalized, 
(Laws  of  1869,  p.  294). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  II — 16;  VII — survey  of  lines ; Hemen- 
way’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  3 — 746;  4-1169;  Child’sR  utland 
Co.  Gazetteer,  1882,  p.  138 ; Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842, 
Part  III,  p.  91;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  73;  Deming’s 
Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  125;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of 
New  England,  1860,  p.  821. 


HULTON. — New  York  grant  of  12,000  acres  to  James  Abeel  & Co., 
by  Lt.  Gov.  Colden,  Aug.  1,  1770,  covered  lands  now  in  Shrews- 
bury; Vermont  Historical  Society  Collections,  I — 155.  Marked  “Abel 
& Co”  on  map  preceding  Index  to  Vol.  1,  Documentary  History  of 
New  York. 


HUNGERFORI). — New  Hampshire  grant,  ante  pp.  414-418. 

See  Sheldon^  post. 


HUNT,  JONATHAN  and  ARAD. — Vermont  grant  of  600  acres 
in  Whitingham  to  above,  Oct.  15,  1787,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters, 
1—65). 


HUNTINGTON. — Town  in  Chittenden  County.  New  Hampshire 
grant  as  New  Huntington  of  23,040  acres  to  Edward  Burling  and 


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sixty-five  associates,  June  7,  1763,  mite  pp.  232  to  235.  Name 
changed  to  Huntington  Oct.  27,  1795,  (Laws  p.  9).  Part  annexed 
to  Bolton,  (Laws  of  1794,  pp.  55-57 ; 1808,  p.  135). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 165;  X — 4,  18,  bounds  of;  Hemen- 
way’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  I — 812;  Child’s  Chittenden  Co. 
Gazetteer,  1883,  p.  215;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part 
III,  p.  93;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  74;  Deming’s  Ver- 
mont Officers,  1851,  p.  153;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New 
England,  1860,  p.  824;  Rann’s  History  of  Chittenden  Co.,  1886, 
p.  613. 


HUNTS  BURGH. — Vermont  grant. 

See  Franklin^  ante. 


HYDE  PARK. — Town  in  Lamoille  County.  Vermont  grant  of 
23,040  acres  to  Jedediah  Hyde  and  sixty-four  associates,  Aug.  27, 
1781,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 86  to  89).  Annexation  of  part  of 
Morristown  authorized,  (Laws  of  1870,  p.  570), 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 66,  225;  II — 45;  X — 2,  6, 12,  bounds 
of;  Hemen way’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  3-628;  Child’s 
Lamoille  and  Orleans  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  91;  Thompson’s  His- 
tory of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  94;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer, 
1849,  p.  74;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  153;  Coolidge  and 
Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  825. 


IRA. — Town  in  Rutland  County.  Oct.  12,  1780,  the  petition  of 
Lemuel  Roberts  and  thirty-nine  associates  was  filed  asking  for  a grant 
of  the  District  of  Ira,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  State  Papers,  21-187).  A 
grant  must  have  been  made,  for  Nov.  9,  1780,  the  Governor  and  Coun- 
cil, (II — 59),  fixed  the  amount  of  the  granting  fees  and  the  time  for 
their  payment  at  June  1,  1781. 

The  granting  fees  being  unpaid  Oct.  20,  1783,  a committee  of  the 
General  Assembly  to  whom  was  referred  the  question  of  the  right  of 
the  District  of  Ira  to  be  represented  reported  that  inasmuch  as  the 
district  was  represented  in  the  convention  that  formed  the  constitu- 
tion and  had  since  been  represented  and  taxed,  that  the  district  con- 
tinue to  be  allowed  a representative.  The  report  was  accepted,  ([Ms.] 
Vermont  State  Papers,  22-56).  Two  years  later,  however,  the  fol- 
lowing report  was  adopted,  Oct.  25,  1785: 


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673 


“The  Hon^  General  Assembly  now  Convened. 

Your  committee  appointed  to  confer  with  his  Excellency  the  Gov- 
ernor Repecting  the  granting  fees  of  the  town  of  Ira  find  that  the 
said  Town  was  granted  in  Oct  1780 — that  a charter  was  to  Issue  on 
the  granting  fees  being  paid — and  that  the  greatest  part  of  Said  pro- 
prietors have  as  yet  Neglected  to  pay  any  part  thereof  although  Five 
years  have  Elapsed  Since  Said  grant — Therefore  it  is  the  opinion  of 
your  Committee  that  a time  be  allowed  s*^  proprietors  to  pay  the 
fees — and  upon  their  neglect  a charter  be  made  to  any  person  that 
will  appear  to  pay  the  same — all  which  is  humbly  Submitted  by 

Sam^  Williams  for  Com.” 

([Ms  .]  Vermont  State  Papers,  22-107;  Governor  and  Council,  III — 
28).  Oct.  31,  1792,  the  report  of  a committee  on  granting  fees  of  Ira 
showed  that  only  part  had  been  paid,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  State  Papers, 
31-223;  see  also  38-148).  There  is  no  record  that  the  granting  fees 
were  ever  paid  and  probably  a charter  was  never  issued. 

New  York  grant  of  5,000  acres  to  Henry  Van  Vleck  & Co.  by  Gov. 
Tryon,  Nov.  6,  1772,  covered  lands  now  in  Ira;  Vermont  His- 
torical Society  Collections,  1-157.  Part  of  Ira  was  incorporated  with 
parts  of  Wells,  Tinmouth,  and  Poultney  into  Middletown,  Oct.  31, 
1804.  Part  annexed  to  part  of  Poultney  for  school  purposes,  (Laws 
of  1804,  p.  49).  Part  of  Clarendon  annexed,  (Laws  of  1854,  p.  57). 

Hemen way’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  3-778;  Child’s  Rutland 
Co.  Gazetteer,  1882,  p.  144;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842, 
Part  III,  p.  95;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  75;  Deming’s 
Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  154;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of 
New  England,  1860,  p.  826. 


IRASBURGH. — Town  in  Orleans  County.  Vermont  grant  of 
23,040  acres  to  Ira  Allen  and  sixty-three  associates,  Feb.  23,  1781, 
([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 334  to  336).  Part  of  Lowell  annexed, 
(Laws  of  1852,  p.  66;  1854,  p.  56). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 67,  76,  91;  II — 129,  132;  V — sur- 
vey of  lines;  X — 31,  83,  bounds  of;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Histori- 
cal Gazetteer,  3 — 239;  Child’s  Lamoille  and  Orleans  Co.  Gazetteer, 
1884,  p.  2882  ; 'riiompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  9(> ; 
Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  75;  Deming's  Vermont  Otli- 
cei*s,  1851,  p.  154;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  Eng- 
land, 186)0,  p.  827. 


ISLE  LA  MOTTE.— lowii 
grant  to  Benjamin  Wait  and 

XMII 


in  Grand  Isle  (’ounty. 
ninety-tive  associates,  Oct. 


Vermont 
27,  1779, 


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APPENDIX. 


([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 226  to  230).  Name  changed  to  Vine- 
yard, (Laws  of  1802,  p.  32).  Name  changed  back  to  Isle  La  Motte, 
(Laws  of  1830,  p.  25). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 174;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  His- 
torical Gazetteer,  2 — 554 ; Child’s  Franklin  and  Grand  Isle  Co.  Gaz- 
etteer, 1883,  p.  226;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part 
III,  p.  96;  Hay^vard’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  76;  Deming’s 
Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  154;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History 
of  New  England,  1860,  p.  827. 


JACKSON’S  GORE. — Vermont  grant  of  9,700  acres  to  Abraham 
Jackson  and  twenty-nine  associates,  Feb.  23,  1781 ; by  the  terms  of 
its  charter  it  was  annexed  to  and  incorporated  into  the  township  of 
Wallingford,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  1 — 67  to  69).  Oct.  31, 
1792,  incorporated  with  parts  of  Ludlow  and  Wallingford  into  town 
of  Mt.  Holly,  (Laws  of  1792,  pp.  20-23). 

Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  96;  Deming’s 
Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  154. 


JAMAICA. — Town  in  Windham  County.  Vermont  grant  to 
Samuel  Fletcher  and  sixty-five  associates,  Nov.  7,  1780,  ([Ms.]  Ver- 
mont Charters,  1 — 56  to  59). 

Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  Vol.  5,  Part  II,  p.  423; 
Child’s  Windham  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  222 ; Thompson’s  History 
of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  96;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer, 
1849,  p.  76;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  154;  Coolidge  and 
Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  828. 

See  Camden^  (New  York  grant),  ante. 


JAY. — Town  in  Orleans  County.  The  present  town  of  Jay  was 
granted  by  the  State  of  Vermont,  March  13,  1780,  under  the  name 
of  Wyllis  “To  the  officers  of  the  Connecticut  line,  being  sixty  in 
number,”  (Governor  and  Council,  II — 25).  A charter  of  Wyllis 
was  never  issued  in  accordance  with  this  grant,  for  the  reason  prob- 
ably that  the  granting  fees  were  not  paid.  How  and  when  the  town 
received  the  name  of  Carthage  is  a question  hard  to  answer.  In  1783 
it  was  called  by  that  name,  for,  Oct.  20  of  that  year,  the  salary  of 
Gov.  Chittenden  for  the  years  1781  and  1782  was  ordered  to 
“be  paid,  the  one  half  in  forfeited  rights  of  Land  in  the  town  of 
Carthage,  at  nine  pounds  per  right,”  etc.,  (Governor  and  Council, 
HI — 28;  [Ms.]  Vermont  State  Papers,  31 — 108).  Since  1792  the 
name  of  the  town  has  been  Jay.  Vermont  granted  7,600  acres  of 


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675 


the  town  to  His  Excellency  Thomas  Chittenden,  Nov.  7, 1792,  ( [Ms.] 
Vermont  Charters,  1 — 340  to  342),  and  15,360  acres  to  John  Ja}^  and 
John  Cozine  of  New  York  City,  by  charter  dated  Dec.  28, 1792,  ([Ms.] 
Vermont  Charters,  1 — 376).  Line  Avith  Richford  established,  (LaAvs 
of  1802,  pp.  158-160;  1803,  p.  60). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 20,  29,  33 ; V — suiwey  of  lines ; 
X — 110,  bounds  of;  HemeiiAA^ay’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  3 — 
265 ; Child’s  Lamoille  -and  Orleans  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  288 ; 
Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  97 ; HayAA^ard’s 
Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  76  ; Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851, 
p.  155 ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  Ncav  England,  1860, 

p.  828. 


JERICHO. — Toaaoi  in  Chittenden  County.  Ncav  Hampshire  grant 
of  23,040  acres  to  EdAvard  Burling  and  sixty-five  associates,  June  7, 
1763,  ante  pp.  236-239.  Part  incorporated  Avith  parts  of  Williston 
and  New  Huntington  into  Richmond,  Oct.  27,  1794,  (LaAvs,  pp.  55- 
57).  Part  united  Avith  part  of  Underhill  for  school  purposes,  (LaAA^s 
of  1812,  p.  35). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 7 2,  97,  209,  236  ; VI  and  VII — sur- 
vey of  lines;  X — 16,  bounds  of;  HemeiiAA^ay’s  Vermont  Historical 
Gazetteer,  1 — 829 ; Child’s  Chittenden  Co.  Gazetteer,  1883,  p.  223 ; 
Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  97 ; HayAvard’s 
Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  76;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851, 
p.  155 ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  Noav  England,  1860, 
p.  828;  Rann’s  History  of  Chittenden  Co.,  1886,  p.  623. 


JOHNSON. — Town  in  Lamoille  County.  Vermont  grant  to  Rev. 
Jon^  Edwards,  William  Samuel  Johnson,  Charles  Chauncey,  and  sixty- 
tAvo  associates,  Jan.  2,  1792,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  1-292  to  294). 
Annexation  of  part  of  Sterling  authorized  (Laws  of  1855,  pp.  76-79; 
1856,  pp.  76-78.) 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  1-71;  X-2,  6,  7,  bounds  of;  Hemen- 
Avay’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  2-669 ; Child’s  Lamoille  and 
Orleans  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  104;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont, 
1842,  Part  HI,  p.  99;  IlayAvard’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  }).  78; 
Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  155;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s 
History  of  NeAv  England,  1860,  p.  830. 

See  Kinrf^s  Collerfe^  (NeAv  York  grant),  pout. 


JOHNSON’S  GORE. — Vermont  grant  of  5,045  acres  to  Moses 
Jolinson  and  thirty-two  associates  Feb.  23,  1782,  ([Ms.]  Vermont 


676 


APPENDIX. 


Charters,  1-296).  Incorporated  into  a town  by  the  name  of  Acton, 
Nov.  6,  1800,  (Laws,  p.  29). 

Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  155. 

See  Acton. 


KELLYBROOK. — New  York  grant  of  30,000  acres  by  Lt.  Gov. 
Golden  to  Luke  Knowlton  July  20,  1774;  covered  lands  in  Fletcher 
and  vicinity;  Vermont  Historical  Society  Collections,  I — 157. 


KELLYBURGH. — Mentioned  in  a petition  for  a road  in  [Ms.] 
Vermont  State  Papers,  18-137,  and  from  the  direction  of  the  road  as 
described  in  the  petition  Kellyburgh  must  have  included  Kellyvale,  or 
Kelly’s  Grant  No.  2,  or  both.  It  is  evident  from  a report  of  a com- 
mittee to  assess  granting  fees  that  Kellyburgh  covered  the  four  tracts 
chartered  to  John  Kelly  in  1791.  The  report  of  the  committee 
adopted  by  the  General  Assembly  Jan.  25,  1791,  is  in  [Ms.]  Vermont 
State  Papers,  31-222,  and  contains  the  following:  “We  find  the 
legislature  of  Vermont  on  the  fifth  day  of  March  one  Thousand  seven 
hundred  and  Eighty  seven  made  a Grant  to  the  said  Kelly  of  Sixty 
nine  Thousand  and  one  hundred  Acres  of  land  lying  in  the  tract  com- 
monly called  Kelly  burgh.” 


KELLYVALE. — Vermont  grant  of  31,000  acres  to  John  Kelly  of 
the  City  of  New  York  June  7,  1791,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 
308).  Kelly’s  Grant  No.  2 adjoining  Kellyvale  annexed,  (Laws  of 
1825,  p.  33).  Name  changed  to  Lowell,  (Laws  of  1831,  p.  11). 

See  Lowell. 


KELLY’S  GRANT  NO.  2. — Vermont  grant  of  6,000  acres  to  John 
Kelly  June  6,  1791,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  1-306).  This  tract 
was  situated  east  of  Kelly’s  Grant  No.  1,  which  was  chartered  as 
Kellyvale.  In  1825  Kelly’s  Grant  No.  2 was  annexed  to  Kellyvale, 
(Laws  of  1825,  p.  33),  and  both  comprise  the  present  town  of  Lowell. 


KELLY’S  GRANT  NO.  3.— In  March,  1787,  Vermont  granted  to 
John  Kelly  69,100  acres  of  land,  39,000  acres  of  which  was  free  of 
fees,  (Governor  and  Council,  III — 180;  [Ms.]  Vermont  State  Papers 
31-222).  Four  charters  were  issued  in  1791,  three  in  June  com- 
prising 39,000  acres,  and  one  Nov.  4,  of  30,100  acres,  the  granting  fees 
for  the  last  having  been  paid  Oct.  22,  1791,  (Governor  and  Council, 


APPENDIX. 


677 


IV — 20).  The  tract  which  was  called  No.  3 of  Kelly’s  was  the  one 
chartered  in  Nov.,  1791,  as  Belvidere,  which  see.  A fourth  tract  of 
2,000  acres  chartered  June  8,  1791,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  1- 
307)  wliich  with  Kelly  vale  and  No.  2 made  up  the  39,000  acres,  was 
situated  south  of  Belvidere  and  west  of  Johnson  and  was  the  part  of 
Belvidere  incorporated  with  Coit’s  Gore  and  part  of  Bakersfield  into 
the  town  of  Waterville  in  1824.  See  Laws  of  1824,  p.  17,  where  it  is 
called  Belvidere  Leg. 

In  a petition  dated  Feb.  26,  1787,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  State  Papers 
22-137),  Kelly  gives  a list  of  the  tracts  of  land  to  which  he  claims  to 
have  a New  York  title  and  for  which  he  asks  the  grant  of  an  equivalent 
from  Vermont.  He  also  states  the  Vermont  territory  in  which  his 
lands  are  situated : 


Under  New  York 


Under  the  State  of  Vermont. 


6,000  acres,  in  Warrenstown. 

In  Jamaica. 

2,000 

4i 

“ Campden. 

“ Wardsborough. 

3,000 

(( 

a military  patent  to  Capt.  Hamilton. 

“ Athens. 

1,000 

(4 

“ “ “ Col.  Cleaveland. 

“ Ira. 

5,000 

44 

in  Kingsborougli. 

“ Wildersburgh  & Montpelier. 

4,000 

44 

“ Newbrook. 

“ “ & Williamstown. 

6,500 

44 

“ Fincastle. 

“ some  town  southwest  of 

Bethel  [Stockbridge?]. 

2,000 

44 

“ Kelso. 

In  Middletown. 

8,000 

.( 

“ Meath. 

Partly  in  Cambridge  and  partly 

3,000 

44 

“ Smitlifield. 

Ungranted.  F vacant. 

8,000 

44 

“ St.  George. 

10,000 

44 

“ Kellybrook. 

44 

600 

44 

Two  lots  in  Royalton. 

Royalton  under  Vermont. 

10,000 

69,100 

44 

Goldsbrow  Banyar  purchased  from  citizens 

in  this  state  and  “petitioner  as  his  attorney  prays 
a grant  thereof’’ 

KELLY’S  GRANT. — Vermont  grant  of  12,000  acres  by  charter 
dated  Oct.  30,  1792,  the  date  on  which  the  granting  fees  were  paid, 
([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  1-352 ; Governor  and  Council,  IV — 36). 
This  tract  with  Avery’s  Grant  was  incorporated  into  the  township  of 
Missiskouie,  (Laws  of  1801,  p.  78);  since  1803  the  present  town  of 
Troy. 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 51. 


KELSO. — New  York  grant  of  21,500  acres  by  Lt.  Gov.  Colden 
May  20,  1770;  included  land  in  Tamworth  and  vicinity;  A'ermont 
Historical  Societv  Collections,  I — 154. 


678 


APPENDIX. 


KEMPTON. — New  York  grant  of  16,000  acres  by  Lt.  Gov.  Golden 
to  Pierre  G.  De  Peyster  & Co.,  Nov.  24,  1769,  in  what  is  now  Orange 
County;  Vermont  Historical  Society  Collections,  I — 154.  In  town 
of  Orange. 

Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  100;  Deming’s 
Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  156. 


KENT. — New  York  grant  of  26,000  acres  by  Lt.  Gov.  Golden  to 
John  Rogers  & Co.,  Feb.  13,  1770,  now  Londonderry,  including 
Windham  and  Anderson’s  Gore  probably;  Vermont  Historical  Society 
Collections,  I — 154. 


KERSBOROUGH. — New  York  grant  of  20,000  acres  to  Archibald 
Hamilton  & Co.  by  Lt.  Gov.  Golden,  Oct.  13,  1770;  covered  lands 
in  Orange  Co. ; Vermont  Historical  Society  Collections,  I — 155. 
Probably  what  is  now  Concord  and  vicinity. 


KILBY. — New  York  grant  of  30,000  acres  to  Wm.  McAdams  & 
Co.  by  Gov.  Dunmore,  July  3,  1771 ; covered  lands  in  Middlesex  and 
vicinity;  Vermont  Historical  Society  Collections,  I — 156. 


KILLINGTON. — New  Hampshire  grant,  ante  pp.  419-422. 

See  Sherburne^  post. 


KINGSBOROUGH. — New  York  grant  of  35,000  acres  to  John  M. 
Scott  & Co.,  by  Lt.  Gov.  Golden,  June  25,  1770;  covered  land  in 
Montpelier  and  vicinity;  Vermont  Historical  Society  Collections, 
1—155. 


KING’S  COLLEGE. — New  York  grant  of  20,000  acres  by  Lt. 
Gov.  Golden,  Aug.  16,  1774  ; covered  lands  in  Johnson  and  vicinity; 
Vermont  Historical  Society  Collections,  I — 157.  Marked  “Govern- 
ors of  King’s  College”  on  map  preceding  index  to  Vol.  I,  Documen- 
tary History  of  New  York.  On  this  map  there  is  another  tract 
marked  “ Governors  of  King’s  College  ” which  covers  the  present 
town  of  Washington,  and  which  is  marked  Kingsland  on  map  facing 
p.  430,  Vol.  VIII,  of  Governor  and  Council.  On  the  New  York 
map  there  is  a third  tract  marked  “ Kings  College  C.  J.  Southrer 


APPENDIX. 


679 


Esq.”  which  is  in  the  vicinity  of  the  present  tovms  of  Worcester  and 
Elmore. 

See  Kingslancl^  post. 


KINGSLAND. — New  York  grant  to  King’s  College,  New  York 
City,  it  has  been  said,  though  at  what  date  granted  does  not  appear. 
Kingsland  embraced  the  present  town  of  Washington  and  was 
undoubtedly  a New  York  grant.  It  belonged  to  King’s  College, 
Feb.  17,  1772,  for  on  that  date  steps  were  taken  toward  a settlement 
of  the  town.  It  was  the  shire  town  of  Gloucester  County,  (Governor 
and  Council,  I — 268,  and  VIII — 379).  Marked  “Governors  of  King’s 
College”  on  map  preceding  index  to  Vol.  I,  Documentary  History 
of  New  York. 

Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  100;  Deming’s 
Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  156. 


KINGSTON. — Vermont  grant. 

See  Granville.^  ante. 


KIRBY. — Town  in  Caledonia  County.  Incorporated  out  of  Burke 
Tongue  and  Hopkinsville,  Oct.  28,  1807,  (Laws,  p.  71). 

Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  I — 336;  Child’s  Essex 
and  Caledonia  Co.  Gazetteer,  1887,  p.  223 ; Thompson’s  History 
of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  100  ; Ha^Avard’s  Vermont  Gazetteer, 
1849,  p.  78;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  156;  Coolidge  and 
Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  831. 


KNIGHTS  GORE. — Vermont  grant  by  act  of  Nov.  8, 1794,  (Laws, 
p.  66).  A charter  was  issued  to  Samuel  Knights  of  Brattleborough, 
Oct.  27,  1795,  of  1,947  acres  and  of  certain  islands  in  tlie  Onion 
River,  making  in  all  2,000  acres,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  C'harters,  I — 329  to 
331).  Annexed  to  Bakei*sfield,  (Laws  of  1798,  p.  40). 

Tliompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  100;  Deming’s 
Vermont  Officei-s,  1851,  p.  156. 


K NIG  I PI'S,  SAMIEL. — Vermont  grant  to  Samuel  Kniglits  of 
Brattleboro,  Oct.  27,  17i<5,  of  1,947  acres  (Kniglits  Gore)  and  cer- 
tain islands  in  tlie  Onion  River,  lieing  all  the  islands  below  tlie  upjier 
line  of  ^liddlesex  not  liefore  granted,  in  all  2,000  acres,  ([Ms.]  Ver- 
mont C4iartei>»,  I — 329  to  331).  'riiis  charter  was  issued  in  accord- 
Jince  with  act  passed  Nov.  28,  1794,  (Laws,  p.  66). 


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KNOWLTON’S  GORE. — Same  as  Bakersfield,  which  see;  also 
[Ms.]  Vermont  State  Papers,  23 — 368. 

Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  100 ; Deming’s 
Vermont  Officei's,  1851,  p.  156. 


LANDGROVE. — Town  in  Bennington  County.  Vermont  grant 
to  William  Utley  and  twenty-one  associates,  Nov.  9,  1780,  ([Ms.] 
Vermont  Charters,  I — 28  to  30).  Line  with  Peru  established,  (Laws 
of  1835,  p.  29). 

Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  I — 196 ; Child’s  Ben- 
nington Co.  Gazetteer,  1881,  p.  133 ; Thompson’s  History  of  Ver- 
mont, 1842,  Part  HI,  p.  101 ; Ha}"ward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849, 
p.  79;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  156;  Coolidge  and  Mans- 
field’s History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  831. 


LEICESTER. — Town  in  Addison  County.  New  Hampshire  grant 
of  23,000  acres  to  Aaron  Brown  and  sixty-five  associates,  Oct.  20, 
1761,  ante  pp.  240-243.  New  York  grant  of  51,000  acres  by  Gov. 
Dunmore  to  A.  McLure  and  fifty  others  (really  a grant  by  Gov. 
Dunmore  to  himself,)  July  8,  1771 ; covered  lands  chartered  by 
New  Hampshire  in  Leicester,  Salisbury,  Middlebury,  Cornwall,  and 
Whiting;  Vermont  Historical  Society  Collections,  1-156;  H.  Hall’s 
Early  History  of  Vermont,  p.  101.  Line  with  Salisbury  established, 
(Laws  of  Oct.  1789,  p.  3;  1796,  p.  52).  Alteration  of  boundary  wdth 
Salisbury  and  annexation  of  part  to  Salisbury  and  part  of  Salisbury  to 
Leicester  authorized,  (Laws  of  1840,  p.  61).  L^nion  of  part  of  Leices- 
ter and  part  of  Salisbury  for  school  purposes,  (Laws  of  1803,  p.  45). 

Hemenway’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1-44 ; Child’s  Addison  Co.  Gaz- 
etteer, 1882,  p.  119;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI, 
p.  102;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  79;  Deming’s  Ver- 
mont Officers,  1851,  p.  156;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New 
England,  1860,  p.  832. 


LEINSTER. — New  York  grant  of  35,000  acres  by  Gov.  Dun- 
more, July  4,  1771;  included  lands  chartered  by  New  Hampshire  in 
Somerset  and  Woodford;  Vermont  Historical  Society  Collections,  I — 
156;  map  preceding  index  to  Vol.  1,  Documentarv  History  of  New 
York. 


LEMINGTON. — Town  in  Essex  County.  New  Hampshire  grant 
as  Limington  of  23,040  acres  to  Samuel  Averill  and  sixtv-three  associ- 

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ates,  June  29,  1762,  ante  pp.  244  to  247.  Part  annexed  to  Canaan, 
(Laws  of  1837,  p.  161).  Annexation  of  part  to  Canaan  authorized, 
(Laws  of  1870,  p.  569). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 78,  90,  166;  III — survey  of  lines;  X 
— 88,  89,  bounds  of;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  1- 
1014 ; Child’s  Essex  and  Caledonia  Co.  Gazetteer,  1887,  p.  457 ; 
Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  102;  Hayward’s 
Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  80;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p. 
156;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  833. 


LEWIS. — Unorganized  town  in  Essex  County.  New  Hampshire 
grant  of  23,040  acres  to  Eleazer  Hinman  and  sixty-three  associates, 
June  29,  1762,  ante  pp.  248-251. 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 79;  HI — survey  of  lines;  X — 87, 
bounds  of;  Child’s  Essex  and  Caledonia  Co.  Gazetteer,  1887,  p.  459; 
Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  103;  Hayward’s 
Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  80;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p. 
157. 


LEYDEN. — New  York  grant  of  24,000  acres  by  Lt.  Gov.  Colden, 
Aug.  7,  1770;  covered  Northfield  and  vicinity;  Vermont  Historical 
Society  Collections,  I — 155. 


LINCOLN. — Town  in  Addison  County.  Vermont  grant  of 
23,040  acres  to  Col.  Benjamin  Simonds  and  sixty-four  associates, 
Nov.  9,  1780,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  1-137  to  140.)  Part 
annexed  to  Warren,  (Laws  of  1824,  p.  16).  Part  of  Bristol  annexed, 
(Laws  of  1824,  p.  17).  Part  of  Avery’s  Gore  annexed,  (Laws  of 
1847,  p.  8).  Part  of  Ripton  annexed,  (Laws  of  1869,  p.  288).  See 
Ripton  for  New  York  grant. 

Surveyor  General’s  Papeis,  1-80;  H-34;  IV-survey  of  lines;  X- 
24,  25,  bounds  of ; Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  1-48; 
Child’s  Addison  Co.  Gazetteer,  1882,  ]>.  122  ; Thompson’s  History  of 
\'ermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  103;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer, 
1849,  p.  80  ; Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  157 ; Coolidge  and 
Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  833. 


LINFIELD,  LINTFIELD,  or  LITCHFIELD.— “ Linfield  ” on 
maj)S  in  Jeffery’s  Atlas,  1776,  pp.  15,  17,  where  Royalton  is,  on  map 
j>receding  index  to  Vol.  1,  Documentary  History  of  New  York.  The 
date  of  tlie  latter  map  is  1779  and  does  not  represent  Royal  Town  as 


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APPEJ^DIX. 


claimed  by  New  Hampshire.  ‘‘  Litchfield  *’  is  found  on  map  facing 
p.  430  of  Vol.  VIII,  Governor  and  Council,  and  room  is  made  for  it 
between  Royalton  and  Barnard  which  are  adjoining  towns.  ‘‘  Lint- 
field  ” is  in  the  list  of  New  York  grants  published  in  the  Rural 
Magazine  in  1795,  1-90,  and  copied  in  Slade’s  Vermont  State  Papers, 
pp.  13,  16,  and  the  Provincial  and  State  Papers  of  New  Hampshire 
X — 204  to  207,  the  date  of  the  grant  being  Aug.  4,  1763.  But  John 
Kelly  “being  duly  sworn  on  the  Holy  Evangelists”  testified  in  the 
city  of  New  York  on  the  6th  day  of  March,  1771,  that  he  had  in  his 
possession  a map  procured  in  New  Hampshire  as  an  authentic  draft 
of  the  lands  granted  by  Gov.  Wentworth  in  Vermont  with  the  dates 
of  the  patents,  and  Lintfield  does  not  appear  in  his  list;  Vol.  IV, 
(octavo)  Documentary  History  of  New  York,  pp.  704-707.  There 
are  other  differences  between  these  lists  as  pointed  out  in  Governor 
and  Council,  VIII — 364  to  366,  but  the  copy  of  charters  in  the  Secre- 
tary of  State’s  office  in  Montpelier,  Vt.,  which  was  certified  to  by  the 
Secretary  of  State  of  New  Hampshire  in  1857  as  correct,  and  supposed 
to  include  all  grants  in  Vermont  territory,  has  all  the  towns  on  both 
the  lists  above  mentioned  except  Lintfield. 


LITTLETON. — Vermont  grant. 

See  Waterford^  post. 


LONDONDERRY. — Town  in  Windham  County.  Vermont  grant 
to  Edward  Akin,  Samuel  Fletcher,  and  Joseph  Tyler,  April  20, 1781, 
([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  1-31).  Part  incorporated  with  Mack’s 
Leg  into  Windham,  but  the  latter  not  allowed  a representative  in  the 
General  Assembly,  (Laws  of  Oct.,  1795,  p.  21).  Part  of  Windham 
annexed,  (Laws  of  Oct.,  1797,  p.  21).  Windham  allowed  a repre- 
sentative, (Laws  of  1804,  p.  16). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  II — 16  ; Hemenway’s  Vermont  Histori- 
cal Gazetteer,  Vol.  5,  Part  HI,  p.  15;  Child’s  Windham  Co. 
Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  238 ; Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842, 
Part  III,  p.  103 ; Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  80 ; Dem- 
ing’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  157 ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s 
History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  833. 


LOWELL. — Town  in  Orleans  County.  Vermont  grant  as  Kelly- 
vale  to  John  Kell3\  Name  changed  to  Lowell,  (Laws  of  1831,  p.  11). 
Part  annexed  to  Irasburgh,  (Laws  of  1852,  p.  66;  1854,  p.  56.)  An- 
nexation of  part  to  Montgomery  authorized,  (Laws  of  1858,  p.  48). 
Annexation  of  part  to  Albany  authorized,  (Laws  of  1870,  p.  570). 


APPENDIX. 


683 


Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  3-269;  Child’s  Lamoille 
and  Orleans  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  288^®;  Thompson’s  History  of 
Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  104;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer, 
1849,  p.  81 ; Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  157 ; Coolidge  and 
Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  834. 

See  Kellyvale. 


LUDLOW. — Town  in  Windsor  County.  New  Hampshire  grant 
of  24,000  acres  to  Jacob  Lee  and  sixty-four  associates  Sept.  16,  1761, 
ante  pp.  252-256.  Part  annexed  to  Mt.  Holly,  (Laws  of  Oct.,  1792, 
pp.  20-23). 

Child’s  Windsor  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  150 ; Thompson’s  History 
of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  104;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer, 
1849,  p.  81 ; Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  157 ; Coolidge  and 
Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  835. 


LUNENBURGH. — Town  in  Essex  County.  New  Hampshire 

frant  of  23,040  acres  to  David  Page  and  sixty-nine  associates,  July 
, 1763,  ante  pp.  257-261. 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 83,  88,  117,  126;  II — 14,  76;  IV — 
survey  of  lines;  X — 74,  bounds  of;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical 
Gazeteer,  1 — 1015  ; Child’s  Essex  and  Caledonia  Co.  Gazetteer,  1887, 
p.  459;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  107; 
Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  82;  Deming’s  Vermont  Offi- 
cers, 1851,  p.  158;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  Eng- 
land, 1860,  p.  837. 


LUTTERLOH. — Name  changed  to  Albany  in  1815.  See  Albany, 


LYNDON. — Town  in  Caledonia  County.  Vermont  grant  to  JoiP 
Arnold  and  fifty-two  associates,  Nov.  20,  1780,  ([Ms.]  Vermont 
Chartei‘8,  1 — 59  to  65). 

Suiweyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 81,  126,  155;  II — 62,  83,  126,  133; 
IV,  V — survey  of  lines;  X — 30,  bounds  of;  Ilemeiiway's  Vermont 
Historical  Gazetteer,  1 — 338;  Cliild’s  Essex  and  C’aledonia  Co. 
Gazetteer,  1887,  p.  229;  Thomj)son’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842, 
Part  III,  p.  108;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1841>,  p.  82 ; Dem- 
ing's  V^ermont  Officei’s,  1851,  p.  158;  (’oolidge  and  Mansfield’s  Ilis- 
toiy  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  838. 


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MACK’S  LEG  or  MARK’S  LEG.— Gore  of  land  in  Windham 
Co.  incorporated  with  a part  of  Londonderry  into  Windham,  Oct.  22, 
1795,  (Laws,  p.  21). 


MAIDSTONE. — Town  in  Essex  County.  New  Hampshire  grant 
of  25,000  acres  to  Agur  Judson  and  sixty-three  associates,  Oct.  12, 
1761,  ante  pp.  261-264. 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 90,  166;  III  and  IX — survey  of 
lines  ; X — 85,  bounds  of  ; Hemen way’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer, 
I — 1025;  Child’s  Essex  and  Caledonia  Co.  Gazetteer,  1887,  p.  477 ; 
Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  108;  Ha^^ard’s 
Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  82;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851, 
p.  158 ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860, 
p.  838. 


MALDEN — Where  Vershire  now  is.  Supposed  to  be  a New 
Hampshire  grant,  (Governor  and  Council,  VIII — 366).  See  also 
map  facing  page  430  of  Vol.  VHI,  Governor  and  Council.  Gage- 
borough  was  the  Ncav  York  grant  covering  the  same  territory.  Mal- 
den is  found  on  a map  in  Jeffery’s  Atlas,  printed  in  1776,  pp.  15, 17. 


MANCHESTER. — Town  in  Bennington  County.  New  Hampshire 
grant  of  23,040  acres  to  Ephraim  Cowen  and  sixty-three  associates, 
Aug.  11,  1761,  ante  pp.  264-269.  Part  of  Winhall  authorized  to 
be  annexed,  (Laws  of  1860,  p.  164). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  II — 36 ; Hemenway’s  Vermont  Histori- 
cal Gazetteer,  I — 198 ; Child’s  Bennington  Co.  Gazetteer,  1881,  p. 
136;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  109;  Hay- 
ward’s Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  83;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers, 
1851,  p.  158 ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England, 
1860,  p.  839. 

See  under  Princetown^  (New  York  grant),  fo^t. 


MANSFIELD. — New  Hampshire  grant  of  23,040  acres,  June  8, 
1763,  to  Jeremiah  Fravise  and  sixty-four  associates,  ante  pp.  514-518. 
Part  annexed  to  Underhill,  (Laws  of  1839,  p.  86).  Authorized  to  be 
annexed  to  Stowe,  (Laws  of  1848,  pp.  11-13);  repealed  in  part,  (Laws 
of  1853,  pp.  59-61). 

Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  2-680 ; Thompson’s 
History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  109;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gaz- 
etteer, 1849,  p.  83  ; Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  159;  Cool- 
idge and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  840. 


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685 


MARLBORO. — Town  in  Windham  County.  New  Hampshire 
grant  as  Marleborongh  of  23,040  acres  to  Timothy  Dwight  and  sixty 
associates,  April  29,  1751.  Charter  renewed  Sept.  21,  1761.  Re- 
granted as  New  Marlborough,  April  17,  1764;  ante  pp.  269-279. 

Hemen way’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  Vol.  V,  Part  II,  p. 
441 ; Child’s  Windham  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  248 ; Thompson’s  His- 
tory of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  110;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazet- 
teer, 1849,  p.  83;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  159;  Coolidge 
and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  841. 


MARSHFIELD. — Town  in  Washington  County.  Vermont  grant 
Oct.  16,  1782.  Charter  issued  to  the  Stockbridge  tribe  of  Indians, 
June  22,  1790,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 271  to  273).  Part  of 
Harris  Gore  annexed,  (Laws  of  1890,  p.  276). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 89,  91,  136;  II — 44;  X — 19,  bounds 
of;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  4 — 197;  Child’s 
Washington  Co.  Gazetteer,  1889,  p.  284;  Thompson’s  History  of 
Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  112;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer, 
1849,  p.  84;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  159;  Coolidge  and 
Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  842. 


MARVIN’S  GORE. — Vermont  grant  by  act  passed  Nov.  4,  1793. 
Charter  issued  for  787  acres  to  Ebenezer  Marvin  of  Huntsburgh,  Oct. 
27,  1801,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  HI — 26).  It  was  situated 

between  that  part  of  Highgate  which  was  formerly  Alburgh  Gore  and 
Huntsburg  (now  Franklin)  and  was  annexed  to  Highgate  in  1806, 
(Laws  of  1806,  p.  11). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  II — 16;  Thompson’s  History  of  Ver- 
mont, 1842,  Part  HI,  p.  112. 


MEATH. — New  York  patent  of  25,000  acres  issued  by  Lt.  Gov. 
Colden  to  Josiali  Willard  & Co.,  Feb.  11,  1775.  Embraced  territory 
in  Fairfield  and  vicinity  chartered  l)y  New  Hampshire  in  1763; 
Vennont  Historical  Society  Collections,  I — 157.  Marked  “Josiah 
Willard  A Co.,”  on  map  preceding  index  to  Vol.  1,  Documentary 
History  of  New  York. 


MECKLENHURGH. — New  Y(jrk  grant  of  30,000  acres  by  Gov. 
Dunmore  to  Geraldus  W.  Beekman,  June  26,  1771.  Embraced 
territory  chartered  by  New  Hampshire  in  1762 — Ferrislmrg  and 
vicinity;  Vennont  Historical  Society  C'ollections,  I — 155. 


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MEDWAY. — Vermont  grant  of  8,890  acres  to  Joseph  Bouker  and 
thirty-three  associates,  Feb.  23,  1781,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 
315  to  317).  Mistake  in  charter  rectified  Oct.  30,  1794,  (Laws,  p. 
134).  Parker’s  Gore  annexed  and  name  changed  to  Parkerstown 
Nov.  7,  1804,  (Laws,  p.  121).  Now  Mendon. 

Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  112 ; Deming’s 
Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  159. 


MENDON. — Vermont  grant  as  Medway.  Name  changed  from 
Parkerstown,  (Laws  of  1827,  p.  38). 

Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  3 — 784;  Child’s  Rut- 
land Co.  Gazetteer,  p.  148;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842, 
Part  III,  p.  113;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  84;  Dem- 
ing’s Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  159;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s 
History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  843. 


MIDDLEBURY. — Town  in  Addison  County.  New  Hampshire 
grant  of  25,040  acres  to  John  Evarts  and  sixty-one  associates,  Nov. 
2,  1761,  ante  pp.  279-283. 

Two  grants  comprising  3,210  acres  to  Adolphus  Benzel  by  Gov. 
Dunmore  of  New  York,  March  13  and  25,  1771,  covered  lands 
in  Middlebury ; Vermont  Historical  Societ}^  Collections,  I — 155. 
Part  of  Cornwall  annexed  Oct.  25, 1796,  (Laws,  p.  56).  Part  united 
with  part  of  New  Haven  for  school  purposes,  (Laws  of  1801,  p.  88; 
1802,  p.  79).  Act  of  1802  repealed,  (Laws  of  1811,  p.  82).  Part 
annexed  to  Ripton,  (Laws  of  1814,  p.  141).  Part  authorized  to 
be  annexed  to  Ripton,  (Laws  of  1829,  p.  20).  Part  of  Weybridge 
annexed  if  neither  town  dissents,  (Laws  of  1851,  p.  64). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  II — 16;  X — 14,  15,  bounds  of;  Hem- 
enway's  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  I — 50  ; Child’s  Addison  Co. 
Gazetteer,  1882,  p.  127 ; Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842, 
Part  HI,  p.  113;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  85; 
Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  160;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s 
History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  843. 

See  under  Leicester  for  New  York  grant. 

See  Morrisjield^  (New  York  grant),  post. 


MIDDLE  HERO. — Vermont  grant  as  part  of  Two  Heroes  to 
Ethan  Allen,  Samuel  Herrick,  and  three  hundred  and  sixty-three 
others  Oct.  27,  1779,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 231  to  239). 
Two  Heroes  divided  into  North  and  South  Hero,  providing  that  they 


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shall  have  jointly  one  representative  in  the  legislature,  Oct.  25, 
1788,  (Laws,  p.  7).  Providing  clause  repealed  and  each  allowed  a 
representative  Jan.  18,  1791,  (Laws,  p.  4). 

Nov.  7,  1798,  South  Hero  was  divided,  and  the  north  part  of  the 
island  was  incorporated  as  Middle  Hero,  but  both  towns  were  jointly 
represented  in  the  Assembly  by  one  member,  (Laws  of  1798,  pp.  42- 
44),  until  1810  when  Middle  Hero  was  first  represented  by  Asa 
Lyon.  Certain  islands  annexed,  (Laws  of  1800,  p.  30).  Name 
changed  to  Grand  Isle,  (Laws  of  1810,  p.  169). 

Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  115;  Deming’s 
Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  161. 


MIDDLESEX. — Town  in  Washington  County.  New  Hampshire 
grant  of  23,040  acres  to  Jacob  Rezeau  and  sixty-two  associates,  June 
8,  1763,  ante  pp.  283  to  287.  New  York  grant  by  Gov.  Dunmore  of 
30,000  acres  as  Kilby  to  William  McAdams  and  others  July  3,  1771, 
was  of  land  now  Middlesex  and  vicinity;  Vermont  Historical  Soci- 
ety Collections,  I — 156.  Part  annexed  to  Waterbury,  (Laws  of 
1850,  p.  46). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 106,  113,  118,  194;  IV — survey  of 
lines;  X — 4,  17,  bounds  of,  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazet- 
teer, 4 — 222;  Child’s  Washington  Co.  Gazetteer,  1889,  p.  302; 
Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1812,  Part  HI,  p.  115;  Hayward’s 
Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  85;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851, 
j).  161 ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p. 
847. 


MIDDLESEX. — New  York  grant  by  Lt.  Gov.  Colden  of  35,000 
acres  (where  Randolph  and  Bethel  now  are),  to  Augustus  Van  Cort- 
landt,  Jan.  22,  1770;  Vermont  Historical  Society  Collections,  I — 154. 


MIDDLETOWN. — Incorporated  Oct.  28,  1784,  out  of  parts  of 
Wells,  Tinmouth,  Poultney,  and  Ira,  (Laws,  R.,  1797).  Name 
authorized  to  l^e  changed  to  Middletown  Springs,  (Laws  of  1884, 
p.  2t)9). 

Hemenway's  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  3 — 794;  Cliild's  Rut- 
land (’o.  Gazetteer,  1882,  p.  151;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont, 
1842,  Part  HI,  p.  115;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  86; 
Deming’s  Vermont  Officei*s,  1851,  p.  162;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield's 
History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  848. 


688 


APPENDIX. 


MIDDLETOWN  SPRINGS.— Town  in  Rutland  County.  Author- 
ization of  change  of  name  from  Middletown,  (Laws  of  1884,  p.  269). 

See  Middletown, 


MILTON. — Town  in  Chittenden  County.  New  Hampshire  grant 
of  23,040  acres  to  Samuel  and  Isaac  Rogers  and  sixty-one  associates, 
June  8,  1763,  ante  pp.  287-291.  So  much  of  Colchester  as  lies  north 
and  west  of  Lamoille  river  annexed,  (Laws  of  1868,  p.  309). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 85,  109,  201  to  206,  235 ; VI — sur- 
vey of  lines;  X — 27,  bounds  of;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical 
Gazetteer,  I — 839 ; Child’s  Chittenden  Co.  Gazetteer,  1883,  p.  238 ; 
Rann’s  History  of  Chittenden  Co.,  1886,  p.  636 ; Thompson’s 
History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  116;  Hayward’s  Vermont 
Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  86;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  162; 
Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  848. 


MINDEN. — Vermont  grant  of  a township  six  miles  square  to 
Timothy  Newell,  Ebenezer  Crafts,  and  sixty-one  associates,  Aug.  23, 
1781,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 197  to  199).  Name  changed  to 
Craftsbury,  (Laws  of  1790,  p.  6). 

Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  117 ; Deming’s 
Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  162. 

See  Craftsbury. 


MINEHEAD. — New  Hampshire  grant  of  23,040  acres  to  Rev. 
Noah  Waddams  and  sixty-three  associates,  June  29,  1762,  ante  pp. 
39-42.  Name  changed  to  Bloomfield,  (Laws  of  1830,  p.  26). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 90 ; HI  and  X — survey  of  lines ; 
X — 86,  bounds  of;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI, 
p.  117 ; Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  162. 

See  Bloomfield. 


MIN  TO. — New  York  grant  of  30,000  acres  to  Andrew  Elliott  by 
Gov.  Tryon,  Oct.  9,  1772.  This  patent  covered  lands  in  Richmond 
and  vicinity  chartered  by  New  Hampshire  in  1763;  Vermont  His- 
torical Society  Collections,  I — 157. 


MISSISQUOI. — Incorporated  out  of  Kelly’s  and  Avery’s  grants, 
Oct.  28, 1801,  (Laws,  p.  78).  Name  changed  to  Troy,  Oct.  26,  1803, 
(Laws,  p.  6). 


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Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  117,  (Missisco)  ; 
Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  162,  (Missisco). 

See  Troy. 


MONCKTON. — New  York  patent  of  23,000  acres  granted  Gov. 
Dun  more  to  Abraham  Lott,  April  30,  1771 ; covered  lands  granted 
by  New  Hampshire  in  1763,  in  the  present  town  of  Whiting;  Ver- 
mont Historical  Society  Collections,  1 — 155. 


MONKTON. — Town  in  Addison  County.  New  Hampshire  grant 
of  24,000  acres  to  Abraham  Dow  and  sixty-three  associates,  June  24, 
1762,  ante  pp.  291-295.  Part  annexed  to  Starksboro,  March  4, 1797, 
(Laws,  p.  47). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  II — 16;  X — 20  to  22,  bounds  of; 
Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  I — 65;  Child’s  Addison 
Co.  Gazetteer,  1882,  p.  156;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842, 
Part  HI,  p.  117 ; Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  87  ; Dem- 
ing’s Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  162;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  His- 
tory of  New  England,  1860,  p.  849. 


MONROE. — Vermont  grant  as  Woodbury  of  a township  six  miles 
square  to  William  Lyman  and  Col.  Ebenezer  Wood  and  sixty-three 
associates,  Aug.  16,  i781,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 166  to  169). 
Name  changed  from  Woodbury,  (Laws  of  1838,  p.  7).  Part  annexed 
to  Walden,  (Laws  of  1840,  p.  54).  Name  changed  back  to  Wood- 
bury, (Laws  of  1843,  p.  27). 

'riioinpson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  119;  Deming’s 
Vermont  Officers,  1851,  j).  163. 


MONTGOMERY. — Town  in  Franklin  County.  Vermont  grant 
of  23,040  acres  to  Ste[)hen  R.  Bradley  and  fifty-nine  others,  Oct.  8, 
1789,  ill  acordance  with  an  act  passed  March  15,  1780,  ([Ms.]  Ver- 
mont (’barters,  I — 286  to  288).  Provision  made  for  establishing 
line  with  other  towns  and  sale  of  a gore  of  land  between  Enosburg, 
Berkshire,  Richford,  and  Montgomery  directed,  (Laws  of  1802,  pp. 
158-160).  So  much  of  Laws  of  1802,  ]>p.  158-1  tiO,  as  directs  sale  of 
gore  of  land  between  Berkshire  and  Richford  repealed,  (I.aws  of 
1803,  p.  60).  Part  of  Lowell  authorized  to  be  annexed,  (I>aws  of 
1858,  p.  48).  Part  of  Avery’s  Gore  authorized  to  be  annexed,  (Laws 
of  1858,  p.  50). 


xr.iv 


690 


APPENDIX. 


Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 91,  162  ; V — survey  of  lines  ; X — 
106,  107,  bounds  of;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer, 
2 — 469;  Child’s  Franklin  and  Grand  Isle  Co.  Gazetteer,  1883,  p.  140  ; 
Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  118;  Hayward’s 
Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  87 ; Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  18dl, 
p.  163 ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860, 
p.  850. 


MONTPELIER. — City  in  Washington  County.  Vermont  grant, 
Oct.  21,  1780.  Charter  issued  in  accordance  therewith  to  Timothy 
Bigelow  and  fifty-nine  associates,  but  not  defining  the  boundaries  of 
the  township,  Aug.  14,  1781,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 255  to 
258).  Feb.  9,  1804,  a new  charter  was  issued  in  accordance  with 
act  passed  Feb.  1,  1804,  (Laws,  pp.  22-24),  defining  the  bounds  of 
grant  of  23,040  acres.  Seat  of  government  located  at,  (Laws  of 
1805,  p.  215).  Divided  into  Montpelier  and  East  Montpelier,  (Laws 
of  1848,  pp.  5-7:  1859,  pp.  146-148). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 88,  101,  227 ; II — 26,  44,  96,  151  ; 
X — 3,  bounds  of;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  4 — 
251;  Child’s  Washington  Co.  Gazetteer,  1889,  p.  320;  Thompson’s 
History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  119;  Hayward’s  Vermont 
Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  88;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  163; 
Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  820; 
D.  P.  Thompson’s  History  of  Montpelier,  1860 ; Vermont  Watchman^ 
Souvenir  Edition  Devoted  to  Montpelier,  1893. 

See  Kingshorough^  (New  York  grant),  ante. 


MOORETOWN. — New  York  grant  of  25,000  acres  to  Wm.  Smith 
by  Lt.  Gov.  Golden,  May  3,  1770;  Vermont  Historical  Society  Col- 
lections, I — 154.  Name  changed  to  Bradford,  Oct.  23,  1788,  (Laws, 
p.  9). 


MORETOWN. — Town  in  Washington  County.  New  Hampshire 
grant  of  23,040  acres  to  Jonah  Forster  and  sixty-four  associates,  June 
7,  1763,  ante  pp.  295-299.  Part  annexed  to  Duxbury  for  school  pur- 
poses, (Laws  of  1802,  p.  89).  Repealed,  (Laws  of  1822,  p.  95). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 164;  IV — survey  of  lines  ; X — 2,  5, 
18,  bounds  of;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  4—593; 
Child’s  Washington  Co.,  Gazetteer,  1889,  p.  399;  Thompson’s  History 
of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  121;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer, 
1849,  p.  89;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  163;  Coolidge  and 
Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  853. 


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691 


MORGAN. — Name  changed  from  Caldersburgh,  Oct.  19,  1801, 
(Laws,  p.  82).  Line  established  with  Wenlock,  Jan.  31, 1804,  (Laws 

p.  12). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 21 ; II — 16  ; III — survey  of  lines  ; 
X — 98,  bounds  of;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  3- 
282 ; Child’s  Lamoille  and  Orleans  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  288^ ; 
Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  121;  Hayward’s 
Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  89;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851, 
p.  163 ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p. 
853. 


MORRISFIELD. — New  York  grant  of  21,940  acres  by  Gov. 
Dunmore  to  G.  H.  Ludlow,  June  21,  1771.  Embraced  territory  char- 
tered by  New  Hampshire  in  1761  as  Cornwall  and  Middlebury;  Ver- 
mont Historical  Society  Collections,  I — 155. 


MORRISTON — Appears  as  a New  York  grant  on  map  facing  p. 
430,  Vol.  VII I,  Governor  and  Council,  covering  lands  in  the  vicinity 
of  the  present  towns  of  Brandon  and  Goshen,  and  is  marked  “ Monck- 
ton”  on  map  preceding  index  to  Vol.  1,  Documentary  History  of  New 
York. 


MORRISTOWN. — Town  in  Lamoille  County.  Vermont  grant  of 
23,040  acres  to  Dr.  Moses  Morse  and  sixty-four  associates,  Aug.  24, 
1781,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 200  to  203).  Part  of  Sterling 
authorized  to  be  annexed,  (Laws  of  1855,  pp.  76-79;  1856,  pp.  76-78). 
Part  authorized  to  be  annexed  to  Hyde  Park,  (Laws  of  1870,  p.  570). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  X — 1,  6,  32,  bounds  of;  Hemenway’s 
Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  2-680;  Child’s  Lamoille  and  Orleans 
Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  114;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842, 
Part  HI,  p.  122;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  90;  Dem- 
ing’s Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  164;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  His- 
tory' of  New  England,  1860,  p.  853. 


MOUN4'  HOLLY. — Town  in  Rutland  County.  Incorporated 
from  Jackson’s  Gore  and  parts  of  Ludlow  and  Wallingford,  Oct.  31, 
1792,  (Law.s,  pp.  20-23).  Annexation  of  part  of  Weston  authorized, 
(Laws  of  1)S70,  p.  572). 

Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  3 — 845;  Child’s  Rut- 
land Co.  Gazetteer,  1882,  p.  157;  Thompson’s  Histoiy  of  Vermont, 
1842,  Part  HI,  p.  123;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  90; 


692 


APPENDIX. 


Demiiig’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  164;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s 
History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  855. 


MOUNT  TABOR. — Town  in  Rutland  County.  New  Hampshire 
grant  as  Harwich  of  23,040  acres  to  Jonathan  Willard  and  sixty-one 
associates,  Aug.  28,  1761,  ante  pp.  299-303.  Name  changed  from 
Harwich,  (Laws  of  1803,  p.  68).  Part  of  Peru  annexed,  (Laws  of 
1805,  p.  19).  Part  annexed  to  Dorset,  (Laws  of  1825,  p.  25;  1832, 
p.  25).  Annexation  of  part  of  Danby  authorized,  (Laws  of  1848,  pp. 
9-11). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 16,  173;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  His- 
torical Gazetteer,  3-866  ; Child’s  Rutland  Co.  Gazetteer,  1882,  p.  164 ; 
Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  123;  Hayward’s 
Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  91 ; Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851, 
p.  164 ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  Ncav  England,  1860,  p. 


856. 


NAVY. — Vermont  grant  of  23,040  acres  to  Abraham  Whipple,  Esq,, 
and  sixty-three  associates,  Nov.  10,  1780,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters, 
I — 206  to  209).  Name  changed  to  Charleston,  Nov.  16, 1825,  (Laws, 
p.  33). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 92,  171 ; II — 46,  161,  164,  field 
book;  HI — survey  of  lines ; Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842, 
Part  HI,  p.  124;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  164. 


NESHOBE. — New  Hampshire  grant  of  23,000  acres  to  Josiah 
Powers  and  sixty-five  associates,  Oct.  20, 1761,  ante  j)p.  47-51.  Name 
changed  to  Brandon,  Oct.  20,  1784,  (R.  1797). 

Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  124;  Deming’s 
Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  165. 


NEWARK. — Town  in  Caledonia  County.  Vermont  grant  of  23,- 
040  acres  to  Col.  William  Wall  and  sixty-four  associates,  Aug.  15, 
1781,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 148  to  151).  Formerly  in  Essex 
County  and  annexed  to  Caledonia  County,  (Laws  of  1824,  p.  15). 
Annexed  to  Caledonia  Probate  District,  (Laws  of  1826,  p.  21). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 126  ; II — 48;  IV — survey  of  lines  ; 
X — 69,  71,  72,  bounds  of;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazet- 
teer, I — 356 ; Child’s  Essex  and  Caledonia  Co.  Gazetteer,  1887,  p. 
259;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  124;  Hay- 
ward’s Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  91;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers, 


APPENDIX. 


693 


1851,  p.  165 ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England, 
1860,  p.  856. 


NEWBROOK. — New  York  patent  of  23,000  acres  to  Jacobus  Van 
Zant  and  Co.,  June  13,  1770,  of  lands  now  probably  in  Barre  and 
Williamstown ; V erinont  Historical  Society  Collections,  I — 154. 


NEWBURY. — Town  in  Orange  County.  New  Hampshire  grant 
to  Jacob  Bailey  and  seventy-one  associates.  May  18,  1763,  ante  pp. 
303-307.  New  Hampshire  charter  confirmed  by  New  York  March 
19,  1772,  (25,000  acres);  Vermont  Historical  Society  Collections, 

I- 156.  Vermont  post-office  established,  March  9,  1787,  (Laws,  p. 
116).  Repealed,  Nov.  10,  1797,  (R.  1797,  Repeals).  Line  with 
other  towns  established,  Nov.  4,  1799,  (Laws,  p.  17;  1801,  p.  88; 
1802,  p.  48). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 97, 100, 106, 107, 120,  140,  163,  207  ; 

II —  6,  51,  55;  V and  IX — survey  of  lines;  X — 46,  bounds  of;  Hem- 
enway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  2 — 915 ; Child’s  Orange  Co. 
Gazetteer,  1888,  p.  269;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part 
HI,  p.  124;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  91;  Deming’s 
Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  165 ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History 
of  New  England,  1860,  p.  856. 


NEWFANE. — Town  in  Windham  County.  New  Ilampsliire  grant 
as  Fane  of  23,040  acres  to  Al)uer  Sawyer  and  sixty-eight  associates, 
June  19,  1753.  Regranted  as  New  Fane  to  Benj.  Flagg  and  sixty- 
four  associates,  Nov.  3,  1761,  ante  pp.  307-315.  New  Ilampsliire 
charter  confirmed  by  New  York  May  11,  1772,  (20,000  acres).  Part 
annexed  to  Brookline,  (Laws  of  1820,  p.  41). 

Hemenway’s  I'ermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  Voh  5,  Part  II,  p.  455; 
Child's  Windham  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  255;  Thompson's  History 
of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  126;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer, 
1849,  i>.  92;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  j).  165;  C'oolidge  and 
Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  860. 


NEW 


FLAMSTEAI). 


— New  Hampshire  grant,  ante  ])j).  95-9S. 
See  Chei<te)\  ante. 


NEW  HAVEN.— Town  in  Addison 
grant  of  25,040  acres  to  John  Evarts  and 


('oiinty.  Xew  Hampshire 
sixty-one  associates,  Nov.  2, 


694 


APPENDIX. 


1761,  ante  pp.  315-319.  New  York  patent  issued  by  Gov.  Dunmore 
for  7,000  acres  to  Col.  John  Reid,  June  7,  1771,  embraced  land  now 
in  Panton  and  New  Haven;  Vermont  Historical  Society  Collections, 
I — 155.  New  Haven  Gore  annexed,  (Laws  of  1790,  p.  2).  Part  of 
New  Haven  incorporated  into  the  city  of  Vergennes,  Oct.  23,  1788, 
(Laws,  pp.  11-19).  Part  annexed  to  Vergennes,  Nov.  1,  1791, 
(Laws,  p.  5).  Part  annexed  to  Weybridge,  Oct.  25,  1791,  (Laws, 
p.  6).  Act  of  Nov.  1,  1791,  annexing  part  to  Vergennes  repealed 
Oct.  31,  1796,  (Laws,  pp.  53-55),  and  that  part  incorporated  into 
town  of  Waltham.  Parts  of  New  Haven  and  Middlebury  united  for 
school  purposes,  (Laws  of  1801,  p.  88;  1802,  p.  79).  Act  of  1802 
repealed,  (Laws  of  1811,  p.  82). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  X — 4,  bounds  of;  Hemenway’s  Ver- 
mont Historical  Gazetteer,  I — 68;  Child’s  Addison  Co.  Gazetteer, 
1882,  p.  163;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  127 ; 
Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  93;  Deming’s  Vermont  Offi- 
cers, 1851,  p.  166;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  Eng- 
land, 1860,  p.  861. 


NEW  HAVEN  GORE. — Bounded  north  on  Monkton,  east  on 
Bristol,  south  on  New  Haven,  and  west  on  Ferrisburg.  Annexed  to 
New  Haven,  Oct.  21,  1790,  (Laws,  p.  2). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  X — 23,  24,  bounds  of. 


NEW  HUNTINGTON. — New  Hampshire  grant  of  23,040  acres  to 
Edward  Burling  and  sixty-five  associates,  June  7,  1763,  ante  pp.  232- 
235.  Part  incorporated,  with  parts  of  Jericho  and  Williston,  into 
Richmond,  and  parts  of  Avery’s  and  Buel’s  Gores  and  part  of  Wil- 
liston annexed  Oct.  27,  1794,  (Laws,  pp.  55-57).  Part  annexed  to 
Bolton,  Oct.  27,  1794,  (Laws,  pp.  55-57 ; 1808,  p.  135).  Name 
changed  to  Huntington  Oct.  27,  1795,  (Laws,  p.  9). 

Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  128;  Deming’s 
Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  167. 


NEWPORT. — Town  in  Orleans  County.  Vermont  grant  as  Dun- 
cansborough  of  23,040  acres  to  Nathan  Fisk,  George  Duncan,  and 
sixty-three  associates,  Oct.  30,  1802,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 
360  to  362).  Name  changed  to  Newport,  (Laws  of  1816,  p.  38). 
Line  established  with  Derby,  (Laws  of  1868,  p.  310).  So  much  of 
Province  Island  as  lies  within  the  state  annexed,  (Laws  of  1845, 
p.  6).  Auditor  of  Accounts  authorized  to  sell  Province  Island,  (Laws 
of  1865,  p.  244). 


APPENDIX. 


695 


Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 33;  II — 31;  V — survey  of  lines; 
X — 111,  112,  bounds  of;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer, 
3 — 293;  Child’s  Lamoille  and  Orleans  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  288^; 
Thompson’s  History  of  V ermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  128 ; Hay- 
ward’s Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  93  ; Deming’s  Vermont  Officers, 
1851,  p.  167 ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England, 

1860,  p.  862. 


NEWPORT. — Is  found  on  map  preceding  index  to  Vol.  I,  Docu- 
mentar}^  History  of  New  York,  as  a town  between  Strafford  and 
Sharon,  and  it  also  appears  on  map  facing  p.  430,  Vol.  VIII,  Gov- 
ernor and  Council,  as  a New  York  grant.  Not  to  be  confounded 
with  Newport,  a town  in  Orleans  County. 


NEW  RUTLAND. — New  York  grant  of  23,000  acres  by  Lt.  Gov. 
Colden  to  Nathan  Stone  & Co.,  Sept.  8,  1774;  covered  Sheldon  char- 
tered by  New  Hampshire;  Vermont  Historical  Society  Collections, 
I — 157.  Marked  “Nathan  Stone  & Co.”  on  map  preceding  index 
to  Vol.  I,  Documentary  History  of  New  York. 


NEWRY. — New  York  grant  by  Gov.  Dunmore,  June  24,  1771,  of 
37,000  acres,  covering  land  in  Sherburne  and  vicinity;  Vermont  His- 
torical Society  Collections,  I — 155. 


NORRURY. — New  York  patent  of  32,000  acres  issued  April  14, 
1772,  by  Gov.  Tryon  to  himself  in  the  names  of  Edmund  Fanning 
and  others.  This  township  was  situated  in  the  vicinity  of  the  towns 
of  Worcester  and  Calais. 

Vermont  Historical  Society  Collections,  I — 156;  II.  Hall’s  Early 
History  of  Vermont,  p.  103. 


NORFOIdv. — Vermont  grant  of  tlie  nortlieasterly  corner  of  the 
stiite  to  Bezaleel  Woodward  and  eleven  associates  Feb.  27,  1782, 
([Ms.]  V ermont  Cliarters,  HI — 5).  Annexed  to  Canaan,  (Laws  of 
1801,  p.  95). 

'riiompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  128;  Deming’s 
Vermont  Officei's,  1851,  p.  167. 


NOR  rilFIELD. — 'lown  in  Wiashington  C’ounty.  Vermont  grant 
to  Joel  Matthews  and  sixty-four  jussociates,  Aug.  10,  1781,  ([Ms.] 


696 


APPENDIX. 


Vermont  Charters,  I — 178  to  180.)  East  part  of  Waitsfield  annexed, 
(Laws  of  1822,  p.  35;  1823,  p.  4 ; 1846,  p.  11). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 84,  86, 117  ; II — 52  ; X — 28,  bounds 
of ; Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  4-612  ; Child’s  Wash- 
ington Co.  Gazetteer,  1889,  p.  406;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont, 
1842,  Part  HI,  p.  128;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  93; 
Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  167 ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s 
Histor}^  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  863;  Gregory’s  History  of  North- 
field,  1878. 

See  Leyden^  (New  York  grant). 


NORTH  HERO. — Town  in  Grand  Isle  County.  Vermont  grant 
as  part  of  Two  Heroes  to  Ethan  Allen,  Samuel  Herrick,  and  three 
hundred  and  sixty-three  associates,  Oct.  27,  1779,  ([Ms.]  Vermont 
Charters,  I — 231  to  239).  Two  Heroes  divided  into  North  and  South 
Hero,  hut  to  he  jointly  represented  in  the  legislature,  Oct.  25,  1788, 
(Laws,  2D.  7).  Each  allowed  a representative,  Jan.  18,  1791,  (Laws, 
p.  4).  Butler’s  and  Knight’s  Islands  annexed,  (Laws  of  1821,  p.  203). 
Hyde’s  Island,  formerly  Wood’s  Island,  annexed,  (Laws  of  1822,  p. 
35).  Wood’s  Island  annexed  to  St.  Albans,  (Laws  of  1845,  p.  6). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  Vol.  I;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Histori- 
cal Gazetteer,  2 — 563 ; Child’s  Franklin  and  Grand  Isle  Co.  Gazetteer, 
1883,  p.  230 ; Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  129 ; 
Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  94;  Deming’s  Vermont 
Officers,  1851,  p.  168;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  Eng- 
land, 1860,  2^.  864. 


NORTON. — Town  in  Essex  County.  Vermont  grant  of  23,040 
acres  to  Timothy  Andrus  and  fifty-nine  associates  Oct.  26,  1779, 
([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 290  to  292).  Annexed  to  Essex  County, 
(Laws  of  1842,  p.  126).  Act  to  organize,  (Laws  of  1884,  p.  252). 
First  represented  in  the  legislature  in  1886. 

Child’s  Essex  and  Caledonia  Co.  Gazetteer,  p.  482 ; Thompson’s 
History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  23*  129;  Hayward’s  Vermont 
Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  94;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  23*  168. 


NORWICH. — Town  in  Windsor  County.  New  Ham2)shire  grant 
asNorwhich  of  23,000  acres  to  Eleazer  and  Ebenezer  Wales  and  sixty- 
two  associates  July  4,  1761,  ante  pp.  319-323.  Part  authorized  to 
be  annexed  to  Thetford,  (Laws  of  1839,  p.  87). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers  1-87,  98,  99,  107 ; IX-survey  of  lines ; 


APPENDIX. 


697 


X— 34,  bounds  of;  Child’s  Windsor  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  158; 
Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  129;  Hayward’s 
Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  94;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851, 
p.  168;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860, 
p.  865. 


ORANGE. — Town  in  Orange  County.  Vermont  grant  of  23,040 
acres  to  Amos  Robinson,  Esq.,  Capt.  Ebenezer  Green  and  sixty- 
three  associates  Aug.  11,  1781,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 169  to 
172).  Line  with  Barre  established  Nov.  4,  1799,  (Laws,  p.  17). 
Repealed  Nov.  6,  1801,  (Laws,  p.  88).  Boundaries  established  Nov. 
3,  1802,  (Laws,  p.  48). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers  1-84,  97,  119,  120,  123,  140,  207 ; II — 
30,  157  ; IV — survey  of  lines  ; X — 52,  80,  bounds  of ; Hemenway’s 
Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  2-956;  Child’s  Orange  Co.  Gazetteer, 
1888,  p.  327 ; Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  131; 
Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  95;  Deming’s  Vermont 
Officers,  1851,  p.  168;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  Plistory  of  New 
England,  1860,  p.  867. 

See  Tniro^  (New  York  grant),  and  Kempton^  (New  York 

grant),  ante. 


ORLEANS. — Name  changed  from  Coventry,  (Laws  of  1841,  p. 
61).  Name  changed  back  to  Coventry,  (Laws  of  1843,  p.  28). 

ddiompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  132;  Deming’s 
’Yermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  169. 


ORWELL. — 4Ywn  in  Addison  County.  New  Hampshire  grant  of 
23,500  acres  to  Benjamin  Underhill  and  sixty-three  associates  Aug. 
18,  1763,  ante  pp.  323-327.  New  York  grant  of  3,000  acres  by  Lt. 
Gov.  C'olden  to  Alexander  Wallace  duly  31,  1770,  embraced  lands 
now  in  Orwell;  Vermont  Historical  Society  C'ollections,  I — 155. 
Part  autliorized  to  be  annexed  to  Wliiting,  (Laws  of  18311  p.  87). 
Annexed  to  Addison  C'ounty,  (Laws  of  1847,  p.  7).  Part  authorized 
to  be  annexed  to  I>enson,  (Laws  of  1847,  }).  8). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  X — 19,  l)ounds  of;  Ilemenway's  Ver- 
mont Historical  Gazetteer,  I — 73;  fMiild's  Addison  Co.  (iazetteer,  p. 
182;  Thompson's  History  of  \Trmont,  1842,  Part  III,  j).  133;  Hay- 
ward’s \T*rmont  Gazetteer,  1849,  j).  96;  Deming’s  \Tuinont  Ollicem, 
1851,  p.  ir>!>;  (’oolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  Ihigland, 

186)0,  p.  H68. 


698 


APPENDIX. 


PAGNELL. — Is  found  on  map  preceding  index  to  Vol.  1,  Docu- 
mentary History  of  New  York,  as  a town  between  Thetford  and  Nor- 
wich; it  also  appears  as  a New  York  grant  on  map  facing  p.  430, 
Vol.  VIII,  Governor  and  Council. 


PANTON. — Town  in  Addison  County.  New  Hampshire  grant  of 
25,000  acres  to  James  Nichols  and  sixty-nine  associates  Nov.  3,  1761, 
ante  pp.  327-331.  New  York  grant  of  7,000  acres  by  Gov.  Dunmore 
to  Col.  John  Reid,  June  7,  1771,  covered  lands  in  Panton  and  New 
Haven  chartered  by  New  Hampshire  in  1761;  Vermont  Historical 
Society  Collections,  I — 155.  New  York  grant  of  10,000  acres  by 
Gov.  Dunmore  June  14,  1771,  also  covered  lands  in  Panton.  Agree- 
ment with  Addison  Oct.  24, 1785,  (R.  1797,  App.).  Part  incorporated 
into  the  City  of  Vergennes  Oct.  23,  1788,  (Laws,  pp.  11-19).  Part 
annexed  to  Weybridge,  (Laws  of  1806,  p.  28).  Part  of  Ferrisburg 
authorized  to  be  annexed,  (Laws  of  1847,  pp.  10-12). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  X — 10,  bounds  of;  Hemenway’s  Ver- 
mont Historical  Gazetteer,  I — 77 ; Child’s  Addison  Co.  Gazetteer, 
1882,  p.  191;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p. 
135 ; Hayward’s  V ermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  97  ; Deming’s  Vermont 
Officers,  1851,  p.  169;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New 
England,  1860,  p.  870. 


PARKER’S  GORE. — Vermont  grant  by  act  of  Oct.  22,  1793. 
Charter  of  3,000  acres  issued  to  Jonathan  Parker  Nov.  4,  1796, 
([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 345).  Annexed  to  Medway  and  both 
incorporated  into  Parkerstown  Nov.  7,  1804,  (Laws,  p.  121).  An- 
nexed to  Sherburne,  (Laws  of  1822,  p.  35).  Titles  confirmed  to 
grantees,  (Laws  of  1846,  p.  6;  [Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 395). 
The  part  “No  Town”  not  claimed  by  Sherburne  annexed  to  Stock- 
bridge,  (Laws  of  1884,  p.  270). 

Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  135. 


PARKERSTOWN. — Incorporated  out  of  Parker’s  Gore  and  Med- 
way Nov.  7,  1804,  (Laws  p.  121).  Parker’s  Gore  annexed  to 
Sherburne,  (Laws  of  1822,  p.  35).  Part  annexed  to  part  of  Rutland 
for  school  purposes,  (Laws  of  1822,  p.  36).  Name  changed  to  Men- 
don,  (Laws  of  1827,  p.  38). 

Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  135;  Deming’s 
Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  169. 


APPENDIX. 


699 


PAWLET. — Town  in  Rutland  County.  New  Hampshire  grant  of 
23,040  acres  to  Jonathan  Willard  and  sixty-one  associates,  Aug.  26, 
1761,  ante  pp.  331-335.  New  York  grant  of  2,000  acres  by  Lt.  Gov. 
Golden  to  John  Thompson,  June  19,  1775,  covered  lands  in  Pawlet 
granted  by  New  Hampshire  in  1761;  Vermont  Historical  Society 
Collections,  I — 157.  Provision  for  establishing  line  with  Rupert, 
(Laws  of  1809,  p.  93). 

Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  3-870;  Child’s  Rutland 
Co.  Gazetteer,  1882,  p.  166;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842, 
Part  HI,  p.  135;  Hay^vard’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  97;  Dem- 
ing’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  169;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  His- 
tory of  New  England,  1860,  p.  870. 

See  Eugene^  (New  York  grant),  ante. 


PEACHAM. — Town  in  Caledonia  County.  New  Hampshire  grant 
of  23,040  acres  to  David  Smith  and  sixty-nine  associates,  Dec.  31, 
1763,  ante  pp.  335-339.  Part  of  Deweysburgh  annexed,  (Laws  of 

1810,  pp.  108-110). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 84,  102,  (plan  of),  118;  II — 75; 
IV — survey  of  lines;  X — 66,  bounds  of;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  His- 
torical Gazetteer,  I — 358 ; Child’s  Essex  and  Caledonia  Co.  Gazet- 
teer, 1887,  p.  269;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI, 
p.  136;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  98;  Deming’s  Ver- 
mont Officers,  1851,  p.  170;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of 
New  England,  1860,  p.  871. 


PEARSALL’S  GORE. — About  3,936  acres  granted  by  Vermont 
to  Thomas  Pearsall  of  the  city  of  New  York,  Jan.  27,  1791,  ([Ms.] 
Vermont  Charters,  I — 299,  362).  This  gore,  though  chartered  to 
Pearsall,  was  one  of  the  tracts  granted  for  the  purpose  of  compensat- 
ing Samuel  Avery  for  the  52,000  acres  of  land  he  so  long  sought  to 
obtain  and  the  charter  in  some  way  inured  to  Avery’s  benefit. 
Incorporated  as  Bradley  vale,  (Laws  of  1803,  p.  25). 

See  Avery's  G-ores.^  ante. 


PENRYN. — New  York  grant  of  22,000  acres  by  Gov\  Tryoii, 
March  10,  1772,  covering  lands  in  Calais  and  vicinity;  Vermont  His- 
torical Society  Collections,  I — 156;  map  preceding  index  to  Vol.  I, 
Documentary  History  of  New  York. 


PERL. — Town  in  Bennington  County.  New  Ilampsliire  grant  as 
Bruniley  of  23,040  acres  U)  William  Sumner  and  sixty-five  associates. 


TOO 


APPE^’DIX. 


Oct.  13,  1761,  ante  pp.  339-343.  Name  changed  to  Peru,  Feb.  3, 
1804,  (Laws,  p.  34).  Part  annexed  to  Mount  Tabor,  1805,  (Laws, 
p.  19).  Line  with  Landgrove  established,  (Laws  of  1835,  p.  29). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 173;  II — 16;  Hemen way’s  Ver- 
mont Historical  Gazetteer,  I — 206 ; Child’s  Bennington  Co.  Gazet- 
teer, 1881,  p.  150;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI, 
p.  138;  Hay^vard’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  98;  Deming’s  Ver- 
mont Officers,  1851,  p.  170;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of 
New  England,  1860,  p.  873. 


PHILADELPHIA. — Vermont  grant  to  Samuel  Beach  and  sixty- 
four  associates,  March  16,  1780,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 144  to 
147).  Part  of  Chittenden,  Brandon,  and  Pittsford  joined  with  part 
of  Philadelphia  for  school  purposes,  (Laws  of  1812,  p.  158).  North 
part  annexed  to  Goshen,  (Laws  of  1814,  p.  111).  Annexed  to  Chit- 
tenden, (Laws  of  1816,  pp.  48-50). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 96;  II — 9;  IV — survey  of  lines; 
Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  138;  Deming’s 
Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  170. 


PITTSFIELD. — Vermont  grant  to  Samuel  IVillcox,  Daniel  Kinne, 
Josiah  Wright,  and  one  hundred  and  twenty-seven  associates,  July 
29,  1781,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 90  to  94).  Part  annexed  to 
Rochester,  (Laws  of  1806,  p.  36;  1824,  p.  16).  Part  of  Stockhridge 
annexed,  (Laws  of  1813,  p.  144).  Parts  of  Stockhridge  and  Sher- 
burne annexed,  (Laws  of  1822,  p.  36).  So  much  of  Pittsfield  as  was 
set  off  from  Sherburne,  1822,  annexed  to  Sherburne,  (Laws  of  1827, 
p.  38).  Provision  for  establishing  line  with  Stockhridge,  (Laws  of 
1851,  p.  68). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 95,  118,  164;  II — 16;  IV — survey 
of  lines  ; Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  3-935 ; Child’s 
Rutland  Co.  Gazetteer,  1882,  p.  172;  Thompson’s  History  of  Ver- 
mont, 1842,  Part  HI,  p.  138 ; Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849, 
p.  99;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  170;  Coolidge  and  Mans- 
field’s History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  874. 


PITTSFORD. — Town  in  Rutland  County.  New  Hampshire  grant 
of  23,040  acres  to  Ephraim  Doolittle  and  sixty-three  associates,  Oct. 
12,  1761,  ante  pp.  343-347.  Part  annexed  to  part  of  Philadelphia 
for  school  purposes,  (Laws  of  1812,  p.  158).  Part  authorized  to  he 
annexed  to  Brandon  and  part  of  Brandon  authorized  to  be  annexed 


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to  Pittsford,  (Laws  of  1854,  p.  57).  Part  incorporated  into  Proctor, 
(Laws  of  1886,  pp.  88-91). 

Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  3-939;  Child’s  Rut- 
land Co.  Gazetteer,  1882,  p.  178;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont, 
1842,  Part  III,  p.  139  ; Hay^vard’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  99 ; 
Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  171 ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s 
History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  874;  Caverly’s  History  of  Pitts- 
ford, 1872. 

See  Socialhurgli^  (New  York  grant),  g)ost. 


PLAINFIELD. — Town  in  Washington  County.  Incorporated  out 
of  St.  Andrew’s  Gore,  Nov.  10,  1797,  (Laws,  p.  64).  Goshen  and 
Harris  Gores  authorized  to  be  annexed,  (Laws  of  1855,  p.  74). 
Goshen  Gore  authorized  to  be  annexed,  (Laws  of  1874,  p.  380). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 3,  86  ; II — 44 ; X — 81,  bounds  of ; 
Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  4-713;  Child’s  Wash- 
ington Co.  Gazetteer,  1889,  p.  435 ; Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont, 
1842,  Part  HI,  p.  140 ; Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  99 ; 
Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  171 ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s 
History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  875. 


PLYMOU4TI. — Town  in  Windsor  County.  New  Hampshire  grant 
as  Saltash  of  25,600  acres  to  Jeremiah  Hall  and  sixty-three  associates, 
July  6,  1761,  ante  pp.  347-351.  New  York  grant  by  Gov.  Tryon  of 
25,000  acres  confirmed  New  Hampshire  grant,  Nov.  8,  1772  ; Vermont 
Historical  Society  Collections,  I — 157.  Name  changed  to  Plymouth, 
Feb.  23,  1797,  (Laws,  p.  52).  Part  annexed  to  Shrewsbury,  (Laws 
of  1823,  p.  3). 

Child’s  Windsor  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  169;  Thompson’s  History 
of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  140;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer, 
1849,  p.  100;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officem,  1851,  p.  171;  Coolidge 
and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  876. 


IH)C()CK. — New  Hampshire  grant  of  23,600  acres  to  Samuel 
Averill  and  sixty-three  associates,  June  26,  1762,  ante  pj).  66-70. 
Name  changed  to  Bristol,  Oct.  21,  1789,  (Laws,  p.  2). 

Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  142;  Deming's 
Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  172. 


POMFRET. — 4’own  in  Windsor  County.  New  Hampshire  grant 
of  23,560  acres  to  Isaac  Dana  and  sixty-live  associate.s,  July  8,  1761, 


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ante  pp.  351-355.  Part  united  with  part  of  Hartford  for  school  pur- 
poses, (Laws  of  1804,  p.  54).  Part  annexed  to  Sharon,  (Laws  of 
1807,  p.  7).  Line  established  with  Woodstock,  (Laws  of  1880,  p. 
231). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  II — 16 ; Child’s  Windsor  Co.  Gazet- 
teer, 1884,  p.  177 ; Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI, 
p.  142;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  100;  Deming’s  Ver- 
mont Officers,  1851,  p.  172;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of 
New  England,  1860,  p.  877. 


POULTNEY. — Town  in  Rutland  County.  New  Hampshire  grant 
of  23,040  acres  to  Samuel  Brown  and  sixty-three  associates.  Sept.  21, 
1761,  ante  pp.  355-359.  New  York  grant  of  12,000  acres,  Feb.  28, 
1771,  by  Gov.  Dunmore  embraced  lands  in  Poultney  chartered  by 
New  Hampshire,  Sept.  21,  1761;  Vermont  Historical  Society  Collec- 
tions, I — 155.  Part  incorporated  with  parts  of  Ira,  Tinmouth,  and 
Wells,  into  town  of  Middletown,  Oct.  28,  1784,  (R.  1797,  App.)  Part 
of  Wells  annexed,  (Laws  of  1798,  p.  38).  Part  of  Ira  annexed  for 
school  purposes,  Oct.  31,  1804,  (Laws,  p.  49). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 186, 187,  192 ; II — 16  ; VII — survey 
of  lines ; Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  3-964;  Child’s 
Rutland  Co.  Gazetteer,  1882,  p.  183;  Thompson’s  History  of  Ver- 
mont, 1842,  Part  HI,  p.  143  ; Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p. 
101;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  172;  Coolidge  and  Mans- 
field’s History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  877. 


POWNAL. — Town  in  Bennington  County.  New  Hampshire  grant 
of  23,000  acres  to  Seth  Hudson  and  fifty-six  associates,  Jan.  8,  1760, 
ante  pp.  359-362.  Line  with  Bennington  established,  (Laws  of  1800, 
p.  85).  Provision  for  establishment  of  line  with  Stamford,  (Laws  of 
1849,  p.  26). 

Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  I — 212;  Child’s  Ben- 
nington Co.  Gazetteer,  1881,  p.  154  ; Thompson’s  History  of  Ver- 
mont, 1842,  Part  HI,  p.  144;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849, 
p.  101 ; Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  172 ; Coolidge  and  Mans- 
field’s History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  878. 


PRATTSBURGH. — New  York  grant  of  30,000  acres  by  Gov. 
Dunmore,  July  6,  1771,  covering  Highgate  and  Swan  ton,  chartered 
by  New  Hampshire  in  1763;  Vermont  Historical  Society  Collections, 
I — 156.  Marked  “Pratsburg”  on  map  preceding  index  to  Vol.  1, 


APPENDIX. 


703 


Documentary  History  of  New  York,  and  Pratsborugh  ” on  map  of 
French  and  English  grants  facing  p.  368  of  the  same  volume, 
(quarto). 


PRINCETOWN. — A grant  made  May  21,  1765,  by  Lt.  Gov. 
Golden,  of  New  York,  of  26,000  acres  to  Isaac  Vrooman  and  twenty- 
five  others  covering  part  of  Arlington,  Sunderland,  Manchester,  and 
Dorset.  The  first  patent  (except  perhaps  some  military  patents) 
issued  by  New  York  for  land  in  what  is  now  Vermont.  It  was  issued 
to  the  patentees  for  1,000  acres  each  as  tenants  in  common  and  within 
a few  weeks,  all  the  patentees  except  one,  Robert  Colback,  conveyed 
their  shares  to  John  Taber  Kempe,  James  Duane,  and  Walter  Ruth- 
erford. 

H.  Hall’s  Early  History  of  Vermont,  pp.  78-80;  map  preceding 
index  to  Vol.  1,  Documentary  History  of  New  York. 


PROVIDENCE.— See  Barton. 


PROVINCE  ISLAND. — In  Lake  Memphremagog ; so  much  of  it 
as  lies  within  the  limits  of  this  state  annexed  to  Newport,  (Laws  of 
1845,  p.  6).  Auditor  of  Accounts  authorized  to  sell,  (Laws  of  1865, 
p.  244). 


PROCTOR. — Town  in  Rutland  County.  Incorporated  out  of 
parts  of  Rutland  and  Pittsford,  (Laws  of  1886,  pp.  88-91). 


PUTNEY. — Town  in  Windham  County.  New  Hampshire  grant 
of  19,360  acres  to  Josiah  and  Nathan  Willard,  and  forty-eight  associ- 
ates, Dec.  26,  1753.  Charter  renewed  June  12,  1760,  and  July  6, 
1761,  ante  pp.  363-369.  New  York  grant  of  19,300  acres  by  Gov. 
Moore,  Nov.  14,  1766,  confirmed  New  Hampshire  charter  of  Dec.  26, 
1753 ; Vermont  Historical  Society  Collections,  I — 154.  Hitclicock’s 
Gore  comprising  1,000  acres  bounded  by  Atliens,  Putney,  Dummei*s- 
ton,  Newfane,  and  Townshend,  which  was  granted  by  \"ermont 
June  19,  1783,  to  David  Hitchcock  and  seven  associates,  was,  by  ifi; 
cliarter,  made  a part  of  Putney,  ([Ms.]  \"ermont  Chartei-s,  III — 6). 
West  part  incorporated  witli  a part  of  Athens  into  Brookline,  Oct. 
30,  17‘94,  (Laws,  pp.  124-126).  I ’art  annexed  to  Brookline,  (Laws 
of  1804,  p.  20).  I’art  of  Dummerston  autliorized  to  be  annexed, 
(Laws  of  1844,  p.  4).  This  act  repealed  and  part  of  Dumniei*ston 


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APPE>'DIX. 


annexed.  (Laws  of  1846.  p.  11).  Part  of  Dummerston  authorized  to 
be  annexed.  (Laws  of  1870,  p.  568).  Part  of  Dummei'ston  annexed, 
(Laws  of  1892.  p.  427). 

Surveyor  General's  Papera,  II — 16 ; Hemenway's  Vermont  Histori- 
cal Gazetteer.  Vol.  5.  Part  II,  p.  217  ; Child's  IVindham  Co.  Gazetteer, 
1884,  p.  272  : Thompson's  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI.  p.  145; 
Hayw  ard's  Vermont  Gazetteer.  1849,  p.  102;  Deming's  Vermont  Offi- 
cers, 1851.  p.  175  ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield's  History  of  Xew  England, 
1860,  p.  879. 


RANDOLPH. — Town  in  Orange  County.  Vermont  grant  to  Capt. 
Aaron  Stores  and  seventy  associates,  June  29.  1781,  ([Ms.]  Vermont 
Charters,  I — 53  to  55).  New  York  grant  as  Midcllesex  of  35.000 
acres  by  Lt.  Gov.  Colden.  Jan.  22.  1770.  covered  lands  in  Randolph 
and  ^dcinity  ; Vermont  Historical  Societ}'  Collections,  I — 154  ; map 
facing  p.  430,  of  Vol.  VHI,  Governor  and  Council. 

Suiwevor  General's  Papers,  I — 84,  95 : II — 95  : IV — survev  of  lines : 
N — 53,  55.  bounds  of;  Hemenway's  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  2— 
971;  Child's  Orange  Co.  Gazetteer.  1888,  p.  339  ; Thompson's  History 
of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI.  p.  146 ; Hav^  ard's  Vermont  Gazetteer, 
1849.  p.  102  ; Deming's  Vermont  Officera,  1851,  p.  173;  Coolidge  and 
Mansfield's  Histoiy  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  881;  Nickerson  and 
Cox's  Historical  Souvenir  of  Randolph,  1895. 

See  Wickham.  (New  York  grant),  post. 


RANDOM. — Vermont  grant,  see  Brighton^  ante. 

Thompson's  History  of  Vermont.  1842.  Part  III.  p.  147  ; Deming's 
Vermont  Officera,  1851,  p.  173. 


READING. — Town  in  Windsor  County.  New  Hampshii’e  grant 
of  23,000  acres  to  Zedekiah  Stone  and  sixty-one  associates,  July  6, 
1761,  ante  pp.  369-373.  New  York  grant  of  22.000  acres  by  Gov. 
TrA’on,  May  20.  1772.  was  a confirmation  of  New  Hampshire  charter; 
Vermont  Historical  Society  Collections,  I — 156. 

Child's  Windsor  Co.  Gazetteer.  1884.  p.  189;  Thompson's  History 
of  Vermont.  1842.  Part  III,  p.  147 ; Haward's  Vermont  Gazetteer, 
1849,  p.  103  ; Deming's  Vermont  Officers,  1851.  p.  173  ; Coolidge  and 
Mansfield's  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  882. 


READSBORO. — Town  in  Bennington  County.  New  Hampshire 
grants,  one  of  2,000  acres  to  Andrew  F.  Pliillips,  Aug.  11,  1764.  and 


APPE^DIX. 


705 


one  of  3,000  acres  to  Robert  Rogers,  July  4, 1764,  were  of  lands  now  in 
Readsboro,  ante  pp.  373-378.  New  York  grant  of  29,000  acres  as 
Readsborough  by  Lt.  Gov.  Golden  to  John  Reade,  April  24,  1770, 
covered  lands  now  embraced  in  Readsborough  and  Searsburg;  Ver- 
mont Historical  Society  Collections,  I — 154.  The  New  York  “ Town- 
ship of  Cumberland”  covered  Readsboro,  which  see. 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  II — 148;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  His- 
torical Gazetteer,  I — 218 ; Child’s  Bennington  Co.  Gazetteer,  1881, 
p.  164;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  148;  Hay- 
ward’s Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  104;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers, 
1851,  p.  174;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England, 
1860,  p.  883. 


RENSSELAER  WICK. — A New  York  patent  dated  Nov.  4,  1685, 
which  was  construed  by  the  New  York  advocates  to  cover  the  south- 
west corner  of  Vermont.  For  an  elaborate  discussion  of  the  New 
York  claim  see  H.  Hall’s  Early  History  of  Vermont,  pp.  485,  486. 


RICHFORD. — Town  in  Franklin  County.  Vermont  grant  of 
23,040  acres  to  Jonathan  Wells  and  fifty-nine  associates,  Aug.  21, 
1780,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 18  to  20 ; II — 18).  Provision 
made  for  establishing  line  with  Berkshire  and  sale  of  a gore  of  land 
between  Berkshire,  Montgomery,  Enosburgh,  and  Richford  directed, 
(Laws  of  1802,  pp.  158-160).  So  much  of  Laws  of  1»02,  pp.  158- 
160,  as  directs  sale  of  a gore  of  land  between  Berkshire  and  Richford 
re])ealed,  (Laws  of  1803,  p.  60). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 91,92,162;  Child’s  Franklin  and 
Grand  Isle  Co.  Gazetteer,  1883,  p.  145 ; Thompson’s  History  of  Ver- 
mont, 1842,  Part  HI,  p.  148;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849, 
]).  104;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  174;  Coolidge  and 
Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  884. 


RICHMOND. — Town  in  Chittenden  County.  Incor[)orated  out 
of  parts  of  Jericho,  Williston,  and  New  Huntington,  Oct.  27,  1794, 
(Laws,  pf).  55-57).  Part  of  Bolton  annexed  Oct.  25,  1804,  (Laws, 
|).  26).  New  York  grant  of  30,000  acres  as  Minto  by  Gov.  'Lryon, 
Oct.  9,  1772,  covered  lands  in  Richmond  and  vicinity;  AYnnont 
Historical  Society  ( ’ollections,  1-157. 

Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  I — 843;  Child’s  C'hit- 
tenden  (’o.  Gazetteer,  1883,  p.  249;  Rann’s  History  of  ('hittenden 

XLV 


706 


APPENDIX. 


Co.,  1886,  p.  656;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III, 
p.  149;  Haj^ward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  104;  Deming’s  Ver- 
mont Officers,  1851,  p.  174;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of 
New  England,  1860,  p.  884. 


RICHMOND. — New  York  grant  of  24,000  acres  by  Gov.  Dun- 
more  to  John  Davan  and  company,  June  28,  1771;  covered  Wells 
and  vicinity  chartered  by  New  Hampshire;  Vermont  Historical 
Society  Collections,  I — 156;  map  preceding  index  to  Vol.  1,  Docu- 
mentary History  of  New  York.  Not  the  present  town  of  Richmond 
in  Chittenden  County. 


RIPTON. — Town  in  Addison  County.  Vermont  grant  of  24,000 
acres  to  Abel  Thompson  and  fifty-nine  associates,  April  13,  1781, 
(["Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 163  to  166).  New  York  grant  by  Lt. 
Gov.  Golden  of  24,000  acres  to  Samuel  Avery  & Co.,  Aug.  16,  1774, 
and  of  28,000  acres  to  Humphrey  Avery  & Co.,  Sept.  6,  1774, 
covered  the  towns  of  Lincoln,  Ripton,  and  Granville;  Vermont  His- 
torical Society  Collections,  I — 157 ; map  preceding  index  to  Vol.  1, 
Documentary  History  of  New  York.  Part  of  Middlebury  annexed, 
(Laws  of  1814,  p.  141).  Part  of  Middlebury  authorized  to  be 
annexed,  (Laws  of  1829,  p.  20).  Part  of  Goshen  annexed,  (Laws  of 
1820,  p.  41).  Part  of  Salisbury  annexed,  (Laws  of  1832,  p.  26). 
Part  annexed  to  Lincoln,  (Laws  of  1869,  p.  288). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 96;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Histori- 
cal Gazetteer,  I — 85  ; Child’s  Addison  Co.  Gazetteer,  1882,  p.  197 ; 
Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  149;  Hayward's 
Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  104;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851, 
p.  175;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860, 
p.  885. 


ROCHESTER. — Town  in  Windsor  County.  Vermont  grant  of 
23,040  acres  to  Asa  Whitcomb,  Dudley  Chase,  and  sixty-three  asso- 
ciates, July  30,  1781,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 381  to  384;  118- 
122,  date  of  charter,  Aug.  30,  1781).  Line  with  Hai^cock  established, 
Nov.  6,  1792,  (Laws,  p.  42).  Line  with  Bethel  established,  (Laws 
of  1821,  p.  213).  Part  of  Pittsfield  annexed,  (Laws  of  1806,  p.  36 ; 
1824,  p.  16).  Part  of  Braintree  annexed,  (Laws  of  1824,  p.  15). 
Part  of  Hancock  annexed,  (Laws  of  1834,  p.  27.)  Part  of  Goshen 
annexed,  (Laws  of  1847,  p.  7).  Part  of  Hancock  authorized  to  be 
annexed,  (Laws  of  1847,  p.  9).  Repealed,  (Laws  of  1848,  p.  9). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 84,  95;  II — 16;  IV — survey  of 


APPENDIX. 


707 


lines;  X — 58,  bounds  of;  Child’s  Windsor  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884, 
p.  197;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  149; 
Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  105;  Deming’s  Vermont 
Officers,  1851,  p.  175  ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New 
England,  1860,  p.  885. 


ROCKINGHAM. — Town  in  Windham  County.  New  Hampshire 
grant  of  23,040  acres  to  Samuel  Johnson  and  sixty-eight  associates, 
Dec.  28,  1752,  ante  pp.  378-382.  Part  authorized  to  be  annexed  to 
Athens,  (Laws  of  1846,  p.  10). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  II — 17  ; Hemenway’s  Vermont  His- 
torical Gazetteer,  Vol.  5,  Part  II,  p.  495;  Child’s  Windham  Co.  Gaz- 
etteer, 1884,  p.  286;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part 
HI,  p.  150  ; Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  105;  Deming’s 
Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  175  ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of 
New  England,  1860,  p.  886. 


ROXBURY. — Town  in  Washington  County.  Vermont  grant  of 
23,040  acres  to  Benjamin  Emmons  and  sixty-four  associates,  Ang. 
6,  1781,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  1-172  to  174). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 84,  119;  II — 10;  IV — survey  of 
lines;  X — 60,  bounds  of  ; Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer, 
4 — 735;  Child’s  Washington  Co.  Gazetteer,  1889,  p.  444;  Thompson’s 
History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  151;  Hayward’s  Vermont 
Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  106;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  176; 
Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  888. 


ROYALTON. — Town  in  Windsor  County.  New  York  grant  by 
Lt.  Gov.  Colden,  Nov.  13,  1769,  of  30,000  acres,  covering  land  in 
Royalton  and  vicinity  ; Vermont  Historical  Society  Collections,  I — 154. 
Vermont  grant  of  22,320  acres  to  Comfort  Seaver  and  sixty-two  asso- 
ciates, Dec.  20,  1781,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 190  to  192). 

Surveyor  General's  Papers,  1 — 98,  174;  II — 13;  IV  and  V — 
survey  of  lines;  X — 10,  bounds  of;  Child’s  Windsor  Co.  Gazetteer, 
1884,  p.  205;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III, 
}).  152;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  107;  Deming’s 
Vermont  Officers,  1851,  ]).  176;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History 
of  New  England,  1860,  p.  888. 


BUBEirr. — Town  in  Bennington  County.  New  Hampshire  grant 
of  23,040  acres  to  Capt.  Samuel  Robinson  and  sixty-one  associates. 


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APPENDIX. 


Aiig.  20,  1761,  mite  pp.  382-385.  Provision  for  establishing  line 
with  Pawlet,  (Laws  of  1809,  p.  93). 

.Hemen way’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  I — 220;  Child's  Ben- 
nington Co.  Gazetteer,  1881,  p.  175;  Thompson’s  History  of  Ver- 
mont, 1842,  Part  III,  p.  152;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849, 
p.  107 ; Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  176 ; Coolidge  and 
Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  890. 

See  Eugene^  (New  York  grant),  ante. 


RUTLAND,  CITY  OF. — City  in  Rutland  County.  Part  of  the 
town  of  Rutland  incorporated  into  the  City  of  Rutland,  (Laws  of 
1892,  pp.  111-142). 

See  Rutland.,  Town  of. 


RUTLAND,  TOWN  OF.— Town  in  Rutland  County.  New 
Hampshire  grant  of  26,500  acres  to  John  Murrey  and  sixty-three 
associates.  Sept.  7,  1761,  ante  pp.  386-389.  Vermont  post-office 
located  at,  March  9,  1787,  (Laws,  p.  116).  Repealed  Nov.  10,  1797, 
(R.  1797,  Repeals).  Union  of  parts  of  Parkerstown  and  Rutland  for 
school  purposes,  (Laws  of  1822,  p.  36).  Part  incorporated  into 
Proctor,  (Laws  of  1886,  pp.  88-91).  Part  incorporated  into  West 
Rutland,  (Laws  of  1886,  pp.  91-93).  Part  incorporated  into  the 
City  of  Rutland,  (Laws  of  1892,  pp.  111-142). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 131 ; Hemen  way’s  Vermont  Histori- 
cal Gazetteer,  3-1009;  Child’s  Rutland  Co.  Gazetteer,  1882,  p.  193; 
Thompson's  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  153  ; Hayward’s 
Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  108 ; Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851, 
p.  176;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860, 
p.  891. 

See  Socialburgh.,  (New  York  grant),  post. 


RYEGATE. — Town  in  Caledonia  County.  New  Hampshire  grant 
of  23,040  acres  to  Richard  Jenness  and  ninety-three  associates,  Sept. 
8,  1763,  ante  pp.  390-394.  Petition  to  New  York  for  confirmation  of 
New  Hampshire  chai  tei-,  June  15,  1772,  advised  to  be  granted  when 
his  Majesty’s  instructions  will  permit  grant  to  be  made  of  said  town- 
ship; Documentary  History  of  New  York,  IV — 478.  New  York 

grant  by  Lt.  Gov.  Golden  of  20,000  acres  June  20,  1775;  Vermont 
Historical  Society  Collections,  I — 157. 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 84,  107  ; II — 81 ; IV  and  V — sur- 
vey of  lines;  X — 47,  66,  bounds  of;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical 


APPENDIX. 


709 


■Gazetteer,  I — 375;  Child’s  Essex  and  Caledonia  Co.  Gazetteer,  1887, 
p.  283 ; Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  154 ; 
Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  109 ; Deming’s  Vermont 
Officers,  1851,  p.  177  ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield's  History  of  New 
England,  1860,  p.  895. 


ST.  ALBANS. — Town  in  Franklin  County.  New  Hampshire 
grant  of  23,040  acres  to  Stephen  Pomroy  and  sixty-three  associates, 
Aug.  17,  1763,  ante  pp.  439-442.  Line  established  with  Fairfield 
and  Swanton,  (Laws  of  1816,  p.  95).  Johnson’s  Island  annexed, 
(Laws  of  1842,  p.  125).  Wood’s  Island  annexed,  (Laws  of  1845, 

p.  6). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 1,85,109;  II — 28;  IV — survey  of 
lines  by  T.  Rogers  ; V and  VI — survey  of  lines  ; X — 9,  11,  bounds  of ; 
Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  2-472 ; Child’s  Franklin 
and  Grand  Isle  Co.  Gazetteer,  1883,  p.  159;  Thompson’s  History  of 
Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  156  ; Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849, 
p.  109  ; Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  177  ; Coolidge  and  Mans- 
field’s History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  906. 

See  Townshend^  (New  York  grant),  post. 


ST.  ANDREW’S  GORE.— 10,000  acres  granted  by  Vermont 
to  James  Whitelaw,  James  Savage,  and  William  Coit,  Oct.  26,  1788, 
([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 313).  Earliest  appearance  as  St. 

Andrew’s  Gore  in  the  state  records  is  in  a petition  of  the  inhabi- 
tants dated  Oct.  31,  1797,  asking  that  the  gore  be  incorporated  into 
a town  by  the  name  of  Plainfield,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  State  Papers,  20- 
71).  In  the  charter  of  Goshen,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 355  to 
357),  and  also  in  the  act  in  accordance  with  which  the  said  charter 
was  i.ssued,  (Laws  of  1845,  pp.  99,  102),  a monument  in  the  boundary 
of  Goshen  Gore  “marked  St  Andrews  Gore,  Aug.  12,  1788”,  or 
“marked  St  Andrews  corner,  1788  ”.  Incorporated  into  a town  by 
name  of  Plainfield,  Nov.  6,  1797,  (Laws,  p.  64). 

Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  178;  Tliompson’s  History  of 
Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  156. 


ST.  (lEORGE. — Town  in  Chittenden  County.  New  Hampshire 
grant  of  23,040  acres  to  Jesse  Ilallock  and  sixty-three  associates,  Aug. 
18,  1763,  ante  pp.  443-447.  Annexation  of  part  of  Slielburne  author- 
ized, (F^aws  of  1848,  p.  9). 

Ilemenwav’s  V ermont  Historical  (iazetteer,  I — 851  ; Child’s  Chit- 
tenden  Co.  Gazetteer,  1883,  p.  256*^;  Rann’s  History  of  Chittenden 


710 


APPE^’DIX. 


Co.,  1886,  p.  666 ; Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III, 
p.  156;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  110;  Deming’s  Ver- 
mont OfiBcers,  1851,  p.  178;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New 
England,  1860,  p.  907. 


ST.  GEORGE. — New  York  grant  of  30,000  acres  by  Lt.  Gov. 
Golden  to  John  Woods  & Co.,  Nov.  10,  1774;  included  lands  in 
Coventry  and  vicinity ; Vermont  Historical  Society  Collections,  I — 
157.  Marked  “John  Wood  or  St  Geo.  Township”  on  map  preceding 
index  to  Vol.  I,  Documentary  History  of  New  York.  Not  the  pres- 
ent town  of  St.  George  in  Chittenden  County. 


ST.  JOHNSBURY. — Town  in  Caledonia  County.  Vermont  grant 
to  Jonathan  Arnold  and  twenty-two  associates,  Noy.  1,  1786,  ([Ms.] 
Vermont  Chartei’S,  I — 277  to  280). 

Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  I — 386 ; Child’s  Essex 
and  Caledonia  Co.  Gazetteer,  1887,  p.  309 ; Thompson’s  History  of 
Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  157 ; Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer, 
1849,  p.  110;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officei'S,  1851,  p.  178;  Coolidge 
and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  908. 

See  Besshoi'ougli^  (New  York  grant),  ante. 


SALEM. — Vermont  grant  of  23,040  acres  to  Col.  Jacob  Davis  and 
sixty-four  associates,  Aug.  18,  1781,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 
218  to  221).  Part  annexed  to  Newport,  (Laws  of  1816,  p.  129). 
Authorized  to  be  annexed  to  Derby,  (Laws  of  1880,  pp.  236-238). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 92  ; III — survey  of  lines  ; X — 97, 
101,  bounds  of ; Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  3-306 ; 
Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  157 ; HavAvard’s 
Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  112;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851, 
p.  178;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  Histoiw  of  New  England.  1860, 
p.  896. 

See  G-ateshorough.,  ante. 


SALISBURY. — Town  in  Addison  County.  New  Hampshire  grant 
of  25,040  acres  to  John  Evarts  and  sixty-one  associates,  Noa'.  3,  1761, 
ante  pp.  394-398.  New  York  grant  by  GoA^  Dunmore  indirectly  to 
himself.  July  8,  1771,  coA^ered  lands  in  Salisbury  chartered  by  New 
Hampshire  in  1761 ; Vermont  Historical  Society  Collections,  I — 156 ; 
H.  Hall’s  Early  History  of  Vermont,  101,  102.  Line  established  with 


APPENDIX. 


711 


Leicester  Oct.  23,  1789,  (Laws,  p.  3);  Nov.  8,  1796,  (Laws,  p.  52). 
Part  united  with  part  of  Leicester  for  school  purposes,  (Laws  of 
1803,  p.  45).  Alteration  of  boundary  with  Leicester  and  annexa- 
tion of  part  to  Leicester  and  part  of  Leicester  to  Salisbury  author- 
ized, (Laws  of  1840,  p.  61).  Part  annexed  to  Ripton,  (Laws  of 
1832,  p.  26). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 121,  122  ; II — 12, 16,  57, 124;  IV — 
survey  of  lines ; X — 19,  20,  bounds  of ; Hemenway’s  Vermont  His- 
torical Gazetteer,  I — 88 ; Child’s  Addison  Co.  Gazetteer,  1882,  p. 
200  ; Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  158;  Hay- 
ward’s Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  112 ; Deming’s  Vermont  Officers, 
1851,  p.  178;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England, 
1860,  p.  897 ; Weeks’s  History  of  Salisbury,  1860. 


SALTASH. — New  Hampshire  grant,  ante  pp.  347-351.  Thomp- 
son’s History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  159;  Deming’s  Vermont 
Officers,  1851,  p.  179. 

See  Plymouth. 


SANDGATE. — Town  in  Bennington  County.  New  Hampshire 
grant  of  23,040  acres  to  John  Park  and  sixty-five  associates,  Aug. 
11,  1761,  ante  pp.  398-402. 

Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  I — 229  ; Child’s  Ben- 
nington Co.  Gazetteer,  1881,  p.  181 ; Thompson’s  History  of  Ver- 
mont, 1842,  Part  HI,  p.  159;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849, 
p.  113;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  179;  Coolidge  and 
Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  898. 


SEARSP>URG. — Town  in  Bennington  County.  New  York  grant 
of  29,000  acres  to  John  Reade  April  24,  1770,  called  Readsborough  and 
covered  the  present  towns  of  Iieadshorougli  and  Searsburg;  Vermont 
Historical  Society  Collections,  1 — 154.  \Trmont  grant  of  10,240  acres 
to  CV)1.  William  William*s  and  twenty-five  associates,  Feb.  23,  1781, 
([Ms.]  Vermont  (’hartei's,  I — 181  to  183).  Line  witli  Wilmington 
established,  (Laws  of  1850,  p.  46;  1852,  p.  65;  1853,  p.  58). 

Ilemeiiway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  I — 231;  Cliild's  Pen- 
nington (k).  Gazetteer,  1881,  j).  184;  'riiompson’s  History  of  \'er- 
mont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  159;  Hayward's  \T*rmont  Gazetteer,  184!*, 
p.  113;  Deming’s  \'ermont  ()llicei*s,  1851,  p.  17!H  Coolidge  and 
Mansfield's  History  of  New  England,  I860,  p.  8fl9. 


712 


APPENDIX. 


SHAFTSBURY. — Town  in  Bennington  County.  New  Hampshire 
grant  of  23,040  acres  to  John  Brown  and  sixty-one  associates  Aug. 
20,  1761,  ante  pp.  402-406.  New  York  grant  of  1,800  acres  by  Gov. 
Dunmore  to  Ebenezer  Cole  March  13,  1771,  covered  lands  in  Shafts- 
bury  chartered  by  New  Hampshire;  Vermont  Historical  Society  Col- 
lections, I — 155. 

H.  Hall’s  Early  History  of  Vermont,  80,  81,  note,  135,  466;  Ver- 
mont Historical  Society  Collections,  I — 153;  Hemenway’s  Vermont 
Historical  Gazetteer,  I — 231 ; Child’s  Bennington  Co.  Gazetteer, 
1881,  p.  190;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p. 
159;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  113;  Deming’s  Ver- 
mont Officers,  1851,  p.  179;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of 
New  England,  1860,  p.  899. 

See  under  Arlington^  ante^  New  York  grant  to  Napier. 


SHARON. — Town  in  Windsor  County.  New  Hampshire  grant 
of  22,000  acres  to  John  Taylor  and  sixty-one  associates  Aug.  17, 
1761,  ante  pp.  406-410.  On  petition  for  confirmation  of  New  Hamp- 
shire charter  by  New  York,  see  Documentary  History  of  New  York, 
IV — 477.  Part  of  Pomfret  annexed,  (Laws  of  1807,  p.  7). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 87,  98,  99 ; II — 16  ; X — 35,  bounds 
of ; Child’s  Windsor  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  216 ; Thompson’s  His- 
tory of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  160  ; Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazet- 
teer, 1849,  p.  114;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  180; 
Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  900. 


SHEFFIELD. — Town  in  Caledonia  County.  Vermont  grant  of 
23,040  acres  to  Stephen  Kingsbury  and  seventy-three  associates  Oct. 
25,  1793,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 392  to  394).  Part  annexed 
to  Barton,  (Laws  of  1858,  p.  51). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 89,  91,  136;  HI,  IV — survey  of 
lines;  X — 100,  bounds  of;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazet- 
teer, I — 412 ; Child’s  Essex  and  Caledonia  Co.  Gazetteer,  1887,  p. 
300;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  160;  Hay- 
ward’s Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  114;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers, 
1851,  p.  180 ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England, 
1860,  p.  900. 


SHELBURNE. — Town  in  Chittenden  County.  New  Hampshire 
grant  of  23,500  acres  to  Jesse  Hallock  and  sixty-two  associates  Aug. 
18,  1763,  ante  pp.  410-414.  Part  authorized  to  be  annexed  to  St. 
George,  (Laws  of  1848,  p.  9). 


APPENDIX. 


718 


Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 200;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  His- 
torical Gazetteer,  1 — 854 ; Child’s  Chittenden  Co.  Gazetteer,  1888,  p. 
254;  Rann’s  History  of  Chittenden  Co.,  1886,  p.  670;  Thompson’s 
History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  160;  Hayward’s  Vermont 
Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  114;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  181; 
Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  901. 


SHELDON. — Town  in  Franklin  County.  New  Hampshire  grant 
of  28,040  acres  as  Hungerford  to  Samuel  Hungerford  and  sixty-three 
associates  Aug.  18,  1768,  ante  pp.  414-418.  Name  changed  to 
Sheldon,  Nov.  8,  1^92,  (Laws,  p.  71).  Line  with  Highgate,  Hunts- 
burg,  and  Swanton  established,  (Laws  of  1810,  p.  160).  Part  of 
Fairfield  authorized  to  be  annexed,  (Laws  of  1851,  p.  67). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 127  ; II — 15  ; V — survey  of  lines  ; 
X — 105,  bounds  of;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  2- 
470;  Child’s  Franklin  and  Grand  Isle  Co.  Gazetteer,  1888,  p.  152 ; 
Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  161 ; Hayward’s 
Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  115;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851, 
}).  181 ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860, 
p.  902. 

See  New  Rutland^  (New  York  grant),  ante. 


SHERBURNE. — Town  in  Rutland  County.  New  Hampshire 
grant  as  Killington  of  24,640  acres  to  Samuel  Yeates  and  sixty-five 
associates  July  7,  1761,  ante  pp.  419-422.  Name  changed  to  Sher- 
burne Nov.  4,  1800,  (Laws,  p.  28).  Part  of  Parkerstown  (formerly 
Parker’s  Gore)  annexed,  (Laws  of  1822,  p.  85).  Part  annexed  to 
Pittsfield  (Laws  of  1822,  p.  36).  Re-annexed  to  Sherburne,  (Laws 
of  1827,  p.  88).  Part  of  Cliittenden  authorized  to  be  annexed,  (Laws 
of  1829,  p.  20).  All  tliat  part  of  wliat  was  formerly  Parker’s  Gore 
commonly  called  “No  Town”  not  claimed  by  Sherburne  annexed  to 
Stockla’idge,  (Laws  of  1884,  p.  270). 

Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  8-1121 ; Child’s  Rut- 
land (’o.  Gazetteer,  1882,  ]).  229;  Thompson’s  History  of  Wrmont, 
1842,  Part  III,  p.  161;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p. 
115;  Deming’s  Wu’inont  Officers,  1851,  p.  181;  Coolidge  and  Mans- 
field’s History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  !i()2. 

See  Netrry^  (New  York  grant),  ante. 


SHOIHHIAM. — Town  in  Addison  (’ounty.  New  Hampshire 
grant  of  2o,000  acn;s  to  John  Chandler  and  sixty -one  associates  Oct. 


714 


APPENDIX. 


8,  1761,  ante  pp.  423-426.  New  York  grant  of  4,000  acres  to 
Nichols  by  Gov.  Tryon  March  3,  1772,  covered  lands  chartered  by 
New  Hampshire  in  Shoreham  ; Yermont  Historical  Society  Collections, 


1—156. 


Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  X — 1 2,  bounds  of ; Hemenway’s  Ver- 
mont Historical  Gazetteer,  I — 93 ; Child’s  Addison  Co.  Gazetteer, 
1882,  p.  207  ; Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  162; 
Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  115;  Deming’s  Vermont 
Officers,  1851,  p.  182 ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New 
England,  1860,  p.  903. 


SHREWSBURY. — Town  in  Rutland  County.  New  Hampshire 
grant  of  24,000  acres  to  Samuel  Ashley  and  sixty-three  associates 
Sept.  4,  1761,  ante  pp.  427-430.  New  York  grant  called  Hulton  of 
12,000  acres  by  Lt.  Gov.  Golden  to  James  Abeel  & Co.,  Aug.  1,  1770, 
covered  lands  in  Shrewsbury  granted  by  New  Hampshire;  Vermont 
Historical  Society  Collections,  I — 155. 

Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  3-1124;  Child’s  Rut- 
land County  Gazetteer,  1882,  p.  232;  Thompson’s  History  of  Ver- 
mont, 1842,  Part  HI,  p.  162;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p. 
116;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  182;  Coolidge  and  Mans- 
field’s History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  903. 


SIDNEY. — New  York  grant  of  23,000  acres  by  Lt.  Gov.  Golden  to 
John  Felthausen  & Co.  Sept.  27,  1774,  in  Cabot  and  vicinity ; Ver- 
mont Historical  Society  Collections,  I — 157.  Marked  ‘‘  John  Felt- 
hausen & Co  ” on  map  preceding  index  to  Vol.  1,  Documentary  His- 
tory of  New  York. 


SMITHFIELD. — New  Hampshire  grant  of  23,040  acres  to  Samuel 
Hungerford  and  sixty-three  associates  Aug.  18,  1763,  ante  pp.  154- 
158.  New  York  grant  of  25,000  acres  by  Lt.  Gov.  Golden  to  Samuel 
Ashley  & Co.  covered  lands  granted  by  New  Hampshire  in  Smithfield  ; 
Vermont  Historical  Society  Collections,  I — 157.  Also  see  map  pre- 
ceding index  to  Vol.  1,  Documentary  History  of  New  York.  An- 
nexed to  Bakersfield  and  Fairfield,  (Laws  of  1792,  p.  5). 

Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  163;  Deming’s 
Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  182. 


SOCIALBOROUGH  or  SOCIALBURGH.— New  York  grant  of 
48,000  acres  by  Gov.  Dunmore  April  3,  1771 ; included  Rutland  and 


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715 


Pittsford  chartered  by  New  Hampshire.  Called  “ Socialburgh  ” in 
Vermont  Historical  Society  Collections,  I — 155 ; H.  Hall’s  Early 
History  of  Vermont,  129,  167.  Marked  “ Socialborough  ” on  map 
preceding  index  to  Vol.  1,  Documentary  History  of  New  York.  See 
also  town  of  Clarendon,  in  index  to  each  volume  of  Governor  and 
Council  where  it  is  said  Clarendon  was  called  Socialborough. 

Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  163;  Deming’s 
Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  182. 


SOMERSET. — Town  in  Windham  County.  New  Hampshire 
grant  of  23,040  acres  to  Thomas  Denny  and  sixty-one  associates. 
Sept.  9,  1761,  ante  pp.  431-435.  Part  authorized  to  be  annexed  to 
Dover  and  part  to  Wardsboro,  (Laws  of  1851,  p.  65).  Parts  provi- 
sionally annexed  to  Wilmington  and  Stratton,  (Laws  of  1858,  p.  49 ; 
1859,  p.  51). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 173;  II — 144,  charter  of;  Hemen- 
way’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  Vol.  5,  Part  II,  p.  528;  Child’s 
Windham  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  304^^;  Thompson’s  Jflistory  of  Ver- 
mont, 1842,  Part  HI,  p.  163;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849, 
p.  116 ; Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  182 ; Coolidge  and  Mans- 
field’s History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  904. 

See  Leinster ^ (New  York  grant),  ante. 


SOUTH  BENNINGTON. — Town  in  Chittenden  County.  Incor- 
poration authorized  by  the  charter  of  the  city  of  Burlington,  being 
the  remainder  of  the  town  of  Burlington,  (Laws  of  1852,  pp.  85-96). 
Kami’s  History  of  Chittenden  Co.,  1886,  p.  684. 

See  Burlington. 


SOUTH  HERO. — Town  in  Grand  Isle  County.  Vermont  grant  as 
part  of  Two  Heroes  to  Ethan  Allen,  Samuel  Herrick,  and  three  liundred 
and  sixty-three  associates,  Oct.  27,  1779,  ([Ms.]  V ermont  Cliartem,  I — 
231  to  239.  4\vo  Heroes  divided  into  North  and  South  Hero,  pro- 
viding tliey  sliall  liave  jointly  one  representative  in  tlie  legislature, 
Oct.  21,  1788,  (Laws,  p.  7).  Ih’oviding  clause  repealed  and  North 
and  South  Hero  each  allowed  a representative,  Jan.  18,  1791,  (Laws, 
j).  4).  Divided  into  two  towns.  South  and  Middle  Hero,  with  joint 
representation  in  legislature,  (Laws  of  1798,  j)p.  42-44).  Middle 
Hero  tii-st  represented  as  such  in  1810.  Certain  islands  annexed, 
(Laws  of  1800,  p.  30).  Part  of  Grand  Isle,  (Savage  Island),  author- 
ized to  be  annexed,  (Laws  of  1832,  p.  25).  Hepeale(l,  (Laws  of  1834, 
1-.  2S). 


716 


APPENDIX. 


Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 174;  II — 34;  Hemen way’s  Vermont 
Historical  Gazetteer,  2-570;  Child’s  Franklin  and  Grand  Isle  Co. 
Gazetteer,  1883,  p.  234;  Thompson’s  History  of  .Vermont,  1842,  Part 
III,  p.  163;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  116;  Deming’s 
Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  183;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of 
New  England,  1860,  p.  904. 


SPRINGFIELD. — Town  in  Windsor  County.  New  Hampshire 
grant  of  25,000  acres  to  Gideon  Lyman  and  sixty-one  associates,  Aug. 
20, 1761,  ante  pp.  435-438.  New  Hampshire  charter  confirmed  by  New 
York,  May  25,  1772;  Vermont  Historical  Society  Collections,  I — 156. 

Child’s  Windsor  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  219;  Thompson’s  History 
of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  163;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer, 
1849,  p.  117 ; Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  184;  Coolidge  and 
Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  905. 


STAMFORD. — Town  in  Bennington  County.  New  Hampshire 
grant  of  23,040  acres  to  Elisha  Cook  and  sixty  associates,  March  6, 
1753.  Charter  renewed  Sept.  21,  1761.  Regranted  as  New  Stam- 
ford, to  Francis  Bernard  and  sixty-five  associates,  June  9,  1764,  ante 
pp.  447-456.  Provision  for  establishing  line  with  Pownal,  (Laws  of 
1849,  p.  26). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 173;  II — 143,  charter  of;  Hemen- 
way’s  V ermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  I — 237 ; Child’s  Bennington 
Co.  Gazetteer,  1881,  p.  201;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842, 
Part  HI,  p.  164;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  117 ; Dem- 
ing’s Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  184;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  His- 
tory of  New  England,  1860,  p.  910. 


STANNARD. — Town  in  Caledonia  County.  Name  changed  from 
Goshen  Gore,  (Laws  of  1867,  p.  66).  First  represented  in  General 
Assembly  in  1868.  Town  incorporated,  (Laws  of  1869,  p.  55). 
Child’s  Essex  and  Caledonia  Co.  Gazetteer,  1887,  p.  306. 


STARKSBORO. — Town  in  Addison  County.  Vermont  grant  to 
David  Bridia,  Gen.  John  Stark,  and  sixty-six  associates,  Nov.  9,  1780, 
([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 213  to  217  ; II — 3).  Formerly  in 
Chittenden  Co.,  but  annexed  to  Addison  Co.,  Oct.  29,  1794,  (Laws, 
p.  91).  Part  of  Monkton  annexed,  March  4,  1797,  (Laws,  p.  47). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 164,  165;  II — 16;  X — 25,  26, 
bounds  of;  Hemen  way’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  I — 103; 


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717 


Child’s  Addison  Co.  Gazetteer,  1882,  p.  220  ; Thompson’s  History  of 
Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  164;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer, 
1849,  p.  118;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  184;  Coolidge 
and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  910. 

See  Whippleborough^  (New  York  grant), 


STERLING. — Vermont  grant  by  act  passed  Feb.  25,  1782.  Char- 
ter issued  for  23,040  acres  to  Samuel  Safford  and  sixt}^-two  associates, 
Oct.  18,  1805,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 389  to  391).  Part 
annexed  to  Cambridge,  (Laws  of  1828,  p.  15).  Annexation  to  John- 
son, Morristown,  and  Stowe  authorized,  (Laws  of  1855,  pp.  76-79). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 101  ; II — 151,  152  ; X — 32,  bounds 
of;  Hemen way’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  2 — 693;  Thompson’s 
History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  165 ; Hayward’s  Vermont 
Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  118;  Demiug’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  185. 


STOCKB RIDGE. — Town  in  Windsor  County.  New  Hampshire 
grant  of  28,100  acres  to  William  Dodge  and  sixty-five  associates, 
Jul}^  21,  1761,  ante  pp.  456-460.  Part  annexed  to  Pittsfield,  (Laws 
of  1813,  p.  144  : 1822,  p.  36).  Union  of  part  of  Stockbridge  and 
})art  of  Pittsford  for  school  purposes,  (Laws  of  1804,  p.  27).  That 
part  of  Parker’s  Gore  not  claimed  by  Sherburne  annexed,  (Laws  of 
1884,  p.  270).  Line  established  with  Pittsfield.  (Laws  of  1851,  p. 
68). 

Child’s  Windsor  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  236 ; Thompson’s  History 
of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  165;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer, 
1849,  p.  118;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  185;  Coolidge 
and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  911. 

See  Fincastle^  (New  York  grant),  a7ite. 


STOWE.— 1 'own  in  Lamoille  County.  New  Hampshire  grant  as 
Stow  of  23,040  acres  to  Joshua  Simmons  and  sixty-tl)ree  associates, 
dune  8,  1763,  ante  pp.  461-464.  Annexation  of  Mansfield  authorized, 
( fjaws  of  1848,  pp.  11-13).  Act  of  1848  in  part  repealed,  (Laws  of 
1853,  j>p.  59-61).  Annexation  of  part  of  Steiling  authorized,  (Laws 
of  1855,  pp.  76-79).  Provision  for  establishing  line  with  Underhill, 
(I>aws  of  1861,  p.  42). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  X — 7,  bounds  of;  llemenway's  ^"er- 
mont  Historical  Gazetteer,  2 — 6f>5  ; Child's  Lamoille  and  Orleans  Co. 
Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  128;  TlK)mp8on‘s  History  of  Vermont,  1842, 
Part  HI,  p.  166;  Hayward’s  N'ermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  119; 


718 


APPENDIX. 


Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  185;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s 
History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  911. 


STRAFFORD. — Town  in  Orange  County.  New  Hampshire  grant 
of  23,040  acres  to  Solomon  Phelps  and  sixty-three  associates,  Aug.  12, 
1761,  ante  pp.  465-468.  Blake’s  Gore  granted  by  Vermont  to  Timo- 
thy Blake  and  fourteen  associates,  June  18,  1785,  by  charter  was 
made  a part  of  Strafford,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  III — 7 to  9). 
Line  with  West  Fairlee  and  Vershire  established,  (Laws  of  1802, 
p.  199. 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 87,  98  ; II — 42  ; IX — survey  of 
lines;  X — 38,  bounds  of ; Hemen  way’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer, 
2-1067  ; Child’s  Orange  Co.  Gazetteer,  1888,  p.  399 ; Thompson’s 
History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  166;  Hayward’s  Vermont 
Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  119;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  186; 
Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  912. 


STRATTON. — Town  in  Windham  County.  New  Hampshire  grant 
of  23,040  acres  to  Isaac  Searl  and  sixty-two  associates,  July  30,  1761, 
ante  pp.  469-473.  New  York  grant  of  24,000  acres  to  Edmund  Fan- 
ning by  Lt.  Gov.  Colden,  June  22,  1775,  covered  Stratton;  Vermont 
Historical  Society  Collections,  I — 157.  Stratton  Gore  annexed  Oct. 
28,  1799,  (Laws,  p.  15).  Boundaries  established,  (Laws  of  1803,  p. 
105).  Part  of  Somerset  provisionally  annexed,  (Laws  of  1858,  p.  49 ; 
1859,  p.  51). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 173;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Histori- 
cal Gazetteer,  Vol.  5,  Part  II,  p.  519;  Child’s  Windham  Co.  Gazet- 
teer, 1884,  p.  304^^;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III, 
p.  168;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  120;  Deming’s  Ver- 
mont Officers,  1851,  p.  186  ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New 
England,  1860,  p.  913. 


STRATTON  GORE. — Annexed  to  Stratton  Oct.  28,  1799,  (Laws, 
p.  15).  First  appearance  as  Stratton  Gore  in  State  Papers  is  in  a 
petition  of  the  inhabitants  dated  Oct.  2,  1799,  asking  to  be  annexed 
to  Stratton,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  State  Papers,  20-309). 

Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  168;  Deming’s 
Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  186. 


SUDBURY. — Town  in  Rutland  County.  New  Hampshire  grant 
of  14,424  acres  to  Capt.  Silas  Brown  and  forty-seven  associates,  Aug. 


APPENDIX. 


719 


6,  1763,  aiite  pp.  473-476.  Same  territory  granted  as  Dunbar  by  New 
Hampshire  to  Isaac  Searle  and  sixty-six  associates,  June  15,  1764, 
(23,040  acres),  ante  pp.  477-480.  Part  of  Hubbardton  annexed, 
(Laws  of  1806,  p.  120). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  II — 16  ; Hemenway’s  Vermont  Histori- 
cal Gazetteer,  I — 1137  ; Child’s  Rutland  Co.  Gazetteer,  1882,  p.  239  ; 
Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  168;  Hayward’s 
Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  121;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851, 
p.  186;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860, 
p.  913. 


SUNDERLAND. — Town  in  Bennington  County.  New  Hamp- 
shire grant  of  23,040  acres  to  Isaac  Searl  and  sixty-one  associates, 
July  29,  1761,  ante  pp.  481-484.  See  under  Princetown,  ante  for  New 
York  grant,  and  under  Arlington,  the  New  York  Grant  to  J.  Napier; 
also  see  Laws  of  1803,  p.  105, — boundaries  of  town  of  Stratton  estab- 
lished. 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  II — 36  ; Hemenway’s  Vermont  Histori- 
cal Gazetteer,  I — 238 ; Child’s  Bennington  Co.  Gazetteer,  1881,  p. 
206;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  168;  Hay- 
ward’s Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  121 ; Deming’s  Vermont  Officers, 
1851,  p.  186  ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860, 
p.  914. 


SUTTON. — Town  in  Caledonia  County.  Change  of  name  from 
Billymead,  (J^aws  of  1812,  p.  16). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 12,  13,  165,  233;  1 1 — 83,  138;  I\" 
and  V — survey  of  lines;  X — 74,  bounds  of;  Hemenway’s  Vermont 
Historical  Gazetteer — 423;  V,  Part  HI — History  of  by  John 
E.  Willard;  Cliild’s  Windham  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  345;  Thomp- 
son’s History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  169;  Ilayward’s  Ver- 
mont Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  121  ; Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p. 
187 ; ( 'Oolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860, 
}).  915. 

See  Bamf.^  (New  York  grant),  (Uite. 


SWAN'rON. — Town  in  Franklin  ( ■ounty.  New  I lainpshire  grant 
of  23,040  acres  to  Joshua  Goodrich  and  sixty-three  associates,  Aug. 
17,  176‘h  ante  })p.  485-489.  Line  with  Ilighgate  and  Sheldon  estaU 
lished,  (laiwsof  IHIO,  p.  160).  IJne  witli  St.  Albans  and  Faiiliehl 
established,  (Laws  of  1816,  j).  95).  Line  with  I'airlield  established 


720 


APPENDIX. 


and  part  of  Faiidield  annexed,  part  of  S wanton  annexed  to  Fairfield. 
(Laws  of  1829.  p.  19).  Part  of  Highgate  annexed.  (Laws  of  1836. 
p.  38). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers.  I — 85.  109.  116.  215  ; II — 118.  119: 
VI — survey  of  lines  : X — 11.  12.  bounds  of  ; Hemenway's  Vermont 
Historical  Gazetteer.  4—933.  1185  ; Child’s  Franklin  and  Grand  Isle 
Co.  Gazetteer.  1883.  p.  198  ; Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  lfS42. 
Part  111.  p.  170;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer.  1849.  p.  122  ; Dem- 
ing’s  Vermont  Officers.  1851.  p.  187 ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  His- 
tory of  Xew  England.  1860.  p.  915. 

See  Pratt^hurg.  (Xew  York  grant),  ante. 


THETFORD. — Town  in  Orange  County.  Xew  Hampshire  grant 
of  23.200  aci'es  to  Jolm  Phelps  and  sixty-one  associates.  Aug.  12. 
1761.  ante  pp.  489-493.  Line  established  with  West  Fairlee  and 
Strafford.  (Laws  of  1802.  p.  199).  Annexation  of  part  of  Xorwich 
authorized.  (Laws  of  1839.  p.  87). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papera.  I — 87.  98.  99,  107  ; II — 72  ; IX — sur- 
vey of  lines  ; X — 36.  bounds  of ; Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical 
Gazetteer.  2-1090 ; Child’s  Orange  Co.  Gazetteer.  1888.  p.  419 ; 
Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842.  Part  HI.  p.  170  ; Hayward’s 
VeiTuont  Gazetteer.  1849.  p.  122 ; Deming’s  Vermont  Officers.  1851. 
p.  187  : Coohdge  and  ^Mansfield’s  Histoiw  of  Xew  England.  1860. 
p.  916. 


THIRMIXG. — Xew  York  grant  of  20.000  acres  bv  Lt.  Gov.  Colden 
to  Edmund  Fanning  A Co.  Feb.  16.  1775  ; covered  the  northeast 
comer  of  the  state,  now  Canaan ; Vermont  Historical  Society  Col- 
lections. I — 157.  ^Marked  ••  Ed  Tanning  A Co  ” on  map  preceding 
index  to  Vol.  1.  Documentary  History  of  Xew  York. 


THO^ILIXSOX. — Xew  Hampshire  grant,  ante,  pp.  184—192. 
Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont.  1842.  Part  HI.  p.  172;  Deming’s 
VeiTuont  Officers.  1851.  p.  188. 

See  Grafton,  ante. 


TIXMOLMH. — Town  in  Rutland  County.  Xew  Hampshire  grant 
of  23.040  acres  to  Joseph  Hooker  and  sixty-three  associates.  Sept.  15. 
1761.  ante  pp.  493-497.  Part  incorporated  with  parts  of  Ira,  Poult- 
uey.  and  Wells,  into  Middletown  Oct.  28.  1784.  Part  annexed  to 
Wallingford  Oct.  19.  1793.  (Laws.  p.  7). 


APPENDIX. 


721 


Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  3 — 1141;  Child’s  Rut- 
land Co.  Gazetteer,  1882,  p.  245;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont, 
1842,  Part  III,  p.  171;  Ha^^ard’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  123; 
Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  187;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s 
Histoiy  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  171. 

See  Kelso  for  New  York  grant. 


TOPSHAM. — Town  in  Orange  County.  New  Hampshire  grant 
of  23,040  acres  to  George  Frost,  Esq.,  and  eighty-one  associates  Aug. 
17,  1763,  ante  pp.  497-501.  New  York  grant  confirming  New  Hamp- 
shire charter  June  12,  1776;  Vermont  Historical  Society  Collections, 
I — 157.  Boundary  lines  established,  (Laws  of  1799,  p.  17;  1801, 
p.  88 ; 1802,  p.  48). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 91,  100,  106,  113,  119,  123,  140, 
207 ; II — 5,  6,  30,  50  ; IV,  V — survey  of  lines;  X — 15,  51,  81,  bounds 
of;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  2-1104;  Child’s 
Orange  Co.  Gazetteer,  1888,  p.  451;  Thompson’s  History  of  Ver- 
mont, 1842,  Part  HI,  p.  171;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849, 
p.  123;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  188;  Coolidge  and 
Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  919. 


TOWNSHEND. — Town  in  IVindham  County.  New  Hampshire 
grant  of  23,040  acres  to  John  Hazeltine  and  sixty-eight  associates 
June  20,  1753.  Charter  renewed  Aug.  20,  1762,  ante  pp.  501-506. 
New  Hampshire  charter  confirmed  by  New  York  grant  April  2, 1767  ; 
Vennont  Historical  Society  Collections,  I — 154.  Annexation  of 
Acton  authorized,  (Laws  of  1840,  p.  59). 

Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  Vol.  5,  Part  II,  p.  532; 
Child’s  Windham  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  304^;  Thompson’s  History 
of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  172;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer, 
1849,  p.  124;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  188;  Coolidge 
and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  919. 


TOWNSHEND. — New  York  grant  of  30,000  acres  by  Gov.  Tryon 
to  Lord  Geo.  Townshend  & Co.  June  5,  1772,  covered  lands  in  St. 
All)ans  and  vicinity  cliartered  ]>y  New  Hampshire;  Vermont  Histori- 
cal Society  Collections,  I — 157.  Not  the  present  town  of  Townshend 
in  Windham  County. 


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APPENDIX. 


TROY. — Town  in  Orleans  County.  Xame  changed  from  Mis- 
sisquoi,  Oct.  26,  1803,  (Laws,  p.  6).  Missisquoi  (or  Missiskouie) 
was  incorporated  out  of  Ayer}'’s  Grant  (11,040  acres)  and  Kelly’s 
Grant  (12,000  acres)  Oct.  28,  1801,  (Laws,  p.  78;  [Ms.]  Vermont 
Chartem,  I — 352,  387  : Governor  and  Council,  III — 198). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  X — 111,  bounds  of  Avery’s  Grant ; 
Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  3-309 ; Child’s  Lamoille 
and  Orleans  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  288^®;  Thompson’s  History  of 
Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  173  ; Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849, 
p.  124  ; Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  188 ; Coolidge  and  Mans- 
field’s History  of  Xew  England,  1860,  p.  921. 


TRURO. — Xew  York  grant  of  22,000  acres  by  Gov.  Tryon,  April 
14,  1771;  covered  lands  in  Orange  and  vicinity;  Vermont  Historical 
Society  Collections,  I — 156. 


TL^XBRIDGE. — Town  in  Orange  County.  Xew  Hampshire  grant 
of  23,040  acres  to  Abraham  Root  and  sixty-four  associates.  Sept.  3, 1761, 
ante  pp.  506-510.  Vermont  grant  of  a gore  beUveen  Royalton  and 
Tunbridge  to  Hon.  Paul  Spooner  and  fourteen  associates,  June  21, 
1785,  by  its  charter  was  made  a part  of  Tunbridge,  ([]Ms.]  Vermont 
Charters,  HI — 19  to  21;  Governor  and  Council,  III — 150). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 100 ; II — 79;  IV,  V — surs'ey  of  lines ; 
X — 39,  bounds  of;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  2 — 
1114;  Child’s  Orange  Co.  Gazetteer,  1888,  p.  471;  Thompson’s  His- 
tory of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  174;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazet- 
teer, 1849,  p.  125;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  189;  Cool- 
idge and  Mansfield’s  History  of  Xew  England,  1860,  p.  922. 


TUNBRIDGE  GORE. — Vermont  grant  of  a gore  between  Royal- 
ton  and  Tunbridge  to  Gov.  Paul  Spooner  and  fourteen  associates, 
June  21,  1785,  by  its  charter  made  a part  of  Tunbridge,  ([Ms.]  Ver- 
mont Chartem,  HI — 19  to  21;  Governor  and  Council,  HI — 150). 
^Mentioned  in  Governor  and  Council,  5-205,  232. 


TURXERSBURGH. — Vermont  grant. 

See  Chelsea. 


TWO  HEROES. — Vermont  grant  to  Ethan  Allen,  Samuel  Her- 
rick, and  tliree  hundred  and  sixty-three  associates,  Oct.  27,  1779, 


APPENDIX. 


723 


([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 231  to  239).  Divided  into  North  and 
South  Hero,  Oct.  21,  1788,  (Laws,  p.  7);  Jan.  18,  1791,  (Laws,  p.  4). 

See  North  Hero  and  South  Hero. 


UNDERHILL. — Town  in  Chittenden  County.  New  Hampshire 
grant  of  23,040  acres  to  Joseph  Sackett,  Jr.,  and  sixty-four  associates, 
June  8,  1763,  ante  pp.  510-514.  Union  of  part  of  Underhill  and  part 
of  Jericho  for  school  purposes,  (Laws  of  1812,  p.  35).  Part  of  Mans- 
field annexed,  (Laws  of  1839,  p.  86).  Provision  for  establishing  line 
with  Stowe,  (Laws  of  1861,  p.  42). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  X — 3,  bounds  of;  Hemenway’s  Ver- 
mont Historical  Gazetteer,  I — 886;  Child’s  Chittenden  Co.  Gazetteer, 
1883,  p.  256^®;  Rann’s  History  of  Chittenden  Co.  1886,  p.  687 ; 
Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  175;  Hayward’s 
Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  125;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851, 
p.  189;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p. 
923. 


VERGENNES. — City  in  Addison  County.  City  incorporated  out 
of  parts  of  New  Haven,  Panton,  and  Ferrisburg,  Oct.  23, 1788,  (Laws, 
pp.  11-19).  Part  of  New  Haven  annexed  Nov.  1,  1791,  (Laws,  p.  5). 
Right  to  representation  in  the  General  Assembly,  Nov.  1,  1793, 
(Laws,  p.  52).  Act  of  Oct.  31,  1796,  (Laws,  pp.  53-55),  repeals 
act  of  Nov.  1,  1791,  annexing  part  of  Waltham  to  Vergennes  and 
incorporates  such  part  into  the  town  of  Waltham  to  be  represented  in 
the  General  Assembly  jointly  with  \"ergennes.  Waltham  first  rep- 
resented as  such  in  1824;  see  Vermont  Assembly  Journal,  1823,  pp. 
51-55. 

Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  I — 106  ; Child’s  Addi- 
son Co.  Gazetteer,  1882,  p.  226;  Thompson’s  Ilistoiy  of  Vermont, 
1842,  Part  HI,  p.  175;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  126; 
Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  pp.  189,  192;  Coolidge  and  Mans- 
field’s History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  924. 


VERNON. — Town  in  Windliam  County.  The  town  of  Hinsdale, 
N.  IL,  einl)raced  lands  on  l)oth  sides  of  the  Connecticut  River;  see 
State  Papers  of  New  nam])slnre,  24-142  and  25-115.  See  also  Hins- 
dale, ante.  Tlie  name  of  Hinsdale,  Vermont,  was  clianged  to  Vernon, 
Oct.  21,  1802,  (Laws,  p.  3). 

Sun'eyor  Genei-al’s  Papers,  I — 226);  H — 38;  Hemenway's  Vermont 
Historical  Gazetteer,  Vol.  5,  Part  II,  p.  271;  Child's  Windam  Co. 
Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  304‘*U  Thompson's  History  of  Vermont,  1842, 


724 


APPENDIX. 


Part  III,  p.  176;  Hazard’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  126;  Dem- 
ing’s  Vermont  OlSicei'S,  1851,  p.  190;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  His- 
tory of  Xew  England,  1860,  p.  925. 

See  under  Gruilford^  ante^  for  Xew  York  grant. 


VERSHIRE. — Town  in  Orange  County.  Vermont  grant  to  Abner 
Seelye  and  sixty-four  associates,  Aug.  3,  1781,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Char- 
ters, I — 140  to  143).  Line  with  West  Fairlee  and  Strafford  estab- 
lished, (Laws  of  1802,  p.  199).  Line  with  Corinth  established,  (Laws 
of  1804,  p.  45 ; 1806,  p.  120).  Part  annexed  to  Corinth,  (Laws  of 
1811,  p.  30).  Change  of  name  to  Ely  authorized,  (Laws  of  1878,  p. 
219).  Name  changed  back  to  Vershire,  (Laws  of  1882,  p.  265). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 84,  174;  II — 61;  IV — survey  of 
lines ; Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  2-1131 ; Child’s 
Orange  Co.  Gazetteer,  1888,  p.  492;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont, 
1842,  Part  HI,  p.  177  ; Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  127  ; 
Deraing’s  Vermont  Ofl&cers,  1851,  p.  190 ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s 
History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  927. 

See  Gagehorough,  (New  York  grant),  ante. 


VICTORY. — Town  in  Essex  County.  Vermont  grant  of  23,040 
acres  to  Capt.  Ebenezer  Fisk  and  sixty-four  associates.  Sept.  6,  1781, 
([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 122  to  125).  Part  of  Bradleyvale 
annexed,  (Laws  of  1856,  p.  91). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 88;  IV — surve}^  of  lines;  X — 67, 
bounds  of ; Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  I — 1045 ; 
Child’s  Essex  and  Caledonia  Co.  Gazetteer,  1887,  p.  483 ; Thomp- 
son’s History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  177  ; Hayward’s  Vermont 
Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  127  ; Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  190 ; 
Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  927. 


VINEYARD. — Name  changed  from  Isle  La  Motte,  (Laws  of  1802, 
p.  32).  Name  changed  back  to  Isle  La  Motte,  (Laws  of  1830,  p.  25). 

See  Isle  La  Motte. 


VIRGIN  HALL. — New  York  grant  of  26,000  acres  by  Lt.  Gov. 
Colden,  Aug.  9,  1770,  covering  Aikin’s  Gore  and  part  of  Andover, 
including  part,  at  least,  of  what  is  now  Weston  ; Vermont  Historical 
Society  Collections,  1 — 155 ; map  facing  p.  430  of  Vol.  8,  Governor 
and  Council,  and  p.  330  of  Vol.  4,  Documentary  History  of  New 
York.  Also  map  preceding  index  to  Vol.  1,  Documentary  History  of 


APPENDIX. 


725 


New  York.  See  petition  as  to  part  of  lands  in,  ([Ms.]  Vermont 
State  Papers,  21 — 188.) 

Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  178 ; Deming’s 
Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  191. 


WAITSFIELD. — Town  in  Washington  County.  Vermont  grant 
of  23,040  acres  to  Roger  Enos,  Benjamin  Wait,  and  sixty-eight 
associates,  Feb.  25,  1782,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 265  to  267 ; 
III — 22  to  25).  East  part  annexed  to  Northfield,  (Laws  of  1822,  p.  35  ; 
1823,  p.  4;  1846,  p.  11). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 104,  230  ; X — 29,  bounds  of ; Hem- 
enway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  4 — 769;  Child’s  Washington 
Co.  Gazetteer,  1889,  p.  462;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842, 
Part  III,  p.  178;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  127; 
Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  191 ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s 
History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  927. 


WALDEN. — Town  in  Caledonia  County.  Vermont  grant  to 
Moses  Robinson  and  sixty-five  associates,  Aug.  18,  1781.  Boundaries 
were  not  defined  in  charter,  but  were  certified  by  the  Surveyor  Gen- 
eral, Oct.  16,  1798,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 244  to  247). 
Walden  Gore  annexed  to  Danville,  (Laws  of  1792,  p.  15).  Annexa- 
tion of  part  of  Monroe  authorized,  (Laws  of  1840,  p.  54). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 88,  165;  X — 78,  bounds  of;  Hem- 
en way’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  I — 425  ; Child’s  Essex  and 
Caledonia  Co.  Gazetteer,  1887,  p.  355 ; Thompson’s  History  of  Ver- 
mont, 1842,  Part  HI,  p.  179;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849, 
p.  128;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  j).  191;  Coolidge  and 
Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  929. 


WAIA)EN  GORE. — Vermont  grant  of  5,928  acres  to  Gen.  Samuel 
Safford  and  seventeen  associates,  as  a district  of  Walden,  Oct.  22, 
1782,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 311,  379).  Annexed  to  Dan- 
ville, Oct.  29,  1792,  (Laws,  p.  15). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 91;  III — survey  of  lines;  X — 102, 
bounds  of. 


WALLINGFORD. — Town  in  Rutland  County.  New  Hampshire 
grant  of  23,040  acres  to  Ca[)t.  Eliakim  Hall  and  sixty-live  associates, 
Nov.  27,  1761,  ante  pp.  518-522.  Ihirt  incor[)orated  into  Mt.  Holly, 
Oct.  31,  1792,  (Laws,  pp.  20-23).  Part  of  Tinmouth  annexed,  Oct. 
19,  1793,  (Laws,  p.  7). 


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APPENDIX. 


Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 173;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  His- 
torical Gazetteer,  3 — 1161 ; Child’s  Rutland  Co.  Gazetteer,  1882, 
p.  252;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1812,  Part  HI,  p.  179; 
Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  128;  Deming’s  Vermont 
Officers,  1851,  p.  191;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New 
England,  1860,  p.  929. 

See  Durham^  (New  York  Grant),  ante. 


WALLINGFORD  GORE. — “An  Act  relinquishing  Wallingford 
Gore  from  paying  Town  Taxes  ” passed  the  legislature,  Oct.  24, 
1788,  (Governor  and  Council,  HI — 177).  In  [Ms.]  Vermont  State 
Papers,  18 — 136,  is  a petition  which  was  filed  in  the  legislature  in 
Oct.,  1792,  asking  for  the  privilege  of  running  a lottery  in  order  to 
repair  a road  “ from  Landlord  greens  in  Ludlow  to  Landlord  Randals 
in  what  is  called  Wallingford  gore.” 


WALLUMSCOCK. — A New  York  patent  dated  June  15,  1739, 
which  some  advocates  in  behalf  of  New  York  insisted  covered  lands 
in  the  south-western  part  of  Vermont;  see  H.  Hall’s  Early  History 
of  Vermont  for  a full  discussion  of  the  claim,  p.  488. 


WALTHAM. — Town  in  Addison  County.  That  part  of  New 
Haven  annexed  to  Vergennes,  Nov.  1,  1791,  incorporated  into  Wal- 
tham, Oct.  31,  1796,  (Laws,  pp.  53-55),  but  to  be  represented  in 
General  Assembly  jointly  with  Vergennes.  First  represented  in 
1824,  (Vermont  Assembly  Journal,  1823,  pp.  51-53).  Part  of  Addi- 
son annexed,  Oct.  25,  1804,  (Laws,  p.  23). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  II — 16;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  His- 
torical Gazetteer,  I — 108 ; Child’s  Addison  Co.  Gazetteer,  1882,  p. 
240;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  180;  Hay- 
ward’s Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  129 ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s 
Histor}^  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  930;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers, 
1851,  p.  192. 


WARDSBOROUGH. — Town  in  Windham  County.  New  Hamp- 
shire grant  of  3,000  acres  to  John  Walker  Oct.  17,  1764,  covered 
land  now  in  Wardsborough,  ante  pp.  522-524.  Vermont  grant  of 
26,460  acres  to  William  Ward  and  sixty-one  associates,  Nov.  7,  1780, 
([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 33  to  35).  New  York  Grant  of  10,000 
acres  Lt.  Gov.  Colden  to  James  Abeel  & Co.,  Sept.  4, 1770,  was  in 
or  near  Wardsborough;  Vermont  Historical  Society  Collections,  I — 


APPENDIX. 


727 


155;  also  marked  “Abel  & Co.”  on  map  preceding  index  to  Vol.  I 
Documentary  History  of  New  York.  Divided  into  two  districts, 
(Laws  of  1788,  p.  3).  South  District  incorporated  into  town  of 
Dover,  (Laws  of  1810,  p.  79).  Annexation  of  part  of  Somerset 
authorized,  (Laws  of  1851,  p.  65). 

Hemen way’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  Vol.  5,  Part  III,  p. 
Ill;  Child’s  Windham  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  304^®;  Thompson’s 
History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  180;  Hayward’s  Vermont 
Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  129;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  192; 
Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  9&. 

See  Camden^  (New  York  grant),  ante. 


WARE. — A town  on  the  map  (1779)  preceding  index  to  Vol.  1, 
Documentary  History  of  New  York  between  Hartford  and  Norwich, 
and  marked  as  a New  Hampshire  grant,  and  likewise  appears  on  map 
facing  p.  430  of  Vol.  VIII,  Governor  and  Council,  as  a New  Hamp- 
shire grant.  Jeffery’s  Atlas,  (1776,)  p.  15,  has  no  town  between 
Norwich  and  Hartford ; p.  17  has  no  Hartford,  but  there  is  a blank 
where  the  name  should  appear. 


WARNER’S  GRANT  or  WARNER’S  GORE.— Vermont  grant 
of  2,000  acres  to  Hester  Warner,  widow,  and  the  heirs  of  Col.  Seth 
Warner,  Nov.  29,  1791,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 288). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  III — survey  of  lines ; Child’s  Essex  and 
Caledonia  Co.  Gazetteer,  1887,  p.  490;  Thompson’s  History  of  Ver- 
mont, 1842,  Part  HI,  p.  181 ; Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p. 
144;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  192. 


WARREN. — Town  in  Washington  County.  Vermont  grant  of 
23,040  acres  in  two  tracts,  one  in  Essex  Co.,  one  in  Washington,  to 
Jolin  Tbroop  and  sixty-seven  associates,  Oct.  20,  1789,  (^[Ms.]  Ver- 
mont Charters,  I — 262  to  265).  Wliole  to  l)c  considered  as  in  Addi- 
son County  Nov.  5,  1798,  (Laws,  p.  56).  Part  of  Lincoln  annexed, 
(Laws  of  1824,  j>.  16).  Annexed  to  County  of  Wasliington,  (Laws 
of  1829,  p.  13). 


Surveyor  General’s  Lapel’S,  I — 86,  89,  112;  IV — survey  of  lines; 
X — 63,  99,  ])ounds  of;  Ilenieiiway’s  \Trmont  Historical  Gazetteer, 
4-891;  Cliild’s  V'ashington  Co.  Gazetteer,  1889,  p.  475;  44ionn>- 
son’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  I^irt  HI,  p.  181  ; ” 

inont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  130;  Deining's  Vermont 
192;  Coolidge  and  Maiislield's  History  of  New 
p.  931. 


Hayward's  Ver- 
Ollicei’s,  1851,  p. 
England,  186)0, 


APPENDIX. 


WARREN  GORE. — Vermont  grant — being  one  of  two  tracts 
granted  John  Throop  and  sixty-seven  associates,  Oct.  20,  1789,  as 
Warren,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 262  to  265). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  III — survey  of  lines  ; Child’s  Essex  and 
Caledonia  Co.  Gazetteer,  1887,  p.  490;  Thompson’s  History  of  Ver- 
mont, 1842,  Part  III,  p.  181 : Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p. 
144;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  193. 

See  Warren, 


WARRENTON.— New  York  grant  by  Lt.  Gov.  Golden,  Nov. 
8,  1769,  of  14,000  acres,  covering  land  in  Acton  and  Athens. 

Vermont  Historical  Society  Collections,  1-154,  marked  as  Warren, 
(and  without  the  Y which  distinguishes  New  York  grants)  on  the 
“ Chorographical  map”  facing  p.  430  of  Vol.  8,  Governor  and  Coun- 
cil, and  p.  330  of  Vol.  4,  Documentary  History  of  New  York;  and 
marked  as  Warrenston  on  map  preceding  index  to  Vol.  1,  Documen- 
tary History  of  New  York. 


WASHINGTON. — Town  in  Washington  County.  Vermont  grant 
of  23,040  acres  to  Major  Elisha  Burton  and  sixty-four  associates,  Aug. 
8,  1781,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 111  to  114).  Boundaries 
established,  (Laws  of  1799,  p.  17 ; 1801,  p.  88). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 84;  II — 73;  IV — survey  of  lines; 
X — 50,  bounds  of;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazeteer,  2 — 
1138 ; Child’s  Orange  Co.  Gazetteer,  1888,  p.  499 ; Thompson’s  His- 
tory of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  181 ; Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazet- 
teer, 1849,  p.  131;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  193;  Cool- 
idge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  932. 

See  Kingsland^  (New  York  grant),  ante. 


WATERBURY. — Town  in  Washington  County.  New  Hampshire 
grant  of  23,040  acres  to  John  Stiles,  Esq.,  and  sixty-five  associates, 
June  7,  1763,  ante  pp.  525-528.  Part  of  Middlesex  annexed,  (Laws 
of  1850,  p.  46).  Part  of  Bolton  annexed,  (Laws  of  1851,  p.  64). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 191;  X — 2,  16, 17,  bounds  of;  Hem- 
enway’s Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  4 — 813;  Child’s  Washington 
Co.  Gazetteer,  1889,  p.  487;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842, 
Part  HI,  p.  182;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  131;  Dem- 
ing’s Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  193;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  His- 
tory of  New  England,  1860,  p.  933. 

See  Newhrooh,,  ante. 


APPENDIX. 


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WATERFORD. — Town  in  Caledonia  County.  Vermont  grant  as 
Littleton  of  23,040  acres  to  Benjamin  Whipple  and  sixty-four  associ- 
ates, Nov.  8,  1780,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 187  to  189).  Name 
changed  to  Waterford,  March  9,  1797,  (Laws,  p.  94). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 112,  126;  IV — survey  of  lines; 
Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  I — 430  ; Child’s  Essex  and 
Caledonia  Co.  Gazetteer,  1887,  p.  368;  Thompson’s  History  of  Ver- 
mont, 1842,  Part  III,  p.  183;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849, 
p.  132;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  194;  Coolidge  and 
Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  934. 

See  Dunmore^  (NeAv  York  grant),  ante. 


WATER VILLE. — Town  in  Lamoille  County.  Incorporated  out 
of  Coit’s  Gore  and  parts  of  Bakersfield  and  Belvidere,  (Laws  of  1824, 

p.  14). 

Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  2-768;  Child’s  Lamoille 
and  Orleans  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  143;  Thompson’s  History  of  Ver- 
mont, 1842,  Part  III,  p.  183 ; Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849, 
p.  132 ; Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  194 ; Coolidge  and  Mans- 
field’s History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  934. 

See  under  SmitTifield,  ante.,  for  New  York  grants. 


WEATHERSFIELD. — Town  in  Windsor  County.  New  Hamp- 
shire grant  of  23,000  acres  to  Gideon  Lyman  and  sixty-one  associates, 
Aug.  20,  1761,  ante  pp.  529-533.  New  York  grant  of  22,000  acres, 
confirming  New  Hampshire  charter,  issued  April  30,  1772. 

Child’s  Windsor  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  241 ; Thompson’s  History 
of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  184;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer, 
1849,  p.  132;  Deniing’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  194;  Coolidge  and 
Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  935. 


WEIdwS — Town  in  Rutland  County.  New  Hampsliire  grant  of 
23,040  acres  to  Capt.  Eliakim  Hall  and  sixty-three  associates  Sept.  15, 
1761,  ante  pp.  533-536.  Part  incorporated  witli  parts  of  Ira,  din- 
mouth,  and  Poultney,  into  town  of  ]\Iiddletown  Oct.  28,  1784.  Part 
annexed  to  Poultney  Oct.  31,  1798,  (Laws,  p.  38). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  II — 16;  Ilemenway's  \T‘rmont  Histor- 
ical (Jazetteer,  3-118‘.>;  C’liild’s  Rutland  (’o.  Gazetteer,  1882,  p.  25<rL 
dlioinpson’s  History  of  N'ermont,  1H42,  Part  I II,  p.  185 ; Hayward's 
Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  133;  Deming's  \"ermont  Ofiicei*s,  1851, 
j).  194;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  186)0,  i). 
936. 

See  Hlehmond^  ante,  for  New  )'ork  gnint. 


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WENLOCK. — New  Hampshire  grant  of  25,000  acres  to  Israel 
Woodward  and  sixty-three  associates  Oct.  13,  1761,  ante  pp.  167-17E 
East  part  of  Caldersburg  annexed,  (Laws  of  1801,  p.  82).  Line  estab- 
lished with  Morgan  Jan.  31,  1804,  (Laws,  p.  12).  Annexed  to 
Brighton  and  Ferdinand,  (Laws  of  1853,  p.  57). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 103,  125,  166  ; II — 16  ; III — sur- 
vey of  lines  ; X — 115,  bounds  of;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont, 
1842,  Part  HI,  p.  186;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  133; 
Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  195. 


WESTENHOOK. — A New  York  patent  dated  March  6, 1705,  and  it 
was  claimed  by  New  Yorkers  that  “its  western  bounds  are  about  30 
miles  from  Hudson’s  River.” 

See  H.  Hall’s  Early  History  of  Vermont  for  an  elaborate  discus- 
sion, pp.  486,  487. 


WEST  FAIRLEE. — Town  in  Orange  County.  Fairlee  divided 
into  two  towns,  Fairlee  and  West  Fairlee,  Feb.  25,  1797,  (Laws,  pp. 
49-51),  but  both  towns  represented  jointly  in  the  General  Assembly. 
West  Fairlee  first  represented  as  such  in  1823,  (Vermont  Assembly 
Journal,  1823,  p.  51).  Line  with  Vershire,  Straford,  and  Tbetford 
established,  (Laws  of  1802,  p.  199). 

Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  2-909;  Child’s  Orange 
Co.  Gazetteer,  1889,  p.  506;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842; 
Part  HI,  p.  186;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  195;  Coolidge 
and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  937 ; Hayward’s 
Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  133. 


WESTFIELD. — Town  in  Orleans  County.  Vermont  grant  of 
23,040  acres  to  Daniel  Owen  and  fifty-nine  associates  May  15,  1780, 
([Ms.) Vermont  Charters,  I — 13  to  15;  II — 14).  Provision  made  for 
establishing  line  with  other  towns  and  sale  of  a gore  of  land  directed, 
(Laws  of  1802,  pp.  158-160).  Laws  of  1803,  p.  60,  repeals  so  much 
of  Laws  of  1802,  pp.  158-160,  as  directs  sale  of  a gore  of  land  between 
Berkshire  and  Richford. 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 92,  162,  165;  II — 64;  V — survey 
of  lines;  X — 106  to  108,  bounds  of;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical 
Gazetteer,  3-342;  Child’s  Lamoille  and  Orleans  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884, 
p.  288^®;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  186; 
Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  134;  Deming’s  Vermont 
Officers,  1851,  p,  195 ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New 
England,  1860,  p.  937. 


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731 


WESTFORD. — Town  in  Chittenden  County.  New  Hampshire 
grant  of  23,040  acres  to  Henry  Franklin  and  sixty-four  associates, 
June  8,  1763,  ante  pp.  537-540. 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  X — 8,  28;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  His- 
torical Gazetteer,  I — 890;  Child’s  Chittenden  Co.  Gazetteer,  1883, 
p.  256^^;  Rann’s  History  of  Chittenden  Co.,  p.  695;  Thompson’s 
History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  187 ; Hayward’s  Vermont 
Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  134;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  195; 
Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  938. 


WESTFORD. — Vermont  grant.  This  is  not  the  present  town  of 
Westford  in  Chittenden  County. 

See  Westmore. 


WEST  HAVEN. — Town  in  Rutland  County.  Incorporated  out 
of  part  of  Fair  Haven,  Oct.  20,  1792,  (Laws,  p.  3),  but  represented 
jointly  with  Fair  Haven  in  the  legislature.  First  represented  as  West 
Haven  by  Josiah  Bascomb,  1823,  (Vermont  Assembly  Journal,  1823, 
p.  51). 

Child’s  Rutland  Co.  Gazetteer,  1882,  p.  256®;  Thompson’s  History 
of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  187 ; Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer, 
1849,  p.  134;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  195;  Coolidge 
and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  938. 


WESTMINSTER. — New  Hampshire  grant  of  23,040  acres  to 
John  Halbirt  and  sixty-seven  associates,  Nov.  9,  1752.  Charter 
renewed,  June  11,  1760,  ante  pp.  541-546.  New  Hampshire  charter 
confirmed  by  New  York  grant  of  23,500  acres,  March  26,  1772;  Ver- 
mont Historical  Society  Collections,  1 — 156.  Provision  for  establish- 
ing line  with  Athens,  (Laws  of  1839,  p.  85). 

Hemenway's  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  1891,  Vol.  5,  Part  IL 
p.  1;  (Child’s  Windham  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  304^”;  Thompson’s 
History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  187;  Ha3^ward’s  Vermont 
Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  134;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  196; 
Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  Histoiy  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  938. 


WESTMORE. — Town  in  Orleans  County.  Vermont  grant  as 
Westford  of  23,040  acres  to  Capt.  Uriah  Seymour  and  sixty-four 
associates,  Aug.  17,  1781,  ([Ms.]  \ ermont  Charters,  I — 133  to  136). 
Name  changed  to  Westmore,  Oct.  26,  1787,  (Governor  and  Council* 
III— 158). 


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APPENDIX. 


Surveyor  Geoeral’s  Papers,  II — 91 ; III,  IV — survey  of  lines  ; X — 
69,  70,  72,  bounds  of;  Hemen way’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer, 
2 — 365;  Child’s  Lamoille  and  Orleans  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  288^; 
Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  188 ; Hayward’s 
Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  135  ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  "History 
of  New  England,  1860,  p.  943  ; Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851, 
p.  197. 


WESTON. — Town  in  Windsor  County.  Incorporated  out  of 
Benton’s  Gore  and  part  of  Andover,  Oct.  26,  1799,  (Laws,  p.  14), 
but  represented  jointly  with  Andover  until  1823,  (Vermont  Assem- 
bly Journal,  1823,  p.  52).  New  Hampshire  charter  of  Andover,  Oct. 
13,  1761,  ante  pp.  7-11 ; Vermont  charter  of  Benton’s  Gore,  Oct.  25, 
1781,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  charters,  III — 1). 

Child’s  Windsor  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  250  ; Thompson’s  Histor}^ 
of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  189;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer, 
1849,  p.  135;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  197;  Coolidge 
and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  944. 

See  Virgin  Hall^  (New  York  grant),  ante. 


WEST  RUTLAND. — Town  in  Rutland  County.  Incorporated 
out  of  part  of  Rutland,  (Laws  of  1886,  pp.  91-94). 


WEST  WINDSOR. — Town  in  Windsor  County.  Windsor  divided 
into  two  parishes,  Oct.  17,  1783,  (Laws  of  1799,  p.  82).  The  two 
parishes  of  Windsor  incorporated  into  towns  of  Windsor  and  West 
Windsor,  (Laws  of  1814,  p.  52).  Repealed,  (Laws  of  1815,  p.  67). 
Windsor  divided  into  Windsor  and  West  Windsor,  (Laws  of  1848, 
P-8)-. 

Child’s  Windsor  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  255;  Demings  Vermont 
Officers,  1851,  p.  197 ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New 
England,  1860,  p.  945. 

See  Windsor. 


WEYBRIDGE. — Town  in  Addison  County.  New  Hampshire 
grant,  Nov.  3,  1761,  of  25,000  acres  to  Joseph  Gilbert  and  sixty- 
three  associates,  ante  pp.  546-549.  Part  of  New  Haven  annexed 
Oct.  25,  1791,  (Laws,  p.  6).  Part  of  Addison  annexed  Oct.  22, 
1804,  (Laws,  p.  7).  Part  of  Panton  annexed,  (Laws  of  1806,  p.  28). 
Part  provisionally  annexed  to  Middlebury,  (Laws  of  1851,  p.  64). 
Provision  for  establishing  line  with  Addison,  (Laws  of  1856,  p.  78; 
1859,  p.  148;  1862,  p.  51). 


APPENDIX. 


738 


Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  II — 16,  145,  charter  of  ; X — 10,  bounds 
of ; Heraenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  I — 109 ; Child’s 
Addison  County  Gazetteer,  1882,  p.  248^;  Thompson’s  History  of 
Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  189;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer, 
1849,  p.  136;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  198;  Coolidge 
and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  945. 


WHEELOCK. — Town  in  Caledonia  County.  Vermont  grant  of 
23,040  acres  to  Dartmouth  College  and  Moors  Charity  School,  June 
14,  1785,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 274  to  276,  347  to  349). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  1 — 105,  123;  II — 71;  IV — survey  of 
lines;  X — 73,  bounds  of;  Hemen way’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazet- 
teer, I — 432 ; Child’s  Essex  and  Caledonia  Co.  Gazetteer,  1887,  p. 
381;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  189;  Hay- 
ward’s Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849.  p.  136  ; Deming’s  Vermont  Officers, 
1851,  p.  198;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  York,  1860, 
p.  946. 


WHIPPLEBOROUGH. — New  York  grant  of  40,000  acres  by  Gov. 
Tryon  to  Samuel  Avery,  Oct.  28,  1775;  included  Starksborough  and 
vicinity;  Vermont  Historical  Society  Collections,  I — 157. 


WHITELAW’S  GORE. — Vermont  grant  to  James  Whitelaw, 
James  Savage,  and  William  Coit,  Oct.  26,  1788 — about  1,500 
acres,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  1 — 313).  Annexed  to  Calders- 
burg,  (Laws  of  1801,  p.  82).  Sometimes  called  Whitelaw’s  Grant, 
(Governor  and  Council,  IV — 343,  358). 


WHITELAW,  SAVAGE,  AND  COIT.— Vermont  grant  to  James 
Whitelaw,  James  Savage,  and  William  Coit  of  10,000  acres,  (St. 
Andrew’s  Gore,  now  Plainfield),  10,000  acres,  ( Williamsburgh  or 
Coit’s  Gore),  1,500  acres,  (Whitelaw’s  Gore),  all  the  islands  in  Lake 
Champlain  lying  east  of  deepest  channel  within  this  state  and  not 
heretofore  granted  by  the  state — 1,585  acres,  and  islands  in  the  Otter 
Creek  not  heretofore  granted,  to  south  line  of  Wey bridge — 30  acres, 
in  all  23,040  acres,  Oct.  26,  1788,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Cliarters,  I — 313; 
Governor  and  Council,  III — 180). 


WHITING. — Town  in  Addison  County.  New  Hampshire  grant 
as  Whiteingof  14,424  acres  to  Daniel  Pond  and  forty-seven  lussociates, 
Aug.  6,  1763,  ante  pp.  550-553.  New’  York  grant  of  1,000  acres  by 


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APPENDIX. 


Gov.  Tryon  to  John  Lawrence  Nov.  17,  1772,  covered  land  now  in 
Whiting  ; Vermont  Historical  Society  Collections,  I — 157.  Annexa- 
tion of  part  of  Orwell  authorized,  (Laws  of  1839,  p.  87). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  II — 97 ; Heinenway’s  Vermont  Histori- 
cal Gazetteer,  I — 115  ; Child’s  Addison  Co.  Gazetteer,  1882,  p.  248^ ; 
Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  190;  Ha^’ward’s 
Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  136  ; Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p. 
198  ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  946. 

See  under  Leicester  for  New  York  grant.  See  Monckton^  (New 
York  grant),  ante. 


WHITINGHAM. — Town  in  Windham  County.  Mar.  12,  1770,  a 
charter  was  issued  by  Lt.  Gov.  Colden  of  New  York  to  Nathan  Whit- 
ing and  associates  of  10,000  acres,  in  the  present  town  of  Whiting- 
ham,  then  called  Cumberland  ; Vermont  Historical  Society  Collections, 
I — 154.  Vermont  grants  in  Whitingham:  (1)  March  15,  1780,  of 
3,000  acres  to  Silas  Hamilton  and  seven  associates,  (Hamilton’s 
Grant),  by  charter  made  a part  of  Whitingham,  ([Ms.]  Vermont 
Charters,  I — 21,  II — 20);  (2)  Oct.  15,  1787,  600  acres  to  Jona- 
than and  Arad  Hunt,  ( [Ms.]  Vermont  Charters  I — 65) ; (3)  Oct. 
20,  1796,  5,060  acres  to  Amos  Green  and  fifteen  associates  incor- 
porated into  a district  by  the  name  of  Whitingham  Gore,  ([Ms.] 
Vermont  Charters,  I — 337  to  339).  Power  to  unite  part  with  part 
Wilmington  for  school  purposes  granted,  (Laws  of  1803,  p.  40). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 89,  “Gore  granted  to  Amos 
Green ; ” Hemen way’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  Vol.  5,  Part  II, 
p.  684;  Child’s  Windham  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  304"®;  Thompson’s 
History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  191;  Hayward’s  Vermont 
Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  137 ; Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  198 ; 
Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  947. 

See  “ Cumberland  ” on  map  preceding  index  to  Vol.  I,  Documentary 
History  of  New  York. 


WHITINGHAM  GORE. — Vermont  grant  of  5,060  acres  to  Amos 
Green  and  fifteen  associates,  Oct.  20, 1796,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters, 
I_337  to  339.) 


WICKHAM. — New  York  grant  of  36,000  acres  by  Lt.  Gov.  Colden 
to  Phinehas  Lyman  & Co.,  Oct.  27,  1774,  in  Randolph  and  vicinity; 
Vermont  Historical  Society  Collections,  I — 157.  Marked  “ Phineas 
Lyman  & Co.”  on  map  preceding  index  to  Vol.  I,  Documentary  His- 
tory of  New  York.  This  grant  certainly  covered  a part,  at  least,  of 
Brookfield ; see  Governor  and  Council,  II — 134,  135. 


APPENDIX. 


735 


WILDERSBURG. — Vermont  grant.  See  Barre. 


WILLIAM SBURGH. — The  boundary  of  a tract  of  2,000  acres 
which  is  now  a part  of  Waterville  and  which  was  granted  to  John 
Kelly  was  described  in  its  charter  dated  June  8,  1791,  as  running  “in 
the  easterly  line  of  a Grant  made  to  Whitelaw  & Company  called 
Williamsburgh,”  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 307).  The  charter 
of  Belvidere  dated  Nov.  4,  1791,  described  that  town  as  extending 
“to  the  easterly  Line  of  a Tract  of  Ten  thousand  Acres  of  Land 
granted  to  James  Whitelaw  & others  Called  Williamsburgh,”  ([Ms.] 
Vermont  Charters,  I — 301).  A charter  dated  Oct.  26,  1788,  issued 
to  Whitelaw,  Savage,  and  Coit,  conveyed  among  others  one  tract  of 
10,000  acres  in  the  locality  above  described,  which  must  have  been 
Williamsburgh  and  which  was  afterwards  known  as  Coit’s  Gore, 
([Ms.)  Vermont  Charters,  I — 313). 


WILLIAMSTOWN. — Town  in  Orange  County.  Vermont  grant 
of  23,040  acres  to  Absalom  Baker,  Samuel  Clark,  and  seventy-three 
associates,  Aug.  9,  1781,  ([Ms.)  Vermont  Charters,  I — 99  to  102). 
Boundary  lines  established,  (Laws  of  1799,  p.  17 ; 1801,  p.  88). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 84,  112;  II — 52,  125;  IV — survey 
of  lines;  X — 59,  bounds  of;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazet- 
teer, 2 — 1139;  Child’s  Orange  Co.  Gazetteer,  1888,  p.  511 ; Thomp- 
son’s IlistorA"  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  192  ; Hayward’s  Vermont 
Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  138;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  199; 
Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  947. 

See  Neivhrook^  (New  York  grant),  ante. 


WILLISTON — Town  in  Chittenden  County.  New  Hampshire 
grant  of  23,040  acres  to  Samuel  Willis  and  sixty -four  associates,  June 
7,  1763,  ante  pp.  553-557.  Oct.  27,  1794,  (Laws,  pp.  55-57),  parts 
of  Williston,  Jericho,  and  New  Huntington  incorporated  into  Rich- 
mond, part  of  Williston  annexed  to  New  Huntington,  and  j)art  of 
Burlington  annexed  to  Williston.  Line  established  with  Burlington 
and  part  of  Hurlington  annexed  Nov.  8,  1797,  (Laws,  p.  66). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  1—164,  193,  219,  220,  235;  II— 127, 
128;  VII,  VII I — survey  of  lines;  X — 2,  4,  18,  bounds  of;  Hem- 
enway’s Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  I — 900;  (’hild’s  Chittenden 
Co.  Gazetteer,  1883,  p.  256^;  Rann’s  History  of  Chittenden  Co., 
1886,  p.  704;  Thompson’s  History  of  Wrinont,  1812,  Part  III,  p. 
192;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  138;  Deming’s  Ver- 


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APPENDIX. 


mont  Officers,  1851,  p.  199 ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of 
New  England,  1860,  p.  949. 

See  Deerfield^  (New  York  Grant),  ante. 


WILMINGTON. — Town  in  Windham  County.  New  Hampshire 
grant  of  23,040  acres  to  Phineas  Lyman  and  sixty  associates,  April 
29, 1751.  ante  pp.  557-562.  Regranted  by  New  Hampshire  as  Draper 
to  Francis  Bernard  and  sixty-six  others,  June  17,  1763.  ante  pp.  562— 
565.  Line  with  Searsburg  established.  (Laws  of  1850,  p.  46 ; 1852, 
p.  65;  1853,  p.  58).  Line  with  Marlboro  and  Dover  established, 
(Laws  of  1851,  p.  68 ; 1852.  p.  66).  Power  to  unite  part  of  Wil- 
mington and  part  of  Whitingham  for  school  purposes  granted,  (Laws 
of  1803,  p.  40).  Part  of  Somerset  provisionally  annexed,  (Laws  of 
1858,  p.  49 ; 1859,  p.  51).  Annexation  of  part  to  Dover  authorized, 
(Laws  of  1868,  p.  310).  Part  provisionally  annexed  to  Dover,  (Laws 
of  1869,  p.  289) 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 173;  History  of  Wilmington  by 
Rev.  Volney  Forbes;  Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer^ 
Vol  5,  Part  III  : Child's  Windham  Co.  Gazetter,  1884,  p.  304^; 
Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  III,  p.  193;  Hayward’s 
Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849.  p.  138 ; Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851, 
p.  200  ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860, 
p.  949. 


WINDHAM. — Town  in  Windham  County.  Incorporated  out  of 
east  part  of  Londonderry  and  Mack's  Leg,  Oct.  22,  1795,  (Laws, 
p.  21),  but  represented  jointly  with  Londonderry  in  the  Legislature. 
Part  annexed  to  Londonderry  Oct.  21,  1797,  (Laws,  p.  21).  Ander- 
son’s Gore  made  a part  of  by  charter,  Oct.  22,  1801,  ([Ms.]  Ver- 
mont Charters,  I — 358).  Windham  allowed  a representative  in  the 
legislature,  Oct.  23,  1804,  (Laws,  p.  16). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  II — 16 ; History,  by  Mrs.  Lucy  B. 
Wood  ; Hemenway’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  Vol.  5,  Part  HI ; 
Child’s  Windham  Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  304^";  Thompson’s  History 
of  Vermont,  1842.  Part  HI,  p.  193;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer, 
1849,  p.  140;  Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  200;  Coolidge 
and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  950. 

See  Kent.,  (New  York  grant),  ante. 


WINDHAM. — New  York  grant  of  35,000  acres  by  Gov.  Tryon  to 
Joseph  Beck  & Co.,  March  25,  1772,  in  Duxbury  and  vicinity ; Ver- 
mont Historical  Society  Collections.  I — 156 ; map  preceding  index 


APPENDIX. 


737 


to  Vol.  1,  Documentary  History  of  New  York.  Not  the  present 
town  of  Windham,  in  Windham  County. 


WINDSOR. — Town  in  Windsor  County.  New  Hampshire  grant, 
July  6,  1761,  of  23,500  acres  to  Samuel  Ashley  and  fifty-eight  asso- 
ciates, ante  pp.  566-569.  New  York  grant  confirming  New  Hamp- 
shire charter,  March  28,  1772;  Vermont  Historical  Society  Collec- 
tions, I — 156.  Vermont  post-office  established,  March  9, 1787,  (Laws, 
p.  116).  Repealed.  Nov.  10,  1797,  (R.  1797,  Repeals).  Divided  into 
two  societies,  Oct.  17,  1783,  (Laws  of  1799,  p.  82).  Societies  incor- 
porated in  two  towns,  Windsor  and  West  Windsor,  (Laws  of  1814, 
p.  52).  Repealed,  (Laws  of  1815,  p.  67).  Windsor  divided  into 
Windsor  and  West  Windsor,  (Laws  of  1848.  p.  8). 

Child’s  Windsor  Co.  Gazetteer.  1884,  p.  260;  Thompson’s  History 
of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  194;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer, 
1849,  p.  141 ; Deming’s  Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  200  ; Coolidge 
and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  England,  1860,  p.  951. 


WINHALL. — Town  in  Bennington  County.  New  Hampshire 
grant  of  23,040  acres  to  Osce  Webster  and  sixty-one  associates.  Sept. 
15,  1761,  ante  pp.  569-573.  Annexation  of  part  to  Manchester 
authorized,  (Laws  of  1860,  p.  164). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 173;  11 — 146,  charter  of;  Hemen- 
way’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  I — 245;  Child’s  Bennington 
Co.  Gazetteer,  1881,  p.  209;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842, 
Part  HI,  p.  196;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  142;  Dem- 
ing’s Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  201  ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  His- 
tory of  New  England,  1860,  p.  955. 


WOLCt)TT. — Town  in  Lamoille  Countv.  Vermont  grant  of 
23,040  acres  to  Capt.  Joshua  Stanton  and  sixty-four  associates  Aug. 
22,  1781,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charters,  I — 103  to  106). 

Surveyor  General’s  Pai>ers,  X — 2,8,12,  bounds  of;  Hemenway's 
Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  2-773;  ('bibrs  I^amoilie  A Orleans 
Co.  (iazetteer,  1884,  p.  148;  Tbompsoii’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842, 
Part  HI,  p.  P.>7  ; Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  142;  Dem- 
ing's  X'eriiiont  Ofiicers,  1851,  j>.  201  ; Coolidge  and  Mansfield's  His- 
tory of  New  England,  1860,  p.  955. 


WOODBIHDfiE. — Oct.  2<J,  1781,  a grant  of  a township  of  unaj>- 
propriated  lands  was  made  to  Maj.  4'heodore  Woodhridge  and  Com- 

XI.  VI I 


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APPENDIX. 


panj,  (Governor  and  Council,  II — 126,  127).  The  granting  fees  were 
not  paid  however,  and  Ira  Allen,  as  Surveyor  General,  was  “ empow- 
ered and  directed  bv  the  Governor  and  Council  in  accordance  with  an 
Act  of  the  Legislature  ” to  dispose  of  the  township  granted  to  Maj. 
Woodbridge  and  use  the  proceeds  in  purchasing  stores  &c.,  (Gov 
ernor  and  Council  III — 32,  33).  Allen,  having  failed  to  dispose  of 
the  township,  advanced  funds  on  his  own  account  and  Gov.  Chitten- 
den at  the  request  of  Allen  issued  a charter  to  the  latter  in  Oct.  1786. 
This  act  led  to  the  defeat  of  Gov.  Chittenden  at  the  election  in  1789, 
but  after  the  whole  matter  had  been  thoroughly  investigated  by  a 
committee  of  the  legislature  and  a large  balance  found  to  be  due 
Allen,  as  Surveyor  General,  from  the  state.  Gov.  Chittenden  was 
recalled  from  private  life  and  held  the  office  of  governor  continuously 
thereafter  until  his  death. 

The  following  is  from  Governor  and  Council  III — 512,  513  : 
“ The  charter  of  Woodbridge  seems  never  to  have  been  recorded  by 
the  Secretary  of  the  Governor  and  Council,  or  the  Secretary  of  State, 
but  it  was  entered  by  Allen  in  his  record  as  Surveyor  General,  and  is 
now  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  State,  in  a book  erroneously 
marked  as  Vol.  2 of  town  charters.  All  the  town  charters  in  this 

book,  Woodbridge  excejoted^  are  in  the  official  record The 

charter  of  Woodbridge  given  to  Allen  was  dated  Oct.  26,  1781,  the 
date  of  the  grant  to  Maj.  Woodbridge,  and  it  was  recorded  by  Allen 
on  the  10th  of  Oct.  1786,  in  this  book,  which  probably  was  originally 
intended  for  a state  record,  but  was  withheld  on  account  of  the  ques- 
tionable character  of  Woodbridge.”  See  [Ms.]  Vermont  charters,  II 
— 26  to  28.  The  charter  of  Woodbridge  described  it  as  a tract 
bounded  West  on  Alburgh  and  must  have  covered  part  at  least  of 
Highgate.  When  Allen’s  writ  was  served  upon  the  state  in  1792 
the  present  town  of  Troy  was  levied  upon  as  “ Woodbridge,  so 
called,”  (Governor  and  Council,  IV — 428).  See  also  [Ms.]  Vermont 
State  Papers,  23-368. 


WOODBURY. — Town  in  Washington  County.  Vermont  grant 
of  23,040  acres  to  William  Lyman,  Col.  Ebenezer  Wood,  and  sixty- 
three  associates  Aug.  16,  1781,  ([Ms.]  Vermont  Charter,  I — 166  to 
169).  Name  changed  to  Monroe,  (Laws  of  1838,  p.  7).  Part  annexed 
to  Walden,  (Laws  of  1840,  p.  54).  Name  changed  back  to  Woodbury, 
(Laws  of  1843,  p.  27). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  I — 88 ; X — 1,  2,  bounds  of ; Hemen- 
way’s  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  4-873;  Child’s  Washington  Co. 
Gazetteer,  1889,  p.  518 ; Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part 
HI,  p.  198;  Ha}Avard’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  142;  Deming’s 


APPENDIX. 


739 


Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  201;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of 
New  England,  1860,  p.  956. 


WOODBURY. — See  under  Coventry,  ante.  This  is  not  the  pres- 
ent town  of  W oodbury  in  W ashington  County. 

WOODFORD. — Town  in  Bennington  County.  New  Hampshire 
grant,  March  6,  1753,  of  23,040  acres  to  Elihu  Chauncy  and  fifty-eight 
associates,  ante  pp.  573-578.  Charter  renewed  Aug.  12,  1762. 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  II — 147,  charter  of;  Hemenway’s  Ver- 
mont Historical  Gazetteer,  I — 248 ; Child’s  Bennington  Co.  Gazetteer, 
1881,  p.  21;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part  HI,  p.  198; 
Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  142;  Deming’s  Vermont 
Officers,  1851,  p.  202;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  History  of  New  Eng- 
land, 1860,  p.  956. 

See  Leinster.,  ante  for  New  York  grant. 

WOODSTOCK. — Town  in  Windsor  County.  New  Hampshire 
grant,  July  10,  1761,  of  24,900  acres  to  David  Page  and  sixty-one 
associates,  ante  pp.  579-582;  New  York  grant  of  23,200  acres  confirm- 
ing New  Hampshire  charter,  June  3,  1772.  Part  annexed  to  Hart- 
ford, and  part  of  Hartford  and  part  of  Hartland  annexed  to  Wood- 
stock,  (Laws  of  1852,  pp.  66-68).  Line  with  Pomfret  established, 
(Laws  of  1880,  p.  231). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  II — 136,  charter  of;  Child’s  Windsor 
Co.  Gazetteer,  1884,  p.  285;  Thompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842, 
Part  HI,  p.  198;  Hayward’s  Vermont  Gazetteer,  1849,  p.  143;  Dem- 
ing’s Vermont  Officers,  1851,  p.  202 ; Coolidge  and  Mansfields  His- 
tory of  New  England,  1860,  p.  957 ; Dana’s  History  of  Woodstock, 
1889. 


WORCESTER. — Town  in  Wasliington  County.  New  Hampsliire 
grant  as  Woi*ster,  of  23,040  acres  to  Joshua  Mason  and  sixty-four 
associates,  June  8,  1763,  ante  pp.  583-586.  Line  witli  Elmore  estal>- 
lislied,  (Laws  of  1837,  p.  10). 

Surveyor  General’s  Papers,  H — 159;  X — 33,  bounds  of;  Hemen- 
way’s Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  4-883;  Cliild’s  Washington  Co. 
Gazetteer,  1889,  p.  53(J ; Tliompson’s  History  of  Vermont,  1842,  Part 
HI,  p.  199 ; Hayward’s  Vermont  (iazetteer,  1849,  p.  143;  Deming's 
Vermont  Officem,  1851,  p.  202;  Coolidge  and  Mansfield’s  Historv  of 
New  England,  1860,  p.  960. 


WVLLIS. — See  Lay. 


COEKECTIOXS. 


On  page  342,  for  William,  Benjamin,  TBomas,  and  Jonathan  Snmmer, 
read  Sumner. 

On  page  630,  nnder  Belvidere,  for  30,000  read  30,100.  Same  page,  nnder 
Bennington,  reference  should  also  be  had  to  Hemen-wav’s  Gazetteer,  Yol,  5, 
Part  III. 

On  page  715,  for  South  Bennington  read  South  Burlington. 


IISTDEX. 


INDEX  OF  NAMES  OF  PLACES 


Acton 612,  676,  721,  728 

(Johnson’s  Gore) 612,  624,  675 

Addison. . .3,  4,  6,  7,  111,  612.  613,  670,  698,  726,  732 

Aiken’s  Gore 613,  724 

Albany 613,  682.  683 

(Lutterloh) 613,  683 

Albany,  N.  Y 612,  618,  619,  650 

Alburgh 614,  642,  660,  668,  738 

(Allenburgh,  Allensburgh,  Point  Al- 
gonquin, Point  Du  Detour,  Point 
Detouror,  Turnabout,  Missisco  Leg, 
Missisco  Tongue,  Caldwell’s  Upper 

Manor) 614,  642,  660 

Alburgh  Gore 614,  685 

Ammonoosuc  River 197,  303,  390 

Anderson’s  Gore 614,  678,  736 

Andover 7,  8,  10,  11,  615,  632,  724,  732 

Arlington 11,  12,  14,  15,  180,  265 

399,  403,  481,  615,  651,  661,  703,  712,  719 
Athens 616,  623- 

625,  637,  663,  669,  677,  703,  707,  728,  731 

Averill 16,  18,  19,  616 

Averv’s  Gore 616,  617,  621- 

626,  653,  663,  664,  670,  681,  689,  694,  699 

Avery’s  Grant 617,  625,  626,  677,  688,  722 


Bakersfield 626,  627 

630,  646,  655,  656,  677,  679,  680,  714,  729 

(Knowlton’s  Gore) 627,  680 

Baltimore 627,  644 

Bamf 627,  633,  641,  719 

Barnard 20,  627,  628,  682 

(Bernard) 20,  22,  457,  627 

Barnet 24-26,  336,  .590,  628 

Barre 628,  629,  693,  697,  735 

(Wilder-sburgh) 629,  677,  735 

Barton 629,  703,  712 

(Providence) 629,  703 

Bedou 660 

Bell  Lsland 629,  651 

Belvidere 624,  627,  630,  654,  677,  729,  735 

(Kelly’s  Grant,  No.  3) 676,  677 

Belvidere  Leg 677 

Bennington 1 2,  29,  .30,  .33 

360,  403,  447,  4.53,  574,  618,  630,  631,  702 

Benson 631,  632,  639,  697 

Benton,  N.  H.  (Coventry) 649 

Benton’s  Gore 615,  632,  732 

Berkshire 632,  6.5.5,  689,  70.5,  730 

Berlin 3.5,  37,  38,  628,  6.32 

Bernard  (Barnard) 20,  22,  4.57,  627 

BesslK>rough 633,  710 

Bethel 633,  677,  687.  706 

Billy  mead  (Sutton) 627,  6.33,  719 

Black  Island 6.33,  651 

Blake’s  Gore 6.34,  718 

BloomflebI .39,  6.34,  688 


(.Mlnehead) .39,  41,  42.  244,  248,  6.3^4,  688 

Bolton 43,  4.5-47,  515,  525,  634,  649,  672.  694 

7a5,  728 


Boston,  Mass 22,  23,  61,  121,  162,  182,  203,  215 

278,  334,  354,  372,  374,  381,  438,  454,  455,  459,  472 

484,  492,  509,  569,  631 

Bradford 634,  690 

(Mooretown) 634,  690 

Bradleyvale 617,  624,  635,  647,  699,  724 

(Pearsall’s  Gore) 624,  635,  670,  699 

Braintree 635,  706 

Brandon 47,  635,  645,  646,  662,  666,  669,  691 

692,  700 

(Neshobe) 47,  49-51,  240,  473,  635,  666,  692 

Brattleborough 51,  52,  54-57,  130,  201,  617 

635,  679 

Breed’s  Hill 628 

Bridgewater 20,  58-60,  636 

Bridport 4,  62,  63,  65,  66,  111,  550,  636,  670 

Brighton 637,  657,  661,  704,  73g 

(Gilead) 661 

(Random) 637,  661,  704 

Bristol 66,  637,  681,  694,  701 

(Pocock) 66,  67,  69,  637,  701 

Brookfield 637,  645,  734 

Brookline 616,  637,  693,  703 

Brownington 638 

Brownington  Gore 638,  642 

Brumley  (Peru) 339,  340,  342,  638,  699 

Brunswick 39,  71,  73,  74,  167,  248,  638 

Buel’s  Gore 623,  639,  648,  694 

Bunker’s  Hill 628 

Burke 627,  641 

Burke  Tongue 641,  671,  679 

Burlington 75,  77,  554,  641,  646,  651,  715,  735 

Butler’s  Island 696 

Cabot 641,650 

Calais 642,  695,  699 

Caldersburgh  (Morgan) ..  .638,  642,  691,  730,  733 

Caldwell’s  Upper  Manor  (Alburgh), 614, 642, 660 

Cambridge 642,  656,  658,  677,  717 

Camden 643,  6.52,  677,  727 

Canaan 643,  681,  695,  720 

Carthage  (Jay) 643,  674 

Ca.stleton 79-82,  228,  643,  671 

Cavendish 83,  85-87,  627,  644 

Chambly  River 660 

Charleston 644,  692 

(Navy) 641,  692 

Charlestown,  N.  H 435 

Charlotte 87-91,  224,  291,  411,  644  , 61.5,  6,53 

Chatham 64.5,  651 

Chel.sea 637,  644,  64.5,  6.53  , 722 

(Turnersborough) 645,  722 

Chester 91,95,645,  693 

(Flumstead) 8,  83,  91-91,  2.52,  645,  6,58 

(New  P'lnmstea<l) 95,  97,  98,  645,  693 

Chimney  Point 612 

Cliitten«len 63.5,  64.5,  646,  700,  713 

Clarendon 99 

101,  102,  386,  618,  619,  616.  6.5.3,  673.  715 
(Durham) 618,  625,  646,  6.53,  726 


744 


INDEX 


Clemensland 662 

Coit’s  Gore 627,  630,  646,  677,  729,  733,  735 

Colchester 103,  105,  106,  143,  287,  646,  688 

Columbia  College 590 

Concord 617,  624,  635,  647,  677 

Connecticut  Biver 24,  39,  52,  71 

91,  95,  130,  159,  197,  212,  244,  257,  261 
269,  303,  320,  363,  364,  379,  390,  435,  489 
497,  529,  541,  566,  599,  631,  649,  650,  723 

Corinth 107, 109,  110,  647,  724 

Cornwall ill,  113,  114,  647-649,  680,  686,  691 

Coventry 623,  639,  648,  649,  697,  710,  739 

(Orleans) 648,697 

Coventry,  Conn 639,  648 

Coventry,  N.  H.  (Benton) 649 

Coventry  Gore 648,649 

Craftsburv 649, 688 

(Minden) 649,  688 

Crown  Point 618 

Cumberland 649,  705,  734 

Danby 115,  117,  118,  299,  493,  649,  692 

Danvers.  Mass 459 

Danville 641,  650,  651,  669,  725 

Dartmouth  College 733 

Deerfield 641,  651,  736 

Deerfield,  Mass 128 

Dellins  Grant 650 

Derby 629,  633,  651,  694,  710 

Dewevsburgh 650,  651,  699 

Dorset,  115,  119,  121, 122,  299,  615,  645,  651,  692,  703 

Dover 123,  643,  652,  715,  727,  736 

•Draper  (Wilmington) 562,  564,  565,  652,  736 

Dummerston. . .130,  134-137,  652,  660,  669,  703,  704 

(Full am) 130-137,  363,  652,  660 

Dunbar 477,  479,  652,  719 

Duncansborough  (Newport) 623,  653,  694 

Dunmore 653,  729 

Durham  (Clarendon) .618,  625,  646,  653,  726 

Duxbury . . .138,  139,  141,  142,  295,  296,  653,  690,  736 

Eastham 653 

East  Haven 653 

East  Montpelier 654,  690 

Eden 630,  654 

Elmore 654,  679,  739 

Elv  (Vershire) 654,  724 

Enosburgh 623,  627,  632,  655,  689,  705 

Enosburgh  Gore 632,  655 

Essex 142,  143,  145,  146,  236,  287,  537,  655 

Eugene 655,  699,  708 

Fairfax 146,  147,  149,  151,  642,  656 

Fairfield..  ..150,  151,  153-155,  627,  656,  685,  709,  713 

714,  719,  720 

Fair  Haven 656,  731 

Fairlee 107,  159,  161-163,  657,  730 

Fane  (Newfane) 124, 126,  128, 130,  307,  308,  310 

311,  363,  502,  657,  693 

Favston 622,  623,  626,  640,  657 

Ferdinand  163,  165-167,  616,  637,  657,  730 

Ferrisburg. . .87,  88,  171-175,  291,  292,  658,  685,  694 

698,  723 

Fincastle 658.  677,  717 

Flamstead  (Chester)..., 8,  83,  91-94,  252,  645,  658 

Fletcher 642,  658,  676 

Flushing 413 

Fort  Dummer 53,  55,  636 

Fort  Edward 618 

Fort  St.  Frederic 670 

Fort  Ticonderoga 324,  423,  630 

Franklin 617,  626,  659,  672,  685 

(Huntsburg) . . .617,  626,  659,  668,  672,  685,  713 
French  Grants 659 


French  River 35,  75, 103 

139,  143,  232,  236,  283,  287,  295,  525,  554 

Fullam  (Dummerston) 130—137,  363,  652,  660 

Gageborough 645,  660,  684,  724 

Gatesborough  (Salem) 660,  710 

Georgia 147,  175,  176,  178,  179,  439,  661 

Gilead  (Brighton) 661 

Gilmanton,  N.  H 613 

Glastenbury 180,  182,  183,  431,  615,  661 

Glover 661 

Goshen 635,  661—663,  691,  700,  706,  709 

Goshen  Gore  No.  1 (Stannard) 662,  716 

Goshen  Gore  No.  2 663,  701,  709 

Grafton 184,  187,  188,  616,  617,  624,  625,  663,  720 

(Thomlinson) 184,  186—189,  191,  617,  623 

624,  663,  720 

Granby 163,  192,  193,  195,  196,  261,  663 

Grand  Isle 660,  663,  687,  715 

(Middle  Hero) 663,686,687,715 

Granville 617,  623,  664,  679,  706 

(Kingston) 623,  664,  679 

Great  Meadow 364 

Green  and  Moulton’s  Grant 664 

Green  River 207 

Green  Mountains 630,  631,  636,  640 

Greensborough 665 

Groton 665,  667 

Guildhall 193,  1%,  197,  199,  200,  257 

261,  665 

Guilford 200,  201,  203—206,  665,  666,  724 

Hadley,  Mass 338,  532 

Halesborough 635,  636,  669 

Halifax 201,  207,  210,  269,  275,  376,  558,  562,  666 

Hamilton’s  Grant 666,  734 

Hampton  Falls,  N.  H 61 

Hancock 623,  666,  706 

Hardwick 385,  667 

Harris’  Gore 662,  663,  665,  667,  685,  701 

Hartford 212,  214—216,  352,  407,  566,  579,  667 

702,  727,  739 

Hartland 216,  667,  668,  739 

(Hertford) 216,  218,  667,  668 

Harvard  College 354 

Harwich  (Mt.  Tabor).  .299—303,  340,  519,  668,  692 

Haverhill,  Mass 613 

Hertford  (Hartland) 216,  218,  667,  668 

Hickup  Meadow 379,  435 

Highgate 220,  222—224,  415,  614,  659,  668,  685 

702,  713,  719,  720,  738 

Hillsborough 650,  666,  668,  669 

Hinesborough 224—228,  291,  411,  443,  669 

Hinsdale  (Vernon) 669,  723 

Hinsdale.  N.  H 201,723 

Hitchcock’s  Gore 669,  703 

Hocquart 659,  660,  669 

Holland 670 

Hoosick 670 

Hopkins  Gore 670 

Hopkinsville,  Hopkins  Grant,  Hopkintonia,. . 

641,  670,  671,  679 

Hubbard  ton...  228— 230,  477,  639,  643,  648,  671,  719 

Hudson  River 29,  32,  33,  599,  730 

Hulton 671,  714 

Hungerford  (Sheldon) 414,  415,  417,  418,  617 

671,  713 

Huntington 232,  623,  634,  639,  671,  672,  694 

(New  Huntington) 139,  232,  234,  235,  623 

639,  640,  671,  675,  694,  705,  735 

Huntsburgh  (Franklin) 617,  626,  659,  668,  672 

685,  713 

Hyde  Park 6?2,  691 

Hvde’s  Island 696 


INDEX 


745 


Ipswich,  Mass 23,  459  I 

Ira 646,  672,  673,  677,  687,  702,  720,  729  ! 

Irasburgh 673,  682  } 

Isle  La  Motte 660,  673,  674,  724  | 

(Vineyard) 674,  724  i 

Jackson’s  Gore 674,  691  I 

Jamaica 643,  674,  677  : 

Jay 643,  739  * 

(Carthage) 643,  674 

(Wyllis) 674,  739 

Jericho. 43,  236,  238,  239,  511,  675,  694,  705,  723,  735 

Johnson 575,  677,  678,  717 

Johnson’s  Gore  (Acton) 612,  624,  675 

Johnson’s  Island 709 


Kellybrook 658,  676, 

Kellyburgh 

Kelly  vale  (Lowell) 676,  677,  682, 

Kelly’s  Grant 626,  677,  688, 

Kelly’s  Grant  No.  1 (Lowell) 

Kelly’s  Grant  No.  2 676, 

Kelly’s  Grant  No.  3 (Belvidere) 676, 

Kelso 677, 

Kempton 678, 

Kensington,  N.  H..  


Kent. 


.615, 


Kersborough 647, 

Kilby 678, 

Killington  (Sherburne) 419,  421,  457,  678, 

Kingsborough 677,  678, 

King’s  College 675,  678, 

Kingsland 678,  679, 

Kingston  (Granville) 623,  664, 

Kittery,  Me 121, 

Kirby 641,  671, 

Knight’s  Gore 627, 

Knight’s  Island 

Knowlton’s  Gore  (Bakersfield) 627, 


Lake  Champlain 75,  87,  88,  103, 171,  172, 

220,  287  , 328,  411,  439,  485,  599,  618,  619,  628, 

659,  660,  670, 

Lake  Memphremagog 629,  633, 

La  Manaudiere 659, 

Lamoille  River 659, 

Lancaster,  N.  H.  (Upper  Coos) 39,  197, 

Landgrove 680, 

Lebanon,  N.  H 212, 

Leicester.. 240,  242,  243,  550,  647,  680,  686,  711, 

Leinster 680,  715, 

Lemington 244,  643, 

(Limington) 16,  244,  246,  247, 

Lewis 16,  248,  250,  251,  616,  623,  624, 

Leaden 681, 

Limington  (Lemington) 16,  244,  246,  247, 

Lincoln 617,  623,  637,  664,  681,  706, 

Lintlleld  or  Linfleld 681, 

Litchfield 681, 

Littleton  (Waterford) 682, 

London,  Eng .590, 

Londonderry 613,  678,  682,  684, 

Londonderry,  N.H 125, 

Loomis  Island 

Lotbinlere 618, 

Lowell 613,  673,  676,  682, 

(Kelly  vale) 676,  677,  682, 

(Kelly’s  Grant  No.  1) 

Ludlow 8,  83,  252,  2.54—2.56,  674,  683,  691, 

Lunenburg 257,  2.59—261, 

Lutterloh  (Albany) 613, 

Lyndon 649, 


677  ! 
676  i 
683  ' 
722 

676  i 

677 
677 
721 
697 
492 

677 

678 

687 
713 
690 

679 
728 
679 
183 
679 

679 
.696 

680 

176 

649 

733 
703 
660 

688 
244 
700 
320 

734 
739 
680 
680 
681 
696 
680 
727 
682 
682 
?29 
618 
736 
401 
646 
670 
689 
68.3 
676 
726 
683 
683 
683 


Malden 684 

Manchester. . . .119,  265,  267,  570,  615,  684,  703,  737 

Mansfield 461,  514,  515,  517,  518,  684,  717,  723 

Marlborough 52,  130,  269,  272,  274,  275,  308 

312,  562,  652,  685,  736 

(New  Marlborough) 275,  277,  685 

Marshfield 667,  685 

Marvin’s  Gore 668,  685 

Meath 656,  677,  685 

Mecklenburg 658,  685 

Medway  (Mendon) 686,  698 

Melloomsook  River 32 

Mendon 686,  698 

(Medway) 686,  698 

(Parkerstown) 686,  698,  708,  713 

Middlebury 279—283,  395,  647,  680,  686,  691 

694,  706,  732 

Middle  Hero  (Grand  Isle). .663,  664,  686,  687,  715 

Middlesex 283—287,  583,  679,  687,  728 

Middlesex  (Randolph) 617,  625,  704 

Middletown  Springs 687,  688 

(Middletown). .673,  677,  687,  688,  702,  720,  729 

Milton 176,  287—291,  537,  646,  688 

Minden  (Craftsbury) 649,  688 

Minehead  (Bloomfield) 39,  41,  42,  244,  248 

634,  688 

Minto 688,  705 

Missisco  Leg  or  Tongue  (Albany) 614 

Missisquoi  (Troy) 626,  677,  688,  722 

Missisquoi  Bay 614,  660 

Monckton 689,  691,  734 

Monkton 67,  87,  224,  291-295,  689,  694,  716 

Monroe  (Woodbury) 689,725^738 

Montgomery 624,  632,  655,  682,  689,  705 

Montpelier 628,  654,  677,  678,  682,  690 

Montreal,  Can 618 

Montzoar 623,  640 

Mooretown  (Bradford) 634,690 

Moor’s  Charity  School 733 

Moretown 35,  295-297,  299,  653,  690 

Morgan 638,  642,  691,  730 

(Caldersburg) 638,  642,  691,  730,  733 

Morrisfield 647,  686,  691 

Morriston 691 

Morristown 672,  691,  717 

Mount  Holly 674,  683,  691,  725 

Mount  Tabor 299,  650,  651,  668,  692,  700 

(Harwich) 299-303,  340,  519,  668,  692 


Navy  (Charleston) 644, 

Neshobe  (Brandon) . .47,  49-51,  240,  473,  635, 

Newark 

Newbrook 629,  677,  693,  728, 

Newbury 107,  303-307,  390,  497,  498,  649, 

Newburv,  Mass 

Newfane.  .307,  311,  314,  31.5,  638,  6.57,  669,  693, 

(Fane) 124,  126,  128,  130,  307,  308,  310 

363,  502,  6.57, 

New  Flamstead  (Chester) ...  .95,  97,  98,  645, 

New  Haven 67,  171,  279,  31.5,  316,  318,  319, 

686,  693,  694,  698,  723,  726, 

New'  Haven  Gore  

New  Huntington  (Huntington) 139,  232, 

235,  623,  6.39,  640,  671,  675,  694,  7a5, 

New  London,  Conn 

New  Marlborough  (Marlborough) 275, 


Mack’s  or  Mark’s  I.eg 682,  684,  736 

Maidstone 71,163,261—264  681 


Newport 648  , 651,  6.53,  694  , 69.5,  7a3, 

( Iluncansb*)rough) 6.53, 

New  Rutlaml 695, 

Newry 695, 

New  Stamford  (Stamford) 4.52-4.54, 

.New  York,  N.  Y .590,  625,  630,  67.5,  676, 

N«>rl>ury 


692 

666 

692 

692 
735 

693 
306 
703 

-312 

693 

693 
421 
732 

694 
2.34 
735 
617 
277, 
685 
710 

694 
713 
713 
716 
679 

695 


746 


INDEX 


Norfolk 643,  695 

Northfleld 681,  695,  725 

Northfield,  Mass 636 

North  Hero 686,  696,  715,  723 

Norton 696 

Norwich... 319,  320,  322,  323,  407,  489,  696,  698,  720 

727 

Onion  River.. 35,  43,  75,  103,  139,  143,  232,  236,  283  [ 

287,  295,  296,  525,  554,  679 

Orange 678,  697,  722  | 

Orleans  (Coventry) 648,697  j 

Orwell 323’,  324,  326,  327,  639,  648,  697,  734 

Otter  Creek. . .ill,  171,  279,  280,  316,  328,  395,  546  I 

618,  619,  733  ; 

Otter  River 659  ! 

Pagnell 698 

Panton. . . .172,  327,  328,  330,  331,  546,  612,  658,  670  , 

694,  698,  723,  732 

Parker’s  Gore .686,  698,  713,  717  I 

Parkerstown  (Mendon) 686,  698,  708,  713  ! 

Pawlet 115,  331,  332,  334,  493,  533,  655,  699,  708 

Peacham 335,  336,  338,  451,  699 

Pearsall’s  Gore  (Bradleyvale) — 624,635,670 

699 

Penrvn 642,  699 

Peru‘ 339,  638,  680,  692,  699,  700 

(Brumlev) 339,  340,  342,  638,  699  ■ 

Philadelphia 635,  645,  646,  662,  700  , 

Pittsfield 700,  706,  713,  717  ; 

Pittsford. . .47,  343,  344,  346,  347,  635,  700,  701,  703  j 

715,  717  : 

Plainfield 662,  663,  667,  701,  709,  733 

(St.  Andrew’s  Gore) 701,  709,  733 

Plymouth 347,  701,  711 

“ (Saltash)...59,  252  , 347,  348,  350,  351,  419,  427 

701,  711 

Pocock  (Bristol) 66,67,69,637,701 

Point  Algonquin  (Alburgh) 614 

Point  Du  Detour  or  Detouror  (Alburgh) . . .614 

Pomfret 20,  351,  352,  354,  355,  407,  579,  667,  701 

712  739 

Portsmouth,  N.  H 5,  9,  13,  18,  22,  26,  31,  37 

41,  45,  49,  54,  60,  64.  69,  73.  77,  81,  85,  89,  93,  97 
101,  105,  109,  113,  117,  121,  123,  124,  127,  129,  132 

140,  144,  148,  152,  156,  161,  165,  166,  169,  173,  178 

182,  185,  190,  194,  198,  202,  209,  210,  214,  218,  222 

226,  230,  234,  238,  242  , 246,  250,  254,  259,  263,  267 

271,  272,  277,  281,  285,  289,  293,  297,  301,  305,  309 

313,  321,  325,  329,  333,  337,  341,  345,  349,  353,  357 

361,  365,  371,  372,  375-377,  380,  384,  388,  392  , 396 
400,  404,  408,  412,  417,  421,  425,  429,  433  , 437,  441 

445,  449,  454,  458,  463,  467,  471,  475,  479,  483,  487 

491,  495,  499,  503,  508,  512,  516,  520,  523,  524,  527 

531,  535,  539,  543,  548,  552,  555,  559,  561,  564,  568  ' 

571,  575,  581,  585 

Poultnev 79,  355,  356,  358,  359,  673,  6>«7,  702 

720,  729  . 

Poultnev  River 656 

PownaL 359-362,  452,  605,  630,  670,  702,  716 

Prattsburg 668,  669,  702,  720 

Princetown 615,  651,  684,  703,  719 

Proctor 701,  703,  708 

Providence  (Barton) 629,703  i 

Providence,  R.  I 629  ; 

Province  Island 694,  703 

Patnev 363,  364.  366-368,  616,  637,  638,  652  ' 

669,  703  : 

Randolph 617,  625,  687,  704,  734  | 

(Middlesex) 617,625,704 

Random  (Brighton) 637,  661,  704  ' 

Reading 59,  83,  348,  369,  370,  372,  373,  704  ' 

Readsborough 373,  649,  704,  705,  711  i 


Rensselaerwick 

Richford 632,  655.  675,  689, 

Richmond 634,  675,  688,  694,  705,  706, 

Ripton 617,  623,  662,  664,  681,  686, 

Rochester 633,  635,  662,  666, 

Rockingham 91,  92,  95,  184,  189,  378- 


Roxbury 

Royalto^n 628,  677,  681,  682, 

Rupert 332,  382,  384,  385,  655, 

Rutland . . . .344,  386, 388,  389,  698,  703.  708, 
Ryegate 24, 336,  390,  392- 


.651, 


Salem 

(Gatesborough) 

Salisbury.  .Ill,  394,  395,  397,  398,  680,  706, 
Saltash  (Plymouth).  . . .59,  252,  347,  348, 

419,  427, 

Sand  gate 265,  382,  398, 399, 

Savage  Island 

Saxton’s  River 

Searsburg 705, 

Shaftsburv 180,  402,  403,  405,  406, 

Sharon 406,  407,  409,  410,  634,  695, 

Sheifleld 

Shelburne 410,  411,  413,  414,  443, 

Sheldon.. . .414,  617,  626,  656,  658,  668,  671, 
(Hungerford).  .414,  415,  417,  418,  617, 

Sherburne 419,  645,  678,  695,  698,  700, 

(Killington) 419,  421,  457, 

Shims  Brook 

Shoreham 63,  324,  423,  425,  426,  473, 

Shrewsbury 99,  386,  427,  429,  430,  653, 

Sidney 

Smithfield 154,  155,  157,  158,  415,  627, 

Socialborough 618,  701,  708, 

Somerset 124,  126,  128,  431,  433-435, 

680,  715,  718, 

South  Bay. 

South  Burlington 

South  Hero 664,  686,  687,  696, 

Springfield 435-438, 

St.  Albans 151,  439,  441,  442,  485,  656, 

St.  Andrew’s  Gore  (Plainfield) 701, 

St.  George 443,  445,  447,  648,  677,  709, 

St.  Johnsbury 

Stamford..  .360,  374,  376,  377,  447,  449-452, 

(New  Stamford) 452- 

Stannard 

(Goshen  Gore,  No.  1) 

Starksborough 617,  622,  640,  689, 

Sterling 642,  675, 

Stockbridge 456,  457,  459,  658,  677, 

Stowe 461,  463,  464,  583,  684, 

Strafford  . .465,  467,  507,  634,  695,  718,  720, 

Strafford,  Conn 

Stratton 431,  469,  471,  523,  570,715, 

Stratton  Gore 

Sudbury 473-476,  550,  639,  648,  652, 

Sunderland 180,  265,  469,  481,  483, 

Sutton 627, 

(Billy  mead) 627, 

Swanton 155,  220,  485,  487-489,  656,  658, 

709, 


705 

705,  730 
729,  735 

706,  711 

700,  706 
382,  435 
616,  707 
707 

707,  722 
699.  707 
714,  732 
-394,  708 

660,  710 
.660,  710 

710,  711 
350,  351 

701,  711 
401,  711 

715 

541 

711,  736 
615,  712 

702,  712 
.629,  712 
709,  712 
713,  719 
671,  713 
713,  717 
678,  713 

363 

5.50,  648 

713,  714 

701,  714 
.642,  714 
656,  677 

714,  729 

714,  715 
523,  652 
727,  736 

4 

641,  715 

715,  723 
529,  716 
696  , 709 
719,  721 

709,  733 

710,  712 
.633,  710 

702,  716 
454,  716 
.662,  716 
.662,  716 

716,  733 
691,  717 
698,  700 
713,  717 

717,  723 
724,  730 
590 

718,  719 

718 

671,  718 
484,  615 

703,  719 
633,  719 
633,  719 
669,  702 
713,  719 


Tamworth 677 

Thayer’s  Brook 541 

Thayer’s  Island 541 

Thazv  River 660 

Tnetford 159,  465,  489-491,  696,  698,  720,  730 


LNDEX 


747 


Thinning- 643,  720 

Thomlinson  (Grafton),  184,  186-189, 191,  617,  623 

624,  663,  720 

Tinmouth..493,  495-497,  519,  673,  687,  702,  720,  725 

729 

Topsham 107,  497-501,  721 

Townshend,  363, 501,  502,  504,  505, 612,  703, 709,  721 

Troy 617,  625,  626,  677,  688,  689,  722,  738 

(Missisquoi) 626,  677,  688,  722 

Truro 697,  722 

Tunbridge 506,  507,  509,  510,  722 

Tunbridge  Gore 722 

Turnabout  (Alburgh) 614 

Turnersborough  (Chelsea) 645,  722 

Two  Heroes 664,  686,  696,  715,  722 

Underhill 510,  511,  513-515,  675,  684,  717,  723 

Upper  Cods  (Lancaster,  N.  H.), 39,  197,  244 

Venters  Brook 52 

Vergennes 658,  694,  698,  723,  726 

Vernon 636,  666,  669,  723 

(Hinsdale) 669,  723 

Vershire 647,  654,  684,  718,  724,  730 

(Ely) 654,  724 

Victory 617,  624,  635,  724 

Vineyard  (Isle  La  Motte) 674,  724 

Virgin  Hall 613,  615,  632,  724,  732 

Waitsfield 696,  725 

Walden 662,  689,  725,  738 

Walden  Gore 650,  725 

Wallingford.... 496,  518,  519,  521,  522,  572,  653,  674 

691,  720,  725 

Wallingford  Gore 726 

Wallumscock 726 

Waltham 612,  694,  723,  726 

Wardsborough 522,  643,  652,  677,  715,  726 

Ware 727 

Warner’s  Grant  or  Gore 727 

Warren 681,  727,  728 

Warren  Gore 728 

Warrenton 612,  616  , 677,  728 

Washington 678,679,  728 

Waterbury,  283, 284,  461,  525,  527,  528,  634, 687,  728 

Waterford 653,  682,  729 

(Littleton) 682,  729 

Waterville 627,  630,  646,  677,  729,  735 

Weathersfleld 83,  529,  531-533,  729 

Wells.  .356,  533,  535,  536,  673,  687,  702,  706,  720,  729 

Wenham,  Mass 22,  23 

Wenlock 167-171,  248,  637,  642,  657,  691,  730 


Westenhook 730 

West  Fairlee 657,  718,  720,  724,  730 

Westfield 730 

Westford 147,  511,  537,  539,  540,  730 

Westford  (Westmore) 731 

West  Haven 656,  731 

Westminster 363,  379,  541,  543-545,  616,  617 

621,  623,  626,  639,  731 

Westmore 731 

(Westford^ 731 

Weston 615,  632,  691,  724,  732 

Weston,  Mass.  (?) 459 

West  Rutland 708,  732 

West  Windsor 732,  737 

Wey  bridge Ill,  328,  546-549,  612,  648,  686,  694 

698,  732,  733 

Wheelock 662,  733 

Whippleborough 617,  625,  717,  733 

Whitelaw'’s  Gore  or  Grant 642,  733 

Whiting 550,  552,  553,  639,  648,  680,  689,  697 

733  734 

Whitingham 649,  664,  666,  671,  734^  736 

Whitingham  Gore 664,  665,  734 

White  River 628 

White  River  Falls 212,  320 

Wickham  .. . . 704,  734 

Wildersburgh  (Barre) 629,  677,  735 

Williamsburgh 733,  735 

Williamstown 677,  693,  735 

Williston 232,  553,  554,  556,  557,  641,  651,  675 

694,  705,  735 

Wilmington 557,  558,  560,  562,  652,  711,  715 

734,  736 

(Draper) 562,  564,  565,  652,  736 

Windham 653,  678,  682,  684,  736 

Wind  Mill  Point 614 

Windsor 216,  370,  529,  566,  568,  569,  579,  619 

732  737 

Winhall 340,  569,  570,  572,  573,  684’,  737 

Winooski  River  659 

Wolcott 737 

Woodbridge 737,  738 

Woodbury 689,  738,  739 

(Monroe) 689,  725,  738 

Wood  Creek 4,  63,  324,  423,  618 

Woodford 180,  573,  574,  576,  577,  680,  739 

Wood’s  Island 6%,  709 

Woodstock 579,  581,  667,  668,  702,  739 

Worcester 583,  585,  586,  654,  679,  695,  739 

Wyllis  (Jay) 674,  739 

Yale  College 590 


■3 


i 

I 


INDEX  OF  NAMES  OF  PERSONS 


Abbets,  Joseph 

Abbott,  Arthur 

Benjamin 

George 

John 

Lemuel 

Samuel 

Abel,  James 

Ackerman,  Abraham 

Adair,  John  

Adams,  Charles 

Eleazer,  Jr 

Ephraim 

Jacob 

James 

John 

Jonathan 

Joseph 

Moses 

Nathaniel 

Peletiah 

Samuel 

Sharp 

Thomas 

William 

Adgate,  William 

Adolphus,  Isaac 

Adriance,  Isaac 

Agard,  Amos 

Ager,  Edward 

John 

Aiken,  David 

David,  Jr 

Edward 

Elisha 

James 

John 

Jonathan 

Josiah 

Thomas 

William 

Alcott,  Benjamin 

Aldis,  Ebenezer 

Nathan 

Alexander,  Asa 

Ebenezer 

Ellas 

Elijah 

Giles 

Giles,  Jr 

John 

Joseph 

Philip 

Reuben 

Robert 

Simon 

William 

Alger,  Andrew 

Asa 

Cyrus 

David 

John 

Joseph 

Judah 

Samuel 


527 

23,  459 

242 

183 

281,  334 

298 

397 

671,  714,  726,  727 

141 

616 

93,  97 

552 

27,  366,  388 

372 

401 

310 

480 

18 

552 

93 

560 

459,  480,  606,  608 

.*.’.’.’310,  552 

169 

157 

513,  540 

37 

157 

105,  145,  149,  608 

517 

413,  600 

89 

613,  682 

166,  599 

157 

....174,  231,  413,  479,  599 

89,  174,  293,  326,  413,  600 

89,  173,  293,  600 

174,  599 

613 

6 

552 

552 

442 

101,  a50,  442 

306,  366 

27,  61,  109,  13.3,  429 

231,  4.54,  479 

231,  4.54,  479 

.543 

543 

222,  .582 

350,  442 

268 

..  . . . .’.^31,  4.%,  479 

60.5,  607 

117,  4.5.5,  60.5,  607 

302 

302 

.302 

117 

.302 

117 


Allen,  Daniel 81,  310,  384,  509,  549 

David 455 

Ebenezer 656 

Elijah 417 

Enos 531 

Ephraim 209 

Ethan 615,  619,  630,  669,  686,  696,  715,  722 

Heman 594,  614 

Henry 417,  509,  513 

Henry,  Jr 459 

Ira 613,  626,  673,  738 

Isaac 405 

Jacamiah 513 

James 186,  191 

Jeremiah 305 

John 384,  417 

John,  Jr 203 

Jonathan 449,  455 

Joseph 14,  81,  271,  277,  405,  449,  454 

Joseph,  Jr 271,  277 

Josiah 405 

Matthew 37 

Nathaniel 405 

Noah 449 

Peter 513 

Philip 417 

Philip,  Jr ,. 417 

Richard 417 

Samuel 54,  362,  366,  543,  554,  556 

Stephen 531 

Thomas,  Jr 449,  454 

William 513 

Ailing,  Enos 521 

Allis,  Elisha 488 

Elisha,  Jr 488 

John 488 

Josiah 488 

Julius 178 

Samuel .- 487 

Allison,  Richard 18 

Samuel 401 


Alsop,  Richard 

Thomas 

Alvord,  Aaron 

Benjamin 

Elisha 

; Amaseen,  Christopher, 

Ephraim 

John 

Joseph  

Amason,  Daniel 

Amberman,  Derrick... 

, Ames,  Josiah 

I Amory,  Thomas 

I Amsilell,  Jacob 

' Anderson,  Andrew  ... 

Benjamin 

James 

Nicholas 

I Samuel 

I Thomas 

' Andrews,  Amos 

Bartholomew 

j Blldad 

' Israel 


...199 

77 

576 

82,  271,  277 

483 

.500 

499 

499 

.500 

242 

513,  .539 

346 

132 

372 

513,  .539 

60.5,  607 

417,  613,  .539,  614 

145 

60.5,  607 

22,  4.59 

170 

.53.5 

350 

459 


750 


INDEX 


Andrews,  Jonathan 170 

Noah 535 

Richard 6 

Samuel 170 

Stephen 195,  572 

Timothy 651,  653,  670 

Andros,  Andrew 199 

Jonathan 496 

Timothy 696 

Angevin,  John 234 

Anthony,  Nicholas 69 

p Theophilus 69, 105, 145 

Antunes,  George 234 

James 234 

Joshua 234 

Appleton,  Daniel 306 

Henry 27 

Isaac 459 

Nathaniel 459 

Samuel 350 

Apthorp,  Henry 472,484 

James 334,  438,  468 

Archer,  Benjamin,  Jr 552 

James 605,  607 

Archibald,  Arthur 401 

Robert 267 

Armes,  Daniel 101 

Ebenezer 564 


Eliakim 388 

Elijah 101,  388 

John 178,  203,  346,  350,  366,  381,  388,  543 

John,  Jr 543 

William 101 

Armstrong,  James 149 

^ Libbeus 604,  606 

Arnold,  Henry 149 

Jonathan 633,  683,  710 

Arthurton,  Jonathan 361 

Ashbridge,  William 585 

Ashley,  Elkanah 604,  606 

Gideon 429 

John 548 

Jonathan 178,  209,  430 

Joseph 222,  366,  389,  442,  543,  568 

Joseph,  Jr 582 

Oliver 101,  178,  569 

Samuel 428,  429,  543,  567,  568,  714,  737 

Samuel,  Jr 430,  488,  569 

Stephen 569 

Thomas 358 

William  Symes 178 

Ashman,  Ebenezer 334 

Justus 3;I4 

Atkins,  Joseph 195 

Atkinson,  Theodore 5-7, 10, 11, 14, 15,  22-24 

31,  32,  34,  38,  42,  49-51,  54-58,  60-62,  64,  65,  73 
78,  81,  82,  85-87,  90,  93,  94,  97,  98, 101,  102,  106 
110,  113,  114,  117,  118,  121,  122,  132-136,  161- 
163,  165-167,  169-171, 182, 183, 186-188, 191, 194 
-196,  199,  200,  202-205,  209-211,  214,  215,  218 
219,  223,  227,  230,  239,  242,  243,  247,  254-256 
263,  264,  267-269,  271-275,  278.  281-283,  301- 
303,  306,  309-311,  314,  315,  318,  319,  322,  323 
326  , 330,  331,  333,  334,  341-343,  345-347,  350 
351,  353-355,  357-359,  361,  362  , 365-369,  371- 
373,  380-382,  384,  385,  388,  389,  397,  398,  400- 
402,  405,  406,  409,  410  , 413,  421,  422,  425,  426 
429,  430,  433-435,  437,  438,  446,  449,  450,  452 
455,  459,  460,  467,  468,  471-473,  483,  484,  488 
491-493,  495-497,  504,  505,  509,  510,  513,  520 
521,  531-533,  535,  536,  543-546,  548,  549,  556 
560,  562,  568,  569,  572,  573,  575-577,  581,  582 

Theodore,  Jr 6,  18, 19,  26-28,  37,  38,  41,  42 

45^7,  69,  70,  77-79,  89-91,  98,  105,  106, 109,  110 
125,  127,  129,  137,  138,  141,  142,  145,  146,  149 


Atkinson,  Theodore,  Jr.,  co»?<.  .150, 153, 154, 157, 
158,  173-175,  178,  179,  191,  192,  206,  222-224, 
226-228,  231,  234,  235,  237,  239,  246,  247,  250, 
251, 259-261,  264, 277-279, 285-287, 289-291,  293- 
295,  297-299,  305-307,  326,  327,  334,  337-339, 
346,  362,  375,  377,  378,  392-394,  413,  414,  417, 
418,  441,  442,  445-447,  454-456,  463,  464,  475, 
476,  479,  480,  487-489  492,  499-501,  506,  513, 
514,  517,  518,  524,  527,  528,  532,  539,  540,  552, 
553,  556,  557,  564,  565,  578,  585,  586. 

Atwell,  Benjamin lo 

Atwood,  John 342 

Samuel 604,  606 

Auld,  William 214 

Austin,  Abel 535,  601,  602 

Daniel 109,  560 

David 254,  521,  601 

Elias 576 

Hannah 113 

Jess 576 

John 532,  572,  601,  602 

John,  3d 535,  601,  602 

Joshua 560 

Samuel 254,  601 

Averill,  Clement I66 

Daniel 41,  73,  113,  170,  247,  264 

Moses 41,  74,  170,  247 

Samuel 18,  38,  40,  42,  46,  69,  72,  74,  77,  106 

141,  145,  164,  168,  170,  235,  239,  246,  251,  262, 
264,  286,  297,  528,  556,  603,  637,  680,  701 

Avery,  Ebenezer 463 

Humphrey 617,  625,  664,  706 

John 243,  535 

Samuel 617,  619,  621-626,  699,  706,  733 

Ayers,  Joseph 479 

Samuel 16I 

William 479 


Babbit,  Seth 45,  471 

William 263 

Backus,  Ebenezer 483 

Bacon,  David 585 

Job 585 

Rufus 604,  606 

Bagley,  Joseph 527 

Bailey  or  Bayley,  Abner 306 

Edward 306 

Enoch 110 

Ephraim 305 

Fry 306 

Jacob 304,  305,  650,  693 

John 517 

John,  Jr 37 

Joseph 310 

Joshua 306 

Josiah 85 

Rev. 61 

Samuel 310 

Baker,  Aaron 384 

Absalom 735 

Albert 69,  290 

Anthony 585 

Charles 259 

Daniel 528 

David 528 

George 605,  607 

Henry 528 

James 117 

John 186,  191,  281,  384 

Joseph 310,  366 

Joseph,  Jr 186,  191 

Marshall 504 

Moses 504 

Nathaniel 527 

Remember 608,  615,  619 


INDEX 


751 


Baker,  Samuel 195 

Timothy 366 

Baldridge,  John 93,  645 

Baldwin,  Abner 334 

Asa 61 

Benjamin 491 

Benjamin,  Jr 491 

Daniel 318 

Ebenezer 405,  491 

Ephraim 61 

Isaac 73 

Israel 599  i 

Israel,  Jr 226 

John 213,  215 

John,  Jr 214 

Jonathan 598 

Matthew 282 

Nathan 26,  65,  97  ! 

Ball,  David 285,  527 

Ebenezer 195 

Ezekiel 286  [ 

James 310  | 

John 310  I 

Jonas 286  ! 

Samuel 314 

Thomas 286 

Bancroft,  Samuel 437 

Bankrupt,  Timothy 85 

Banks,  Benjamin 153 

John 153 

Thaddeus 153 

Banyar,  Goldsbrow 677 

Barber,  Aaron 491 

Daniel 334 

David 491 

John 389 

Joseph 604,  606 

Oliver 491 

Stephen 467 

Stephen,  Jr 467 

William 141 

Barclay,  David 290,  609 

Bardwell,  Ebenezer 178,  210  | 

Ebenezer,  Jr 210 

Barker,  Abner 322 

Abner,  Jr 322 

Jonathan 195  j 

Timothy 195,  199  i 

Barlow,  David 153  ! 

Jabez 18,  597 

James 18,  597 

Nathaniel 18,  597 

Samuel 18,  597 

Barnard,  Abner 209 

Ebenezer 101,  203,  209 

Isaac 314,  504 

Jonathan 504 

Joseph 203,  209 

Joshua 504 

Moses 322  , 401 

Samuel,  Jr 203 

Selah 203,  209 

Barnes,  Amos 495 

Daniel 165 

Henry 14 

James 73 

John 73 

Jonah 165 

Jonathan 572 

Stephen 73,  602 

Stephen,  Jr 255 

Thomas 165 

William 73,602  ' 

Barnett,  Aaron,  Jr 286  | 

Barney,  Francis 608  ' 


Barney,  John 517 

Thomas 595 

Barr,  Samuel 174,  239,  586 

Barrel!,  Nathaniel 27,  110,  149,  260,  278,  286 

298,  326,  338,  417,  480,  488,  528,  586 

Barrett,  James 98,  314 

Joseph 409 

Thomas 50,  98,  314 

William 54 

Barsley,  Andrew 536 

Barstow,  Asa 552 

Barthomy,  Joseph 195 

Bartlett,  David 487 

Josiah 475 

Nathaniel 18, 161,  597 

Oliver 338 

Samuel  C... 630 

Solomon 487 

Barton,  Andrew 318 

Lewis 301 

Stephen 500 

William 117,  629 

Bascomb,  Jonathan 14,  471 

Josiah 731 

Bass,  Abraham 32,  33,  209,  605,  607 

Bassett,  Abraham 521 

Daniel 521 

Joseph 483 

Joshua 463 

Batchelder,  Breed 442 

Bates,  Daniel 289,  326 

John 238 

Stephen,  3d 576 

Baston,  Nathaniel 500 

Stephen .499 

Baxton,  William 16I 

Beach,  Asael 535,  601 

Azariah 492 

Azariah,  Jr 467 

Benjamin .”7 467 

Elisha 467 

Enoch 45 

Qershom 645 

Joseph 170,  597,  598 

Medad 467 

Samuel 165,  700 

Titus 535 

Beaman,  Jabez 310 

John 222,  433 

Park 74 

Thomas 42,  429 

Beard,  John 305,  483 

Thomas *. 434 

Beardsley,  Daniel 596 

Daniel,  Jr 263 

Ebenezer 263 

James 264 

Jeremiah 263,  596 

John 263,  596 

Nathan 41,  264 

Thomas 263 

Beasley,  Oliver,  Jr 234 

Beath,  Jeremiah 93,  97 

Beck,  Joseph 736 

William 602 

Beckwith,  John 6 

Marvin 572 

Reynald 496 

Silas 255 

Bedell,  Samuel  Sharp Ift5,  199,  535 

Timothy 106,  .306 

Be<lford,  Daniel 527 

Elias 528 

Samuel .527 

Stephen 627 

Beebe,  Asael 14 


752 


INDEX 


Beebe,  David 14 

James 14 

John 14 

Samuel 114,  318 

William,  2d 6 

Beecher,  John 264,  536,  596 

Beecker,  Joshua 417 

Samuel 417 

Samuel,  Jr 417 

Beekman,  Geraldus  W 685 

Beers,  Ephraim 41 

Belcher,  Andrew 459 

Belden,  Daniel 153 

Gideon 495 

Reuben 429 

Belding,  Fellows 442 

Noah 488 

Reuben 178 

Samuel 178 

Belknap,  Samuel 161 

Bell,  Benjamin 27 

John 496 


Meshech 27,  500 

Philip 10 

Sampson 488 

Shadrach 500 

Solomon 166 

Thomas 32,  94,  178,  186,  191,  215,  223,  500 

Bellman,  Joel 22 

Bellows,  Benjamin 379,  381 

David - 93 

Joseph 109 

Peter 222,  381 

Benedict,  Abner 297 

Benjamin 397 

Bushnell 250 

Peter 297 

Benham,  Gamaliel 199 

John 199,  346 

John,  Jr 199 

Bennett,  Arthur 475 

Benjamin 41,  603 

Daniel 467 

Gabriel 298 

Robert 10 

Samuel 222 

Samuel,  Jr 298 

Samuel,  2d 153 

Bent,  Peter 476 

Peter,  Jr 476 

Samuel 476 

Bentley,  Joshua 22 

Thomas 22,  459 

Benton,  Daniel 397 

Isaac 114,  397 

John 282 

John,  Jr 397 

Nathan 114 

Samuel 397,  632 

Benzel,  Adolphus 613,  686 

Berdan,  John 141 

Bernard,  Ebenezer 178 

Francis.  .22,  231,  454,  479,  483,  564,  627,  716,  736 

Francis,  Jr 22 

John 22 

Joseph 405 

Selah 178 

Berry,  Jacob 392 

Jeremiah 392 

Merry  field 392 

Nathaniel,  Jr 392 

William 392 

Bertram,  Ebenezer 153 

Job 153,  597 

Betton,  Jonas 6 

Betts,  Abraham 585 


Betts,  Benjamin 

Daniel 

David 

Ichabod  

John 

Peter 

Samuel 

Bibbins,  Elijah 

Bicknall,  James — 

Bidwell,  Isaac 

Bigelow,  Jonathan. 

Thaddeus 

Timothy 

William 

Bill,  Benajah 

Benjamin 

Elisha 

Joseph 

Samuel 

Billing,  Amos 

Asa 

Benjamin 

Benjamin,  Jr  — 

Daniel 

David 

Edward 

Fellows 

Joseph 

Joseph,  Jr 

Samuel 

Silas 

Zachary 

Billings,  Asael 

David 

Elisha 

John 

Joseph 

Samuel 

Bingham,  Daniel... 

Elijah 

Gideon,  Jr 

Jabez 

Solomon 

Bird,  Amos 

Ebenezer 

James 

John 

Birdsey,  Benjamin. 

Gershom 

Joseph 

Nathan 

Birdsall,  Benjamin.. 

Daniel 

James 

John 

John,  Jr 

Bishop,  Isaac 

Israel 

Joseph 

Samuel 

Samuel,  Jr 

Silvanus,  Jr 

Bixby,  Joseph 

Nathaniel 

Black,  James 

Blackbee,  Jonathan 
Blackley,  Joseph... 

Blackman,  Peter 

Blagge,  Benjamin... 
Benjamin,  Jr  — 

Edward 

John 

Blair,  Alexander 

James 

John 

Joseph 


18,  585,  597 

18,  597 

18 

585 

585 

153 

585 

214 

322 

255,  572 

381 

425 

576,  690 

259 

10 

238 

10 

65 

467 

487 

487 

487 

487 

487 

209 

271 

161 

487 

487 

487 

487 

209, 487 

384 

361,  487 

384 

61,  203 

177 

384 

318 

214 

215 

318 

318 

318,  594,  595 

165 

318 

433 

576 

576 

596 

596 

77,  157 

517 

294 

77 

77 

521 

521 

255,  536 

254,  521,  536 

254,  521,  532,  601 

531 

314 

310 

429 

496 

254 

153 

290,  326,  609 

326 

326 

290,  326 

479 

631 

. . . . 161,  267,  401 
65 


INDEX 


753 


Blair,  cont.,  Killy 401 

William 267,  401,  479 

Blake,  Jabez 263 

Nathan 350 

Timothy 634,  718 

Blakeley,  David 604,  606 

John 605 

Blakeman,  Zachariah 264 

Blakeslee,  Ebenezer 199 

John 199 

Blanchard,  James 195 

Jonathan 199,  219 

Joseph. . .6,  166,  203,  215,  239,  242,  260,  264,  322 

354,  393,  586 

Thomas 27,  54,388 

Thomas,  Jr 54 

Bland,  Elias 668 

Blodgett,  Caleb 82,  471 

David 162 

Samuel 231,  330,  454,  471,  479,  564 

Samuel,  Jr 330,  479 

Seth 564 

Solomon 358 

Blood,  Elnathan 306,  366 

Bloomer,  Gilbert 539 

Gilbert,  Jr 539 

James 539 

Joshua 539 

Blunt,  John 27,260,  499 

William 118,  334,  385,  471,  500 

Bodman,  Joseph 209 

Samuel 209 

Bodwell,  Ebenezer 479 

Enoch 101 

Gideon 101 

Joel 41,  603 

Thomas 388 

Boeley,  Lewis 540 

Bogart,  Cornelius  J 106, 145 

Henry 69 

Henry  J 106, 145 

Jacobus 609 

Jacobus  N 145 

James,  Jr 105,  145 

John,  Jr 104,  105, 143,  145,  609 

John  J 105, 145 

John  N 145 

Matthew  Wolf 145 

Nicholas 609 

Nicholas  H 145,  238 

Nicholas  J 105,  145 

Nicholas  N 145 

Peter  J 106, 145 

Boland,  David 251 

William 251 

Bolt,  John 157 

Boltwood,  Solomon,  Jr 162 

Bolwln,  Jonathan 169 

Bond,  Henry 222 

John,  Jr 413 

Bonnell  or  Bunnell,  David 286 

George 45,  634 

John 45 

Joseph 496 

Nathaniel 45 

Booge,  James 6 

William 6 

Booth.  Benjamin 263 

Oliver 214 

Reuben 19,  41,  599 

Borden,  Joseph,  Jr 289 

William 517 

William,  Jr ...517 

Borman,  Timothy 2.54 

Borrowe,  (see  Burrough)  Cranoley 326 

John 326 


XLVIII 


Borrowe,  cont.,  Samuel 

Bostwick,  Amos 

Daniel 

Daniel,  Jr 

Edward 

Isaac 

Jesse 

John 

Matthew 

Nathaniel 

Bosworth,  Nathaniel... 
Bours,  see  Bowers. 

John 

Peter 

Samuel 

Bouton,  John 

Bover,  Peter 

Bowen,  see  Bowne. 

Matthew 

Bowers,  see  Bours. 

Nehemiah 

Samuel 

Bowker,  Asa 

Joseph 

Bowles,  Francis 

Isaac 

John 

Samuel 

William 

Bowne,  see  Bowen. 

Benjamin 

Daniel 

Haddock 

Jacob 

James 

John 

Box,  John 

John,  Jr 

Boyd,  Andrew 

Ebenezer 

James 

John 

Robert 

Robert,  Jr 

Boyden,  Daniel 

John 

Boyes  or  Boyse,  James 

Joseph 

Robert 

William 

Boyle,  John 

Boylston,  John 

Boynton,  Benoni,  Jr.. . . 

Moses 

Stephen 

Bracestead,  Andrew 

Brackett,  John 

Brackridge,  James 

Bradford,  Alexander... 

Gamaliel 

Thomas 

Bradlsh,  Ebenezer 

Isaac 

Bradley,  Erastus 

Ezekiel 

Isaac 

James 

James,  Jr 

John.  Jr 

Jonah 

Joseph 

Phineas 

Stephen  R 

Timothy 

Bradshap,  James 

Bradshaw,  James 


326 

227,  599 

41,  157 

226,  599 

318 

227,  599 

73,  397 

73,  170,  316,  318,  603 

282 

41 

73,  264 

422 

421 

421 

298 

209 

354 

186,  191 

346 

310 

...686 

366 

366 

366 

564 

54 

234 

77,  600,  601 

413 

246 

69 

238 

23 

23 

401 

517 

203,  268 

517 

326 

326 

346,  425 

203 

268,401 

-268 

■ 264,  399 

268 

527 

388 

186,  191 

358 

85,  113,  260 

157,  3M 

455 

421 

101 

358 

54 

54 

182 

298 

521 

153,  297 

298 

531 

532 

595 

397,  521,  532 

689 

521 

227 

413 


754 


INDEX 


Bradstreet,  Jonathan 110,  306  • 

Brady,  John 463 

Simon 463  i 

Thomas 463  , 

Zebulon 463 

Branch,  Zephaniah 41  I 

Branscomb,  Simon 500  ' 

William 500 

Brant,  William 286  ' 

Brasher,  Abraham 238  ! 

Philip 238  ! 


Brattle,  William. . . .54,  231,  362,  455,  472,  479.  484 


564,  635 


Braver,  Samuel 346 

Breckenridge,  Francis 267  ! 

James 604,  606  ! 


Brett,  Matthew 37  ! 

Brewer,  Jonathan 27  ! 


Josiah 

Samuel 

Brewoort,  Hendrick 

Brewster,  Charles 

David 

Oliver 

Elisha 

Bridges,  Benjamin 

Bridgham,  Nathan 

Bridgman,  John 

Joseph 

Noah,  Jr 

Orlando 

Thomas 

Bridia,  David 

Briggs,  Benjamin 

Brigham,  Charles 

Brimer,  John  George,  1st. . . 

John  George,  2d 

Brinckerhoff,  George  Isaac 

John 

Brinckerlaoef,  Direck 

Brinley,  George 

Brinsmead,  John 

Brinton,  Jedediah 

Brisco w,  William 

Broad  well,  Henry 

Josiah 

William 


471  ; 

65  i 

38  i 

282  I 

26  I 

214  ! 

166  : 

...  .605  j 
109  ! 

60  i 

271,277  ; 

449  , 

..60,101  I 
,101,488  i 

716  ! 

607  I 

310,314  I 

450  j 

450  ! 


141 

467,  509  i 

73 

322  I 

468  I 

45  ' 

45  ! 

45 


Brockway,  Richard 330  ! 

Bromfleld,  Henry 133  ' 

Thomas 132  I 


Bronson,  see  Brownson. 


Andrew . . 

James, 

Joseph  

Timothy 

Brookens,  Boaz. . . 

Philip 

Brookfield,  Jacob. 
Brookman,  John.. 

Thomas 

Thomas,  Jr 

William 

Brooks,  Benjamin 

John 

Noah 

Peter 

Samuel 

Brown,  Aaron, 

Aaron,  Jr 

Abijah 

Abraham 

Arthur,  Jr 

Asa,  Jr 

Benjamin 

Boaz 

Daniel 


114 

170 

536 

113,  509 

605,  607 

605,  607 

285 

326 

326 

326 

326 

334 

98,  264,  M4,  5M,  596 

97 

97 

98,  314,  425 

37,  49,  50,  241,  242,  475,  680 

50 

314 

358 

372 

463 

463 

49,  243 

169,  246,  298,  638 


I 


Brown,  cont.,  Daniel  Isaac 141 

Ebenezer 297 

Edmund 69 

Edward 49,  98,  314 

Elijah 81,  358 

Ephraim 50,  98,  242,  314 

Haydock 294 

Isaac 81,  139,  141,  358,  653 

James 65 

Job 141 

John 358,  405,  712 

Jonathan 10,  393 

Joseph 117,  141,  393,  472 

Joseph,  Jr 117 

Josiah 421,  543,  568 

Luke 65,  93,  96,  98,  242,  312,  314,  504 

Luke,  Jr 314 

Nathaniel 73, 165,  613 

Nathaniel  B 613 

Nehemiah 417 

Peter 123-126,  652 

Roger 417 

Samuel 65,  80,  81,  90,  98,  209,  310,  314,  356 

358,  513,  643,  702 

Samuel,  Jr 81,  605 

Silas 50,  242,  474,  475,  552,  718 

Stephen 49 

Thomas 117,  234,  425 

Timothy 314,  638 

William 141 

W oodbridge 483 

Browndige,  Timothy 446 

Brownell,  Elijah 157 

Brownson,  see  Bronson. 

Andrew 594,  595 

Benjamin 226 

Elijah 250 

Gideon 608 

James 572 

John 90,  174,  226,  293,  599 

Josiah 226 

Samuel 226 

Samuel,  Jr 226 

Timothy 397,  608 

Timothy,  Jr 397 


Zadock 572 

Ziba 157 

Bruce,  George 203 

Brundege,  Bartlett 517 

Brush,  Jacob 5.56 

John,  Jr 556 

Reuben 556 

Thomas 556 

Bryant,  Daniel 565 

James 475 

Joseph 564 

Joseph,  Jr 564 

Samuel 581 

Bryent,  Walter 509 

Buck,  Aaron 118 

Ebenezer 342 


Isaac 


74 


Jonathan.. . . 
Jonathan,  Jr 

Lois 

Lydol 

Lydol,  Jr 

Mooses 


318,  397 

318 



157,  602,  603 

602,  603 

113 


Thomas 342 

William 301,  358,  509 

Buckley,  Elijah 463 

Elijah,  Jr 463 

Ezekiel 463 

John 517 

Peter 242 

Samuel 517 


INDEX 


755 


Bucknam,  Benjamin 338 

Isaac 23 

Buel,  Benjamin 467 

Elias 623,  639,  640,  648 

Jonathan 318 

Joseph,  Jr 517 

Nathaniel 397 

Nicholas 517 

William 491 

Bulkley,  Moses 153 

Bull.  Crispen 605,  607 

Edward 6 

John 422 

Joseph 513 

Josiah 90 

Josiah,  Jr 90 

Justin 161 

Manning 585 

Thomas 250 

William 209 

Bullard,  John  552 

Bundbury,  Monsieur 472,  484 

Bundy,  James 61 

Bunnell,  see  Bonnell. 

Burbank,  Abraham 560 

Shem 510 

Burdege,  Nathan 463 

Burghart,  Henry 405 

Burgie,  Robert 585 

Thomas 585 

Burgot,  Hendrick 81 

John 82 

Burgoyne,  General 631 

Burgun,  Isaac 586 

Burnham,  Isaac 459 

Thomas 459 

Burke,  Walter 565 

Burleigh,  John 475 

Burling,  Benjamin 238 

Ed  ward.... 105,  106,  145,  147,  149,  173,  227,  233 
234  , 238,  413,  594,  608,  646,  655,  656,  671,  675 

694 

Edward,  Jr 69,  105,  145,  174,  235,  600 

John.  .^*69,  90,105,  174,’2^’,  237,  ^’,*294,  413 

594,  608 

John,  Jr 105,  174.  294 

Lancaster 105,  238,  609 

Peter 174 

Philip 238 

Richard 105,  600 

Samuel 105,  238,  294 

Samuel,  Jr 105 

Thomas 105,  145,  174,  238,  294 

Thomas,  Jr 294 

Walter 145,  238 

Burlingame,  Ephraim 605 

Burn,  Alexander 326 

Andrew 326 

Burnap,  Abraham,  Jr 467 

Burnham,  Appleton 330,  595 

James 576 

John 604,  606 

John,  Jr 606 

Michael 576 

Burns,  Andrew 6a5,  607 

I'rancis 605,  607 

Burr,  Ebenezer 153 

George 153,  602 

Hezekiah IR 

Joseph 69 

Peter 153 

Stephen 18 

Burralf,  Charles  330,59.5 

Charles,  Jr 595 

Jonathan 595 


Burrall,  coni.,  Ovid 

William 

Burritt,  Andrew 

Daniel 

Israel 

Philip 

Burrough,  see  Borrowe. 

Crowley 

James 

John 

William 

Burt,  Aaron 

Benjamin 

Eleazer 

John,  Jr 

Jonathan 

Joseph 

Nathaniel 

Patrick 

Burton,  Elisha 

Simon 

Bush,  Jotham 

Samuel 

Bushnell,  Lemuel 

Butler,  James  Davie.... 

John 

Louis 

Michael 

Moses 

Simon 

Valentine 

William 

Butterfield,  Ephraim 

Isaac  

John 

Jonathan 

Thomas 

Butterworth,  John 

Buttrick,  John 

Byvanck,  Petrus 


.595 

.595 

,227 

227 

576 

.18 


586 

289 

289 

289 

338,  346,  441 

178,  338 

121,  178,  338,  350,  532 

437 

178 

.60,  218,  338,  346,  441 

471 

23 

• . 728 

608 

381 

509 

6 

630 

105,  246 

366 

513,  540 

182 

85,  109 

381,  543 

445,  513,  539 

101 

372 

372,  568 

195 

101,  569,  665 

106,  145 


Cadmus,  Thomas 141 

Thomas,  Jr 141 

Cadwell,  Abel 549 

Matthew 81 

Cadj',  Cornelius 604 

Elijah .543 

Luther 409 

William 409 

Caldwell,  G 593,  594 

Henry 614,  642 

John 479,  614,  642 

Calhoun,  David 42,  73,  247,  603 

James 42,  247,  264,  603 

John 32,  42,  264,  603 

Jo.seph 42,  74,  247,  603 

Samuel 32,  33 

Calkins,  Israel 61,  255 

Callen,  Nathaniel iS6 

Calling,  Seth 479 

Camp,  Abel 73,  226,  .599 

Abiel 397,  .509 

Abraham 575 

Amo.s 572 

Hezekiah 318,  .509 

Hezekiah,  Jr 282,  .509 

Joel 318.  .509 

John 495 

Jonah 73 

Luke 318,  .509 

William 

Campbell,  Alexander r5 

Archlbahl 6.5,  421 

Duncan 

Dunk 429 

Hugh 267 


756 


I^TDEX 


Campbell,  cont.,  James 286 

Lewis 413 

Thomas 350 

Caner,  Henry 354,  361,  455 

Canfield,  Ebenezer 286 

Isaac 226,  599 

John 576 

Joseph  599 

Samuel 41,  226,  302,  598 

Canniff,  Jonas 37 

Cannon,  John 413,  600 

Card,  Edward 500 

Elisha 605,  607 

John 27,  500 

Jonathan 605,  607 

Carey,  David  605,  607 

Samuel 560 

Carle,  John 556 

Carle  ton,  Jonathan 260,  665 

Carlyle,  Ebenezer 93 

James 65,  93 

Carmichael,  Alexander 45,  286 

Carney,  Peter 289 

Carpenter,  Bartholomew 463 

Elisha 322 

Ezra 203,  430 

Isaiah 604,  606 

Jacob 246 

Jonathan 604,  606 

Joseph 246 

Josiah 334 

Carr,  John 479 

Samuel 479 

William 350 

Carrington,  John 226,  496,  599 

Timothy 170 

Carruth,  Jonas 362 

Carter,  Abel 170,  496,  572 

Edward  195 

Jacob,  Jr 496 

John 170,  255,  496 

Josiah 243 

Oliver 243 

Thomas 109 

Carver,  David 491 

David,  Jr 467 

Jonathan 334 

Cass,  John 102,  568 

Joseph 388 

Cassebell,  Josiah 170 

Casw^ell,  Josiah 41,  603 

Robert 90,  174 

Cathfield,  Philip 397 

Samuel,  Jr 41 

Catlin,  John 209 

Samuel 509,  549 

Seth 209 

Caulleler,  Joshua 195 

Chadwick,  John 82,  203,  310 

John,  Jr 203 

Chamberlain  or  Chamberlin. 

Abiel 61,  306 

Job 178 

John 81,  118,  302,  354,  358,  467,  543 

Joseph 306,  582 

Richard 306,  582 

Simon 102,  568 

Thomas 218,  306 

Thomas,  Jr 218 

Champney,  Richard 22 

Chandler,  Benjamin 259,  350 

David 354 

Elijah 354 

Gardiner 203,  424,  425 

John 132,  203,  425,  568,  713 

John,  Jr 201,203,425 


Chandler,  cont.,  Joseph 372 

Joshua 521 

Samuel 203,  425 

Chapel,  John 141 

Chapin,  Gad 362 

Chaplin,  David 114 

Ebenezer 437 

John  Phelps 433 

Joseph 109,  433 

Chapman,  Amos 113 

Benjamin 572 

Collins 330,  549 

Daniel 549 

Nathan 165 

Nathaniel 165,  549 

Chartier,  Michael 618,  670 

Chase,  Abel,  Jr 504 

Abner 231 

Daniel 90,  174,  231,  293,  504,  600 

Daniel,  Jr 231 

Dudley 706 

Ezekiel 186,  191 

Henry 600 

Isaac 231 

John 231 

Jonathan 231 

Joshua 186, 191 

Moody 504 

Moses 504 

Nathan 50,  185,  186, 191 

Phineas 174 

Rev.  — 61 

Samuel 504 

Samuel,  Jr 504 

Seth 101 

Stephen 186, 191,  499 

Chasey,  Atherton 582 

Chauncey,  Charles 121, 162,  675 

Elihu 576,  739 

Elnathan 576 

Israel 162 

Josiah 161,487,  657 

Nathaniel 195,  199,  346,  576 

Richard 162 

Chelters,  Thomas 32 

Cheshire,  Thomas,  Jr 77 

Chichester,  David 556 

James 556 

Child,  Nathaniel 93 

Childs,  Timothy,  Jr 209 

Chipman,  Amos 608 

John 594 

Jonathan 594,  595 

Samuel 113,  318,  594,  595 

Thomas 113,  282,  397,  594,  595 

Chittenden,  Bathuel 397 

Noah 281 

Thomas 282,  615,  619,  626,  674,  675,  738 

Timothy 318 

Choate,  Abraham 459 

Christy,  Jesse 401 

Thomas 401 

Church,  Benjamin 421 

Charles 421 

John 581 

Jonathan 464 

Joseph 162 

Samuel 6 

Claggett,  Wiseman,  14,  338,  362, 372,  405,  492,  532 

Claghorn,  Eleazer 318 

James 282,  330 

James,  Jr 318 

Clapp,  Abner 81 

Asael,  Jr 471 

Augustus 471 

Benjamin 69,  246,  413,  416,  417,  446 


INDEX 


757 


Clapp,  cont.,  Benjamin,  Jr 446 

Charles 471 

Eliphaz 271,  277 

Henry 446 

John 69,  417 

Simeon 483 

Thomas 483,  598 

Clapper,  Peter 594 

Clark,  Aaron 10 

Alexander 93 

Asael 10 

Benoni 10 

Charles 334 

Daniel 342,  535,  601,  602 

Darius 631 

David,  Jr 255 

Ebenezer 14,  384 

Elihu 449,  454 

Enoch 243,476 

Ezra 122 

Gideon 271,  277,  449,  471 

Increase 14, 271,  277 

Isaac 6,  45 

Israel 449 

Jesse 528 

Joel 449 

John 260,  334,  401,  564 

Joseph 483 

Josiah 271,  277 

Matthias 46 

Nathan 455,  604,  606 

Nathan,  Jr 604,  606 

Nathaniel 214 

Noah 121,  122,  271,  278 

Noah,  Jr 121,  271,  277 

Philip 121 

Richard 381 

Samuel 401,  455,  735 

Seth 437 

Simeon 162 

Stephen 6 

Thomas 362,  627 

Timothy 121,  214 

Wilbur 45 

William 93,  109,  214,  267,  334,  449,  454, 

500,  576 

ZadockI 73 

Clarkson,  Andrew 78,  322 

James 354 

James,  Jr 350 

Clary,  John 442 

Clayton,  Alexander 504 

Clearing,  John 31 

Clemens,  James 366 

Thomas 372 

Clements,  James 372 

Jeremiah 334 

John 504 

Clesson,  Matthew 29,  32,  33,  203,  210 

Cleveland,  Aaron 6,  338 

Colonel 677 

Cloos,  Reuben 157 

Clopper,  Peter 145 

Close,  Benjamin 297 

Clothier,  John 330 

John,  Jr 330 

Coates,  Charles 203 

Joseph 246 

Reuben 437 

Stephen 183 

Cobb,  Elijah 358 

Matthias 604,  606 

Samuel 322 

Coburn,  Edward 350 

John 330 

Cochran,  James 401,  479 


Cochran,  cont.,  John 455 

Joseph 401 

Peter 401 

Robert 479,  604,  607,  619 

Robert,  Jr 604,  607 

Thomas 401 

Cockle,  John 513,  586 

Coe,  Andrew 250 

Benjamin 45 

Ebenezer 45 

Samuel 89,  600 

Coffin,  Nathaniel 132 

Cogswell,  Asael 496 

Daniel 45 

Mason 166 

Nathaniel 45 

Peter 318 

Samuel 496 

Thomas 613 

William 42,  73,  170,  247 

Coit,  Daniel 409 

William.’. . . ’.’.’.’.'.’.’.’.’.’330,  646,  709,  *733,  735 

Colback,  Robert 703 

Colburne,  Jeremiah 55 

Oliver 55,  388 

Colby,  Michael 32 

Colden,  Lieut.  Governor 592,  615,  625,  627 

632-634,  643,  644,  653,  656,  660,  664,  668,  671,  676- 
678,  681,  685,  687,  690,  695,  697,  699,  703-708,  710 
714,  718,  724,  726,  728,  734 

Cole,  Benjamin 358 

Daniel 14,  594,  595 

Ebenezer 467,  594,  603,  712 

Ely 358 

Freegift 603,  606 

Harris 665 

John 169 

Parker 603 

Samuel 318 

Timothy 169 

Coleman,  Josiah 492 

Noah 487 

Coles,  Benjamin 330 

Colfax,  John 500 

Colie,  James,  Jr 286 

Coller,  Isaac 157 

Colley,  Abner 161 

Colton  William 223 

Combs,  John 350 

Comstock,  John 226 

Samuel 227,  599 

Conant,  Josiah 314 

Concey,  John 267 

Cone,  Daniel 6,  602 

Jonah 6 

Joseph  6 

Conklin,  Hubbard 556 

Nathaniel 463 

Philip 556 

Richard 556 

Stephen 556 

I Thomas,  Jr 556 

I Timothy 556 

I Connett,  William 527 

I Constant,  Jacob 234 

Contrecoeur,  M.,Jr 659,660 

Converse,  Jerathmeel 22 

Cook,  Amasa 450 

Charles 199 

Coleman 338 

David,  Jr 165 

Elisha 338,  419,  716 

Elisha,  Jr 338 

Enoch 425 

Isaac 195 


758 


INDEX 


Cook,  cont.,  John 38, 161 

Joseph 449,  455 

Moses  — 162 

Nathaniel 572 

Noah 338,  455 

Noah,  Jr 449 

Samuel 165,  338 

Waitstill 338 

William 77,  246 

Cooley,  Abner 442 

Oliver, 442 

Simon 568 

Cooper,  Jacob 31,  81 

Samuel 405 

William 159 

Copeland,  Jonathan 326,  513,  539 

Copp,  Joshua 305 

William 509 

Corbett,  Moses 509 

Corbin,  Moses 605 

Corey,  Benjamin  604,  606 

James 527 

John 604,  606 

John,  Jr 286 

Oliver 186,  189,  191,  242 

Cornell,  Benjamin 234,  600 

John 69,  106,  235,  239,  413,  532,  600,  601 

Joseph 235,  600 

Joseph,  Jr 235 

William 235,  413 

Cornwall,  James 358 

Cornwell,  John 517 

Joseph 69 

Richard 289,  326 

Richardson 69 

Samuel 18 

Corse,  Gad 209 

Corser,  Isaac 90, 174 

Cotton,  Josiah. 6 

Couch,  Simon,  Jr 19 

Couert,  John 517 

Coutant,  Henry 600 

Coutland,  Jonathan 145 

Couts,  Charles 209 

Cowden,  David 401 

Samuel 267 

Thomas 93 

Cowen,  George 267 

Ephraim 266,  267,  401,  684 

James 267,  401,  564 

Robert 267,  401 

Cowles,  Benjamin 318 

Daniel 113 

Elijah 495 

Ezekiel 255 

Cozine,  John 675 

Craft,  Ebenezer 649 

William 417 

Crafts,  Ebenezer 688 

Samuel 625 

Cranch,  Joseph 301 

Crandall,  Joseph 421 

Crane,  Benjamin,  3d 286 

Jonathan 527 

Josiah 527 

Seth 263 

Crawford,  Robert 346 

Samuel 234 

William 65,  98 

Cresson,  Thomas 350 

Crittenden,  Abraham 495,  572 

Crocker,  Andrew 322 

Robert 69 

William 69 

Crofts,  Benoni 487 

Cromwell,  John 89,  246,  413 


Cross,  Gad 

Ichabod 

Croswell,  Caleb 

Crouch,  Richard 

Crowell,  Samuel 

Seth 

Seth,  Jr 

Crowfoot,  Stephen 

Crown,  John 

Crozet,  James 

Samuel 

Crumet,  Joshua 

Cry,  Lawrence 

Cudworth,  Benjamin.. 

Nathaniel 

Cullender,  Philip 

Culnon,  Cornelius 

Culver,  Benjamin 

Caleb 

David 

Titus 

Cummings,  David,  Jr.. 

Jacob 

John 

Jonathan  

Jonathan,  Jr 

Samuel 

William 

Cunnable,  John 

Curtis,  Agur 

Daniel 

David 

Edmund 

Ephraim 

Henry 

James 

John 

John,  Jr 

Joseph 

Peter 

Richard 

Samuel 

Seth 

Silas 

Simeon 

, Solomon 

Stiles 

Thaddeus 

Cushing,  Job 

John  

Cutler,  Ebenezer 

Ephraim 

Jonas 

Jonathan 

Robert 

Samuel 

Timothy 

Cutt  or  Cutts,  Richard 

Samuel 

Cutter,  Ammi  R 


362 

604,  606 

598 

203 

286 

286 

45 

272 

500 

401 

401 

475,  552 

605,  607 

471 

471 

509 

425 

14 

358,  535,  572,  601,  602 

166 

553 

157 

568 

49,  243,  318 

214,  366,  543 

543 

318,  543 

61 

459 

259 

495 

^49 

.264, '596 

97,  426 

264,  596 

605,  607 

203,  260,  342 

203 

425 

22,  459 

342 

14,  250,  425 

250 

596 

10 

255 

264,  596 

250 

314 

.’.’.’.*.*.'.'.*.’.*.".'.'.’26^  586 

585 

109,  302,  471 

153 

242: 

.552,  6O4V6O7 

560 

438 

121,  182,  338,  354 

166 


Dafoo,  John 605,  607 

Daggett,  Naphtali 601 

Samuel,  Jr 504 

Dailey,  Gafford 326 

Dakin,  Joshua 413,  600 

Simon 413,  600 

Timothy 89, 173 

Damon,  John 10,  334 

Nathan 10 

Dana,  Amariah 354 

Isaac 352,  354,  701 

Isaac,  Jr 354 

James 354 

Jedediah,  Jr 354 

John  Winchester 354 


INDEX 


759 


Dana,  cout.,  Joseph,  Jr 354 

Judah 354 

Samuel 354 

William 354 

Dandly,  John 388 

Danford,  Benjamin 242 

Danforth,  Thomas 306 

Daniels,  Seth 552 

Danks,  Benoni 362,  455,  471 

Darling,  John 259,  581 

Thomas 44,  45,  90,  199,  227,  293,  413 

William 45 

Darlington,  William 149 

Darrell,  Thomas  Phips 421 

Dart,  Nathaniel 222 

Dascomb,  James 85 

Davan,  John 706 

Davenport,  Charles 93,  97 

Charles,  Jr 93,  97 

John 463 

John,  Jr 463 

Robert 463 

Samuel 463 

• Stephen 463 

Thomas 463 

David 585 

John 82,  121,  585 

Robert 585 

Wiler 82 

William 585 

Davis,  Aaron 49,  459 

Benjamin 459 

Charles 239 

David 476 

Eleazer 186,  191 

Henry 174,  600 

Isaac 82,  a58 

Israel 314 

Jacob 642,  710 

James 234  , 239 

John 98,  239,  480 

Joseph 41 

Joseph,  Jr 342 

Levi 635 

Matthew 334 

Morris 169 

Nathaniel 342 

Samuel 459 

Simon 98,  314 

Simon,  Jr 98,  314 

Stephen 239 

Thomas 27,  314,  350  , 388 

William 294,600 

Davoe,  Cornelius 234 

Davy,  Isaac 81 

Dawes,  Story 22 

William 354 

William,  Jr 22 

Day,  Amos 286 

Benjamin 46,  521,  552 

George 45 

Hezekiah 521 

Nathaniel 121,  438,  449 

Paul 45 

Stephen 45 

Thomas 45 

Timothy 46 

William 521 

Dayton,  Brewster 41 

Francis 480 

Giles 199 

Isaac 421 

Jacob 480 

Jonathan,  Jr 285,  513,  539 


Dayton,  conf.,  Jonathan,  3d 286,  528 

Deal,  Samuel 149 

Samuel,  Jr 149 

Dean,  Daniel 330 

Ephraim 543 

Ichabod 528 

Isaac 157 

Isaiah 330 

John 14,  330,  509,  549 

Jonah 113 

Josiah 328, 330,  397,  548 

Josiah,  Jr 330 

Nathaniel 330 

Nicholas 149 

Oliver 330 

Samuel 157,  602,  603 

Seth 318,  409 

Stephen 149 

Thomas 286 

Deaney,  Samuel 434 

De  Beauvais,  M 660 

Decamp,  David 586 

John 586 

Joseph 585 

Lambert 585 

Deering,  Henry 459 

Thomas 354 

De  Forcest,  Bernard 238 

Deforest,  Hezekiah 153 

De  Groot,  Cornelius 145 

De  La  Perriere,  M 659 

De  La  Plane,  Joshua 90, 174 

Joshua,  Jr 174 

Nicholas 174 

Samuel 174 

William 174 

Delarue,  John 22 

Dellins,  Godfrey 650 

Demarj%  John 85 

Doming,  Ebenezer 354 

Eliakim 572 

Demorest,  Samuel  Jacobus 141 

Denio,  Aaron 178,  209,  210,  346 

Aaron,  Jr 178 

Eli 178 

Joseph 361 

Seth 178 

Dennill,  George 293 

Dennis,  Abraham 422 

Denny,  John 65 

Thomas 432,  433,  504,  715 

Denton,  Benjamin 556 

Joseph 77 

Thomas 608 

De  Peyster,  Pierre  G 678 

William  Jr 238 

Derrumple,  Andrew 581 

Deverix,  Jonathan 330 

Devoer,  Jan 141 

Dewey,  Abner 358 

Asael 405 

Elijah 651 

Israel 81,  548 

Jedlah 606 

Martin 334,  549 

Samuel 405 

Zebediah 549 

Dexter,  Jacob 384 

Diamond,  Benoni 153 

Peter 32 

Simon 31 

Dibble,  Abraham 14 

Dickinson,  Benajah 263,  596 

Ebenezer 162 

Ebenezer,  Jr 161 

Ellas 488 


760 


1^^)EX 


Dickinson,  cont.,  Elijah 209,  429,  434 

Gideon 162 

Henry 290,  585 

Israel 429,  488 

John 254,  488,  527,  535 

Jonathan 401 

Joseph 162 

Joshua 178,  425 

Nathaniel 604,  606 

Obediah 203,  209,  381,  434,  488 

Robert 162 

Samuel 362 

Thomas 77 

Versal 165 

Dickman,  Isaac 23 

Dillingham,  Cornelius 421 

John 513,  539 

Silranus 513,  539 

Dilplace,  Samuel 480 

Dimick,  Timothy 358 

Dinneck,  Ephraim 421 

John 421 

Dinsmore,  John 381 

William 310 

Divel,  Manassah 543,  568 

Dixon,  David 540 

David,  Jr 540 

John  Ryner 540 

Townsend 246 

D’Narm,  Jacobus 612 

Dobson,  Peter 105,  294 

Thomas 105,  294 

Thomas,  Jr 105 

Dodd,  Thomas 199 

Dodge,  Abraham 459 

Amos 238,  609 

Amos,  Jr 238 

Antipas 267 

Elijah 429 

Elijah,  Jr 429 

Isaac 23,  459 

Jacob 459 

Nathaniel 459 

Richard 434 

Samuel 289,  585 

Seth 109 

William 23,  457,  459,  717 

William,  Jr 23 

Doe,  Jacob 475 

Doldwin,  David,  Jr 41 

Doolittle,  Charles 32 

Ephraim 65,  97,  344,  346,  425,  700 

Ichabod 297 

Isaac 254,  521,  601 

Joseph 195 

Lucius 218,  346 

Oliver 178 

Theophilus 195,  199 

Dorchester,  Stephen 495 

Dorlin,  Joseph 37 

Dorman,  Ephraim 102,  350 

Joseph 521,  531 

Samuel  521 

Dortteiden,  Mannigram 483 

Doty  or  Doughty,  Elijah. . .89, 174,  293,  326,  413 

600 

Moses 246 

Philip 105,  149 

Thomas 182 

Doubleday,  Elisha,  Jr 214 

Douglass,  Asa 302,  381,  543 

Thomas 155,  157,  173,  602,  603 

William 661,  662 

Doun,  Andrew 230 

John 230 

Volacart 230 


Douville,  M 660 

Dow,  Abraham 293,  689 

Henry .392 

Jedediah 90 

Jonathan 90 

Downer,  Eliphalet 157 

William 10 

Downing,  John 19,  32,  46,  61,  74,  94,  118,  141 

170,  251,  271,  290,  294,  310,  330,  350,  381,  385 
409,  421,  430,  434,  464,  472,  483,  504,  540,  544 

549,  560 

Richard 290, 298,  350 

Downs,  Moses 250 

Dowse,  Nathaniel 409 

Ozem 393 

Ozem,  Jr 393 

Drake,  James 195 

Jasper 445,  517,  540 

John 145 

Joseph 145 

Joshua 517 

Samuel 517 

Thomas 149 

Drakeley,  Thomas 250 

Draper,  James 605 

Dreadnot,  Benjamin 31 

Driggs,  Daniel 346 

Duane,  James 703 

Dudley,  Medad 195, 199 

Oliver 195,  199 

Duff,  Michael 290 

Dummer,  William 652 

Duncan,  George 401,  694 

Samuel 93,  97 

Dunham,  Daniel 117 

Nathaniel 10 

Dunk,  Elisha 342 

Thomas 170,  602,  603 

Dunkay,  John 3-58 

William 358 

Dunlap,  James 401 

William 267 

Dunmore,  Governor. . .613,  615,  651,  655,  658,  666 
678,  680,  685,  687,  689,  691,  694,  698,  702,  706 

710,  712,  714 

Dunn,  Carry 513 

Dunning,  John 263 

Michael 605,  607 

Durgin,  Joshua 475 

Dutcher,  Ruloff 358 

Dutton,  Thomas 85 

Dwight,  Elihu 271 

Jonathan 560 

Joseph .549 

Nathaniel 271,  277 

Samuel 560 

Seth 203,  209,  560 

Seth,  Jr 209 

Timothy. . . .33,  270-273,  277,  447,  449,  558,  574 

685 

Timothy,  Jr 271,  277,  450 

Dwyer,  James 178 

Dyckman,  Frederick 298 

Joseph 297 

Dyer,  Joseph 504 

Joseph,  Jr 310 

Nathaniel 397 

Dyke,  Benjamin 222 

Nathaniel 186 

Eager,  Benjamin 203 

William 401 

Eales,  Edward 535 

Eames,  Ebenezer 6,  302 

Joseph 302 

William 608 


INDEX 


761 


Earle,  Antipas 

Edward 

Henry 

Marmaduke 

Morris 

Nathaniel  Philip. 

Robert 

Earles,  Joseph 

Eason,  James 

Eastman,  Beniamin.. 

John 

Jonathan 

Peter 

Easton,  Elijah 

Eaton,  Ebenezer.  ... 

Jacob 

Seth 

William 

Edgerton,  Jonathan. 

Edmunds,  John 

Edwards,  Benjamin. . 

Ebenezer 

John 

Jonathan 

Medad 

Nathaniel 

Noah 

Timothy 

Egbert,  Lawrence... 

Lawrence,  Jr 

Elderkin,  Jedediah. . 

Elkins,  Henry 

Samuel 

Ellery,  Benjamin 

Christopher 

Elliot,  Andrew 

Benjamin 

Benjamin,  Jr 

John 

Robert 

Ellis,  Freeman 

Gideon 

John 

Jo.seph 

Ellison,  Richard,  Jr.. 

Richard, 3d 

Thomas 

William 

Ellsworth,  Frederick 

Solomon 

William 

William,  Jr 

Elmore,  Hezekiah  — 

Jacob 

Martin,  Jr 

Samuel 

Samuel,  Jr 

Elton,  John 

Elwell,  Thomas 

Ely,  Simon 

Emerson,  Benjamin.. 

Daniel 

Jacob 

James 

Samuel 

Stephen 

Emerj',  Doctor 

Richard 

Emmes,  William 

Emmons,  Abel 

Benjamin 

Robert 

Solomon 

Thomas 

English,  William 

Eno,  Samuel 


413 

513 

286 

513 

238 

141 

286 

608 

330 

599 

161 

604,  606 

10 

560 

306 

306 

372 

267 

330 

117 

564 

.271,  277,  449 

23,  459 

271,  560,  675 

14 

....169,  598 

271,  277 

272,  560 

286 

286 

642 

393 

393 

420,  421 

421 

688 

153,  602 

153 

183 

421 

10 

429 

27,  350 

429 

77 


445 

445 

441 

162,  441 

145 

145 

223,  381 

222,  381 

593,  594 

318,  595,  654 

593,  594 

576 

161 

6 

10,  306 

.5.5 

565 

86 

290,517 

10 

243 

.23,  178,  661 

264 

61 

707 

161 

219 

60 

429 

483 


Eno,  cont.,  William 397 

Enos,  Roger 549,  655,  725 

Ensign,  Datis 282 

Eli.sha 330 

Solomon 397 

Thomas 330 

Erwin,  Henry 401 

Esquire,  Andrew H3 

Estes,  Edward 576 

Evans,  Charles 178 

John 109,  178 

Moses 61,  223 

Moses,  Jr 178 

Peter 109, 178 

Richard 290 

Samuel 86 

Zur 61 

Evarist,  Benjamin 281,  318 

David 318 

Evarts,  Daniel 397 

Gilbert 397 

Joel 397 

John 114,  281,  318,  395,  397,  686,  693,  710 

John,  Jr 282 

Luther 397 

Nathaniel 318,  330 

Nathaniel,  Jr 281 

Oliver 282 

Silvanus 397 

Fairchild,  Andrew 19 

Benjamin 19 

Peter 19,  597 

Fairfield,  Benjamin 23,  459 

Josiah 22,  459 

Matthew 23 

Nathaniel 459 

Walter 259 

Fairlee,  James 69 

James,  Jr 69 

Robert 69 

Fairwell,  Benjamin 543 

Jonathan 568 

Fales,  David 50,  242 

Eliphalet 50 

Fannil,  Benjamin 334 

Fanning,  Edmund 695,  718,  720 

Farquahar,  William 632 

Farley,  Michael 459 

Samuel 354 

Farmer,  Christian 445 

Jasper 149 

Jasper  Jasper 149 

Jasper  Peter 149 

John 445 

Peter 149,  445 

Robert 445 

Samuel 445,  609 

Farn.sworth,  David 381 

Ezra 380 

Stephen 259,  381 

Farr,  Levi 49 

Nathaniel 49 

William 49 

Farrand,  Daniel 141 

Farrar,  John 223 

Farwell,  Oliver 27 

Fascant,  Isaac 480 

Fassett,  Amos 655 

John 182,  .^58,  4.5.5,  .56.5,  604,  607 

John,  Jr .565,  604,  606,  642,  6.58 

Jonathan .384,  604,  606,  642 

Fay,  Barnabas .384 

Benjamin,  Jr 384 

J«)hn .384 


Jonas 384,  4.^3,  6.58,  667 

Joseph 622-624,  626 


762 


INDEX 


Fay,  cont.,  Stephen 384,  604,  606,  607,  642 

Stephen,  Jr 384 

Fe brick,  Daniel 549 

Fellows,  Amos 322 

Ezra 330 

John 330 

Nathaniel 50,  117,  254,  334,  358,  405,  437 

William 330 

Felthausen,  John  714 

Fenn,  Samuel 169 

Fenton,  Jacob 322 

Ferguhez,  William 290 

Ferguson,  James 82 

Richard 302 

Fernald,  Jonathan 388 

Ferris,  Benjamin 88,  89,  166,  172,  174,  225,  227 

235,  292,  293,  413,  445,  594,  600,  644 

Benjamin,  Jr 73,  89,  174,  235,  293,  326, 

413,  599 

David 90,  226,  293,  413,  599,  669 

Elijah 301 

James 234,  235,  600,  601 

James,  Jr 234 

John 234,  600,  601 

John,  Jr 234 

Joseph 90,  174,  599 

Joseph,  Jr 90,  174,  599 

Reed 73,  89,  174,  293,  326,  413,  599 

Samuel 174,  599 

Thomas 234 

William 235 

Zachariah 174,  226,  599,  669 

Zebulon 89,  166,  174,  293,  326,  413,  600 

Fessenden,  William 54 

Field,  Anthony 173 

Anthony,  Jr 173 

David 178,  203,  209,  346,  568 

Ebenezer 132,  281,  543 

Ebenezer,  3d 281 

Elisha 604,  606 

Francis 69,  609 

George 441,  568 

John 174 

Joseph 61 

Medad 487 

Moses 350,  389 

Oliver 60 

Paul 350 

Peter 174 

Robert 417 

Rufus 60,  178,  636 

Samuel 203,  350,  441 

Samuel,  Jr 350 

Seth 60,  61,  441,  636 

Stephen 69,  413,  600 

Thomas 173,  413 

Uriah 69,  149,  413,  417 

William 69,  90,  105,  174,  227,  609 

William,  Jr 69 

Fielding,  Samuel 467 

Filer,  John 491 

Samuel 491 

Samuel,  Jr 491 

Samuel,  3d 491 

Fimont,  William 302 

Finch,  Abraham 301 

Benjamin 117 

Finglass,  James 539 

John 539 

Fise,  William 463 

Fish,  Benjamin 77 

Elisha 504 

Isacker 23 

Jacob 182 

John 223 

Lawrence 77 


Fish,  cont.,  Nathan 77 

Samuel 10 

Tobias 23 

Fisher,  David 552 

Elijah 552 

Hezekiah 552 

Ichabod 350 

«J ^ru0s  ••••••••••  • • •••••• 

John ! 178,  2*23, ’413,’ 442,’  446*  4K,  488 

Richard 552 

Thomas 145 

Fisk.  Benjamin 65 

David 314 

Ebenezer 433,  496,  504,  572,  594,  724 

Jacob 433 

Joel 334 

John 97 

John,  2d 65- 

Jonathan 314 

Nathan 694 

Nathaniel 6 

Thomas 459 

William 459 

Fitch,  Eleazer,  3d 214 

William 397,  509,  549 

Fitts,  Moses 459 

Fitzsimmons,  Amos 157 

Edward 604 


Flagg,  Asa 203 

Benjamin 93,  314,  425,  693- 

John,  Jr 421 

Flanders,  David 305 

Fleet,  Simon,  Jr 556 

Thomas,  Jr 556 

Fletcher,  Cotton 509,  548' 

Ebenezer 113,  330,  507,  509,  547,  548 

Ebenezer,  Jr 509,  548 

Glazier 504 

Jacob 54 

John 434 

Robert 102,  366 

Robert,  Jr 101, 133,  543 

Samuel 674,  682 

Flint,  Edward 346 

Gideon 214 

James 214 

Nathaniel 281 

Floyd,  Nathaniel 552 

Fogg,  Rev. 492 

Follett,  Bartlett 298 

Joseph 215 

Fol.^om,  James 475 

Nathaniel 219 

Foot,  Charles 302 

Daniel 467 

Forbus,  James 425 

James,  Jr 425 

Force  (see  Forse)  John 285 

Manen 527 

Ford,  Daniel 117 

Isaac 342 

Matthew 117,  605,  607 

Stephen 521 

Forman,  Joseph 517 

Forse  (see  Force)  Zachariah 82 

Forster,  Jonah 297,  690 

Josiah 297 

Forward,  Joseph 560 

Foss,  Henrj' 500 

Job 392 

Wallace 393 

Zachariah 281,  549 

Foster  see  Forster. 

Asa 306 

Ebenezer 429 

Ezekiel 32,  33 


INDEX 


763 


Foster,  cont.,  Henrv.. , 

429,  582 

Josiah 

442 

Nathan 

Richard.. 

133 

Submit 

543 

William 

462,  517 

Foucault,  Francis 

.614,  642,  660 

Fowle,  Daniel 

Jacob 

218 

John 

86,  565 

Robert  L 

26 

Fowler,  James 

.234,  600,  601 

John 

322 

Jonathan 

.234,  600,  601 

Stephen 

145 

Fox,  Abel 

109 

Benjamin 

475 

Daniel 

Elkanah 

346 

Jacob  

186,  191 

John 

John,  Jr - 

Peter 

.109,  186,  191 

Timothy 

Foy,  John, 

132 

John,  Jr 

Fraley,  Nathan 

178 

Francis,  Joseph 

536 

Frandenborough,  William 

585 

Franklin,  Henry 

.290, 

326,  445, 

513,  539,  584 
586,  609,  731 

James 

. .90,  174,  294 

John 

, 90,  132,  294 

Joshua  

Matthew 

.235,  600,  601 

Samuel 

, 90,  174,  294 

Thomas,  Jr 

...69 

, 90,  174, 

294,  413,  609 

Walter 

.90,  174,  294 

Frarv,  Nathan 

209 

Fravise,  Jeremiah 

Frav, Isaac 

James 

James,  Jr 

182 

Reuben 

Frazee,  Elisha 

Freeborn,  John 

Robert 

Freeman,  Gilman 

Napha 

Thomas 

French,  Adolphus 

290 

Benjamin 

Isaac 

Jeremiah 

John 

Joseph 

.54,  242,  264 

Philip 

Philip,  Jr 

Robert 

Sampson 

Samuel 

Thomas 

Friend,  James 

Frink,  Elias 

John 

Samuel 

Thomas 

Thomas,  Jr 

William  

Frlsbee,  Zaccheus..... 

Zebulon 

Frlssell,  Benjamin 

Frome,  James 

Frost,  Abner 

An<lrew  Pepperell. 

Daniel 

Frost,  cont.,  Geo.69,  90,  286,  393,  498-500,  517,  721 

Joel 165,  264 

Joseph 499,  500 

Moses 169 

Penn 77 

Samuel 165,  166,  393,  517 

Stephen 41 

Thomas 77 

William 77,  500,  556 

William,  Jr 77 

Zebulon 77 

Frothingham,  Samuel 459 

Frye,  John 504 

William 50 

Fullam,  Elisha 405 

Fuller,  Abner 334 

Amos 301 

Edward 242 

Elisha 346,  476 

James 605,  607 

Jeremiah 476 

John 109 

Jonathan 476 

Joseph 49,  242 

Joshua 475 

Josiah 604,  606 

Moses 334 

Nehemiah 49, 85 

Richard 476 

Samuel,  Jr 346 

Thomas 476 

Thomas,  2d 6 

Timothy 165,  264 

Furber,  Thomas .26 

Fursbury,  Peter 605,  607 

Gage,  John 32 

Thomas 358 

William 358 

Gale,  Isaac 504 

Josiah 504 

Gales,  Jonathan 425 

Gallaudet,  Edgar 149 

Elisha 149 

Peter  Elisha 149 

Peter  Wallis 149 

Thomas 149 

Thomas,  Jr 149 

Gallop,  Benadam 6 

Joseph 605,  607 

Gamage,  William 54 

Gambell,  Lieutenant 664 

Gardner,  Andrew 85,  218, 381 

Andrew,  Jr 381,  543 

Benjamin 605,  607 

George 605,  607 

George,  Jr 605,  607 

Henry 476 

Jeremiah 605,  607 

Paul 605,  607 

Thomas 527 

Garfield,  Isaac 81 

Garland,  Benjamin 392 

Peter 392 

Simon 392 


Garlick,  Heath 41,73 

Garrett,  Magnes 446 

Garvin,  Isaac 358 

Gaston,  Alexander 113,  397 

Oates,  Bezaleel 6 

James 6 

Jonathan 94,  97 

Josiah 660 

Samuel 6,  102,  259 

Gautier,  Andrew 326 

Daniel 326 

Gay,  Bunker 178 


764 


INDEX 


Oayland,  Aaron,  Jr 174 

Gaylord,  Benjamin 227,  599 

Edward 496 

Nehemiah 278 

Samuel 576 

Gear,  Ezra 73 

Gedney,  Elijah 145 

Gelt,  Moses 434 

Genet,  Ezra 242 

Gentle,  John 441 

George,  Thomas 32 

Gibbons,  James  585 

William 585 

Gibbs,  John,  Jr 10 

Thomas 50 

Gibson,  Samuel 422 

Giddings,  Jonathan 157 

Joseph 165,  602 

William 602,  603 

Zebulon 46, 582 

Giffers,  William 234 

Gifford,  Gideon 173, 600 

John 290,  326 

John,  Jr 290 

Gilbert,  Caleb 531 

Ebenezer 467 

Elias 548 

Elisha 298 

Joel 532 

Joseph 548,  732 

Josiah 141 

Samuel 109,  340,  342 

Samuel,  Jr 342 

Thomas 342 

Gilchrist,  Adam 149 

Adam,  Jr 149 

James 149 

Gile,  Benjamin 552 

Giles,  Hugh 260 

Samuel 504 

Gilford , John 586 

Gill,  John 264 

Gillam,  Charles 527 

Gillett  or  Gillitt,  Abel 556 

Aell 73 

Daniel 560 

Ebenezer 214 

John 342 

John,  Jr 342 

Noah 118 

Samuel 239 

Zachariah 496,  572 

Gilman,  Antipas 613 

Peter 46,  322 

Gilmore,  George 267 

James 401 

John 401 

Jonathan 401 

Robert 267,  401 

William 401 

Gilson,  Michael 218 

Susannah 543 

Glazier,  Benjamin 310 

David * . . .358,  384 

Isaac 455 

John 310 

Joseph 310 

Josiah 384 

Glean,  James 326 

Gleason,  Isaac 314,  572 

Richard 413 

Richard,  Jr. 413 

Solomon ..81 

Glover,  John 661 

Goddard,  David 350 

Elisha 433 


Goddard,  coni.,  Israel 576 

John 425 

John,  Jr 425 

Samuel 425 

Goffe,  John 219,  231,  260,  268,  306,  479,  565 

John,  Jr 565 

Goldthwait,  Benjamin 23 

Goodale,  Edward 310 

Isaac 162 

Goodman,  Nathan 161 

Stephen 338 

Goodrich,  Jonas 165 

Joshua 487,  719 

Philip 85 

William 632 

Goodridge,  Benjamin 109 

David 85 

Eliphalet 109 

Joseph 186, 191 

Philip 186,  191,  259 

Goodwin,  Abram 141 

John 306 

Simeon 306 

Gordon,  Alexander 102 

C.  H 656 

Henry 656 

John 656 

Peter 656 

Gorham,  John 157,  602,  603 

Joseph 125,  128,  523 

Goss,  Jonathan 393 

Nathan 392 

Philip 310 

Richard  393 

Gott,  John 467 

Gould  or  Gold,  Abraham 153,  597 

Christopher 393 

David 227 

Ebenezer 556 

Jacob 85,  110, 186, 191 

Jacob,  Jr 85,  186,  191 

Job 227 

Job,  Jr 227 

John 27,  468 

John,  Jr 334,  438 

Mark 101 

Oliver 186,  191 

Stephen 18 

Thomas 19,  602 

Thomas,  Jr 186,191 

William 199,  226,  599 

Goulding,  Abel 65,  97 

Ignatius 65,  97 

John 97 

Palmer 65,  92,  93,  97,  381 

Palmer,  Jr 97 

Peter 65,  97 

Windsor 97 

Gouverneur,  Abraham 141 

Barent 141 

Gowen,  James 385 

Graham,  Andrew 249,  250 

Chauncey 37,  632 

Chauncey,  Jr 37 

Ennis 445 

Sheldon 664 

Grains  (see  Grannis),  Stephen 496 

Granger,  John 560 

Lemuel 560 

Samuel 560 

Simeon 560 

Grannis  (see  Grains),  Stephen 572 

Grant,  Adoniram 322 

Graves,  Daniel 437 

Elnathan 209 

Israel 209 


INDEX 


765 


Graves,  con<.,  Joel 

Jonathan 

Moses 

Moses,  Jr 

Oliver 

Perez 

Samuel 

Seth 

Silas 

Gray,  Harrison 

Isaac  

James 

John 

Matthew 

Robert 

Robert,  Jr 

Greeley,  Jonathan 

Samuel 

Samuel,  Jr 

Green,  

Amos 

Benjamin 

Charles 

Daniel 

Ebenezer 

John 

Joremy 

Nathaniel 

Peter 

Solomon 

Thomas 

William 

Greenwood,  Thales 

Greer,  Ebenezer 

Gregg,  Colonel 

Hugh 

Gregore,  John  George 

Grice,  Zebulon 

Gridley,  Andrew 

Griffin,  Caleb 

Ebenezer 

Ezekiel 

Gershom 

Jacob 

Jeremiah 

John 

Joseph 

Griffiths,  Silas 

Grimes,  James 

John 

William 

Grinnell,  John 

Thomas 

Thomas,  Jr 

Griswold,  Daniel 

John 

Joseph 

Samuel 

Grout,  Elijah 

Hilkiah 

Joel 

John 

Jonathan 

Joslah 

Grover,  Benjamin 

Enos 

Timothy 

Ouerinaux,  John > 

Gulon,  Abram 

David 

Gurney,  John 

Gutherie,  Ephraim.. 

James 

Gutrhlge,  Philip 


3(i2 

271,  277 

. . .338,  455,  480 

455,  480 

209,  487 

178,  209 

318 

209 

178,  209 

...455,  479,  564 

586 

....19,  487,  597 

165 

425 

97 

425 

162 

429,  543 

429 

726 

. . .664,  665,  734 

203,  463 

417 

564 

18,  697 

97 

459 

....65,  203,  260 

203 

433 

314 

18,  61,  597 

23 

597 

401 

479 

14 

22 

496 

235 

242 

463 

464 

37,  464 

413 

464 

298 

298 

350 

350 

26,  .372 

609 

238,  239 

238 

491,  595 

318 

491 

576 

....109,  429,  .581 
61,  101,  109,  222 
. . . .259,  429,  581 

.581 

260,  .581 

.581 

605,  607 

605,  607 

60.5,  607 

2.39 

600,  601 

234,  .517 

73 

74 

170,  247 

.581 


Haasbrook,  Benjamin 

Daniel 

Haddock,  John 

Hadley,  Bishop 

Hadwen,  John 

Hafford,  John 

Hafnal,  John 

Haight,  Abijah 

Charles,  Jr 

Joseph 

Hain,  Stephen 

William 

Haines,  Elisha 

John 

Joshua 

Samuel 

Halbert,  Ebenezer.... 

James 

John 

Reuben 

Thomas 

Halcomb,  Joel 

Haldimand,  General.. 

j Hale,  Amos 

Benjamin 

Elisha 

John 

Jonathan 

! Oliver 

I Samuel 

: Timothy 

I Hall,  Abel 

j B.  F 

Benjamin 

Benjamin,  Jr 

Benjamin,  2d 

Brinton 

Caleb 

j Charles  Chauncey. 

j Cornelius 

Damaus,  Jr 

, Daniel 

I Daniel,  Jr 

David 

David,  Jr 


38 

38 

326 

513 

422 

495 

586 

417 

464 

417 

549 

549 

23 

41 

306 

45 

45 

267 

401,  543,  731 

165 

401 

535 

614,  642 

624,  625 

342 

572 

. . . .231,  239,  480,  513 

504 

243 

243,  513 

50 

195 

630 

27 

521 

195 

521 

121,  254,  521,  535,  572 

521 

264 

199 

230 

230 

226,  433,  504 

.504 


Eleanah 572 

Eliakim 253,  254,  496,  519,  521,  534,  535,  572 

598,  601,  602,  725,  729 

Eliakim,  Jr 254,  521,  535 

Elihu  . .193,  195,  197,  199,  255,  346,  576,  663,  665 

Elihu,  Jr 195,  199,  346,  576 

Elisha 165,  521 

Elnathan 69,  602 

Enoch 218 

Ezekiel 572 

Giles 521 

Hezekiah 254,  521,  536 

Hiland 589,  590,  618,  6.30,  650 

Isaac 521,  536,  560,  572,  601,  602 

Isaac,  Jr 254,  535,  672 

Jacob .582 

Jeremiah 27,  222,  .348,  3.50,  366,  701 

John 121,  230,  255,  .521 

John,  Jr 246 

John,. 5th 195,  199,  346,  576 

Jonathan .594,  .595 

Joshua 19,  597 

Joshua,  Jr 19,  597 

Lucius 346 

Preserved 5.52 


Samuel 26,  199,  230,  .^50,  366,  621 


Samuel,  4th 535 

Seth 69,  602 

Seth,  Jr 19 


766 


INDEX 


Hall,  coni.,  Simeon 582 

Stephen 254,  521,  535 

Street 254,  536 

Theophilus 576 

Timothy 254,  496,  576 

William 459 

Hallet,  Joseph 594,  608 

Halley,  Joseph 385 

Hallock,  Benjamin 74 

Jesse 411,  413,  444,  445,  600,  601,  709,  712 

John 69,  413,  417 

Stephen 358 

Hallowell,  see  Hollowell. 

Halsey,  Isaac 572,  601 

Halstead,  John 38 

Joshua 585 

Samuel 585 

Ham,  Jacob  Tash 476 

John 475 

Samuel 549 

Thomas,  Jr 475 

Timothy 548,  549 

William 114,  594,  595 

Hamblett,  Hezekiah 195 

Hamilton,  Archibald 678 

Captain 677 

James 93 

John 401 

Silas 441,  666,  734 

Hamlin,  Jabez 576 

Thomas 165 

Hammond,  Benjamin 118 

Eleazer 385 

John 32,  385 

Jonathan 27,  242,  366,  372,  429 

Joseph 27,  350,  388,  430 

Polipus 421 

Hanchet,  Amos 282 

Ebenezer 281,  594,  595 

Joseph 330,  594,  595 

Zacheus 330,  397 

Hand,  John 585 

William 286 

Hanford,  Haines 153,  602 

Hanmer,  Joseph 509 

Hannum,  Eleazer 471 

Hanscom,  Samuel,  Jr 121 

Hanxhurst,  Daniel 105 

Joseph 105 

Sampson 105 

William 105 

Harding,  Elisha 218,  222 

Josiah 242 

Hardy,  Timothy 195 

Hare,  Daniel 302 

William 302 

Harkness,  James 264 

William 264 

Harlow,  Eleazer 568 

Harmon,  Reuben 560 

Samuel 560 

Simeon 604,  606 

Harriman,  Benjamin 342 

Jaasiel 306 

Nathaniel 322 

Reuben 342 

Harrington,  Francis 426 

Isaac 504 

Isaac,  Jr 504 

Jacob 157 

Nathaniel 65 

Timothy 60,  61 

Harris,  Daniel 301 

Edward 667 

George 6 

Nathaniel 186,  191 


Harris,  cont.,  Robert 429,  568 

William 568 

Harrison,  Nathaniel 556 

Hart,  Cornelius 556 

George 388 

John 61,  102,  178,  350,  358,  495,  496 

Samuel 556 


Simeon 496 

Solomon 255 

Stephen,  Jr 495 

Thomas 199,  582 

Thomas,  3d 255 


Hartshorne  or  Harthorne. 


Ebenezer 195,  259,  350 

Silas 425 

Hartwell,  Jonathan 50 

Harvey,  Ebenezer 218,  346,  441 

Elisha 346 

Moses 161 

Nathan 178 

Rufus 442 

Harwood,  Andrew 60 


James 


60 


John 219,  455 

Peter 604,  607 

Zachariah 604,  606 

Hasey,  Abner 54 

Haskell,  Andrew 433 

John 433 

Prince 628 

Hastings,  John 26,  441,  487 

John,  Jr 218 

Jonathan 564 

Joseph 65 

Lemuel 26,  380 

Nathaniel 85,  109 

Silvanus 380 

Thomas 54 

Haswell,  Anthony 631 

Jethro 73,  264,  603 

Hatch,  Jonathan 322 

Silvanus 264,  603 

Timothy 74 

Hathaway,  Philip 45 

Samuel 560 

Simeon 560 

Haven,  Samuel 322 

Havens,  George 334 

Haviland,  Benjamin 149,  600,  601 

Jacob 174,  600 

James 289 

Joseph 149,  289 

Thomas 235,  600,  601 

William 174,  294,  600 

Hawes,  Edmund 73,  602 

Hawkes,  Abner 101 

Asa 388 

Eleazer 203,  209 

John 178,  209 

Zadock 101 

Hawkins,  Samuel 264 

Hawley,  Abel 495 

Agur 608 

David 41,  247 

Ebenezer 496 

Ephraim 153 

Francis 596 

Gideon 608 

Jehiel 608 

Jephtha 608 

Josiah 608 

Nathan 74 

Stephen 397 

William 19,  597 

Hawxhurst,  William 608 

Hay,  Peter 564 


INDEX 


767 


Hay,  coni.,  Peter,  Jr 564 

Peter,  3d 564 

Hayden,  Daniel 509 

Haydock,  Henry 294 

John 145,  294 

Hayes,  Abraham 153 

Hayier,  William 446 

Hayward,  Ephraim 45 

Joshua 306 

William 605,  607 

Haywood,  Abel 93,  97 

Amos 314 

Charles 314 

Daniel 93,  97 

Daniel,  Jr 93 

Jonas 314 

Jonathan 314 

Samuel 314 

William 306 


Hazelton  or  Hazeltine. 

Abner 504 

John 231,  306,  310,  314,  502,  504,  721 

Joseph 231 

Paul 504 

Richard 231 

Silas 504 

Hazzard,  Jonathan 513,  539 

Robert 536 

Robert  F 572 

Hazzen,  John 305 

Moses 306 

Richard 33 

Heald,  David 421 

Timothy 65, 372 

Heath,  Benjamin 86 

Ebenezer 322 

Jesse 209 

John 421 

Jonathan 421 

Jonathan,  Jr 421 

Joseph,  Jr 421 

Josiah 113,  397 

Judah 322 

Zephaniah 421 

Heaton,  Nathaniel 429 

William 101,  429 

Hedar,  Henry 69 

Hemenway,  Jacob 65,  346,  425 

Henderson,  Howard 219,540 

Thomas 604,  606 

William 85 

Henrv,  Robert 381,  433 

Henshaw,  Joshua 459 

Herpen,  John,  Jr 199 

Herrick,  John 459 

Samuel 686,  696,  715,  722 

Hewitt,  Ephraim 358 

Hibbard,  Eleazer 214 

Gideon 215 

Joseph 10 

Hickok,  Amos 169,  250 

Ezra 509 

James 495 

Joseph 250,  576 

Nathan 42,  603 

Nathaniel 603 


t 


Samuel 255 

Silas 250 

Hicks,  Eilward 605,  607 

Georj^e 605,  607 

John 54 

Stephen 145 

Thomas ..145,  174. 

W h i tehe.'irl . . r 

HiKby,  Samuel... 576  ' 

Benjamin 298 


Higgins,  cout.,  Elisha 

Hight,  Samuel 

Hike,  Andrew 

Hildreth,  Benjamin... 

Benjamin,  Jr 

Jonathan 

Hill,  Aaron 

David 

Ebenezer 

George 

Henry 

Isaac 

James 

John 

Joseph 

Moses 

Roswell 

Samuel 

Thomas 

Titus 

Zalmon 

Hiilegas,  Michael 

Samuel 

Hills,  Samuel 

Hilton,  Henry 

John 

Hind,  Elijah 

Hinsdale,  Barnabas  .. 

Ebenezer 

Elijah 

George 

John 

Jonathan 

Samuel 

Hine,  Abel 

Noble 

Hingham,  Samuel 

Hinman,  Abijah 

Adam 

David 

Edward 

Eleazer 

Elijah 

Freeman 

Gideon 

John 

Noah 

Reuben 

Samuel 

Hitchcock,  Aaron 

Asael 

David 

Isaac 

Joel 

John 

Samuel,  Jr 

Stephen 

Hoag,  David 

David,  Jr 

Enoch 

John 

John,  Jr 

John,  2d 

Paul 

Hobart,  Samuel 

Hoc  kings,  Samuel.... 

Hocijuart,  M 

Hodge,  Isaac 

Hodgkins,  Ebenezer.. 
Hogewout,  George... 

Hogg,  John 

Holt,  David 

Holbrook,  Josej)h 

Nathaniel,  Jr 

Samuel 

Holbud,  Samuel 


203 

413 

450 

105,  609 

105 

61 

350 

255 

330 

294 

366 

608 

471,  543 

471 

471 

255 

608 

362 

366 

330 

19 

145 

145 

350 

86,  218,  372,  438,  492 

372 

250 

223 

....118,  219,  381,  389 

388 

255 

388 

405 

223 

174,226,  598 

227,  599 

246 

250 

251 

250 

250 

250,  681 

250 

250 

250 

250 

250 

250 

250 

560 

227 

669,  703 

227,  599 

170 

90,  227 

226 

572 

166 

166 

90 

89,  293,  600 

246,  293,  602 

89 

600 

27,  231,  306,  455,  480 

596 

618,  669 

38 

298 

145 

.342 

209 

41,  264,  .596 

214 

1.32 

113 


768 


INDEX 


Holcomb,  David 330 

David,  Jr 595 

Enoch 549 

Timothy 330.  595 

Holden,  Isaac 186, 191 

John 471,  483,  564 

Josiah 476 

William 306 

Holdwin,  Phineas 113 

Holland.  Antipas 504 

Ivory 259 

John 310 

Jonas 568 

Stephen 125-127,  523,  652 

Hollembeck,  Abraham 14 

HoUowell,  Benjamin 133 

James 22 

Holly,  Stephen 509 

Holman.  Jonathan 504 

Solomon 504 

Solomon,  Jr 504 

Holmes,  Christopher 6 

Jacob 93.  97 

Jacob,  Jr 97 

John 6 

Joseph 178,  326,  513,  539 

Lemuel 322 

Martha 132 

Moses 322 

Nathaniel 604,  606 

Nathaniel,  Jr 604.  606 

Thetford 157,  602,  603 

Zephaniah 604,  606 

Holt,  Barzillai 310 

Justus 521 

Samuel 165,  597,  598 

William 186.  191 

Holton.  John 582 

Holyest,  Asa 50 

Holyoke,  Edward - 354 

Honeywell,  Israel 234 

Honshard,  William 434 

Hood,  Richard 521 

Hooker,  John 32.  33 

Joseph 495,  720 

Hopkins.  Daniel 246.  318,  595 

Ebenezer 318 

Nehemiah 318 

Roswell 670,  671 

Samuel 338 

Stephen 604.  607 

Thomas 246 

Timothy 358 

Weight 604,  607 

Hopper,  Garrit I41 

Homey,  Gilbert 354 

Horsford,  Daniel 14,  491 

Daniel,  Jr 14,  492 

Enos 467 

Jeremiah 14 

John,  Jr 14 

Joseph 467 

Josiah 14 

Obediah 491 

Talcot 491 

Timothy 330 

William 14 

Horton,  James 513 

John 145 

Joshua 285 

Manhias 37 

Peter 37 

Silvanus 513 

Underhill 513,  539 

William 517 

Hoskins,  William 581 


Hosmer,  Aaron 

Hotchkins,  Samuel.. 
Hotchkiss,  Ebenezer 

Hough.  David 

Ephraim 

John 

Houghton.  Abiatha .. 

Ebenezer 

Edward 

G.  F 

John 

Jonathan 

Joshua 

Nathaniel 

Nehemiah 

Saul 

Simeon 

House,  Benjamin.... 

EUphalet 

John 

Mattice 

Nathaniel 

Stephen 

Hovey,  James 

Nathaniel 

Howard,  Caleb 

John 

Silas 

Thomas 

Howe,  Aaron 

Caleb 

EzekieL 

Frederick 

Ichabod  

Jaazmeel 

James 

Jemima 

Jeremiah 

John 

Joseph 

Samuel 

Silvanus 

Howell,  Joseph 

Thomas 

Howland,  George 

Joseph 

Nathaniel 

Prince 

Hewlett,  Daniel 

Davis 

Hubbard,  Daniel..  .. 

Daniel  G 

David 

Ebenezer 

Edmund,  Jr 

Hezekiah 

Isaac 

Israel 

Jedediah 

John 

Jonathan 

Joseph 

Joseph, Jr 

.losiah 


218 

532 

226,  599 

334 

496 

334 

242 

162 

61 

630 

433 

242,  430 

310 

310 

222,  388.  568 

310 

259 

10 

10 

633 

405 

8,  10 

655 

85 

61.  85 

214 

301 

334 

666,  669 

496 

.'S5,  203,  543 

260 

182 

422 

381 

409 

388 

281 

282 

109 

26 

102 

372 

195,  521 

209 

422 

413,  600 

600 

. . .157,  605.  606 

430 

582 

196 

195,  568 

496 

338 

161.  338 

314 

161 

166 

218,  346,  441,  442 

133,  162,  366,  429,  513 
161,  314.  338,  543,  568 

314 

483 


Lvzer 342 

Moses 338 

PhiUp 121 

Thomas 121,  132,  231,  314,  472,  484.  564 

Tuttle 381 

William 170 

HubbeU,  Abijah 73,  603 

Dennis — . . . .602,  603 

Eleazer 602,  603 

Elnathan 604,  606 

Ephraim 602 

Ephraim.  Jr 157 


INDEX 


769 


Hubbell,  eont.,  Gaylord 157 

Jabez 153 

Jedediah 603 

Silas 157 

William  Gaylord 602,  603 

Hucker,  Joseph 242 

Hudson,  Ezra 362 

Seth 360,  361,  449,  581,  605,  607,  702 

Seth,  2d 361 

Seth,  3d 361 

Huffnal,  Michael 539 

Huggeford,  Peter 234,  600,  601 

Huggins,  John 476 

Hugh,  John 306 

Hughes,  Samuel 366 

Samuel,  Jr 366 

Hull,  Amos 449 

Ezekiel 153 

James 19 

Joseph 413 

Seth 18 

Stephen 153,  297,  602 

Theophilus  18 

Thomas 413 

Tideman 413 

Tideman,  Jr 413 

Zalmon 597 

Hulls,  John 535,  601,  602 

Nathaniel 535 

Humphreys,  Nahum,  Jr 32 

Hungerford,  Green 6,  602 

Jonah 153 

Jonathan 165 

Josiah 165,  602 

Samuel 18,  69,  153,  157,  246,  417,  594,  602 

656,  713,  714 

Thomas 165,  657 

Hunt.  Arad 162,  222,  441,  568,  671,  734 

Charles 234 

David,  Jr 600,  601 

Ebenezer 14,  449,  455 

Elijah 441,  449,  454 

Eliphaz 322 

Elisha 219,  222,  441,  668 

Fortunatus 32 

Joel 441,  471 

John 218,  223,  350,  389,  543 

John,  Jr 441 

Jonathan..  .109,  162,  218,  222,  441,  659,  671,  734 

Jonathan,  Jr 441,  450 

Jo.seph 145,  441 

Joshua 234 

Marmaduke 234 

Russell 282,  330,  595 

Samuel 85,  117,  132,  162,  218,  222,  441,  486 

604,  606,  667,  668 

Samuel,  Jr 117,  223,  568 

Simon 314,  543 

Stephen,  Jr 10 

Theophilus 600 

William 10 

Zebedee 393 

Hunter,  David 301 

Isaac 267,  401 

James 267 

John 267 

Rol>ert 10 

Samuel 384 

Thomas .301 

Huntington,  Hezekiah 214 

Huntley,  Benajah 346 

Hunl,  Israel 60-1,  606 

Samuel 41 

Hurlbut,  Gideon 281 

Isaac 496 

Samuel 318,  593,  59^1 

XLIX 


Hurling,  Hugh 

Huske,  Ellis 

Hutchins,  Joseph 

Joshua 

Phineas 

Silas 

Hutchinson,  Ebenezer 

Eliakim 

John 

Shrimpton 

Stephen 

Thomas . 

William 

Hyatt,  Caleb 

Hyde.  David,  Jr 

Ephraim 

Jacob 

Jedediah 

John 

Jonathan 

Joshua 

Samuel 


479 

271,  560 

69,  109,  290,  346,  585 

109 

409 

278 

132 

114,  318 

132 

10 

450,  459 

1.32 

69 

282 

.* 604,  606 

672 

268 

596 

223 

358,  509' 


Ide,  Daniel 350,  552 

Imwood,  Josiah 50 

Ingalls,  John 305 

Ingersoll,  Oliver 549 

Ingham,  Daniel 467 

Ingraham,  Job 264 

Smith 61 

Inkester,  Ichabod 22 

Inlay,  John 289 

Irwin,  see  Erwin. 

Isabel,  Noah 318 

Ives,  Abel 535 

Charles 572 

Edward 479 

Elnathan 521,  572 

John 535,  601,  602 

Jonathan 195 

Reuben 535 

Samuel 195 

Stephen 195,  535 

Titus 536 


Jackson,  Abraham 674 

Daniel 153 

Ebenezer 330 

Ephraim I8 

Hall 468 

John 509 

Johnson 65 

Jo.shua 476 

Micah 476 

Richard,  Jr 77,  246 

Samuel 77,  82 

Thomas 77 

Jacobs,  Joseph 326,  539 

Zeriel 113 

Jaffrey,  George 6,  23,  260 

James,  William 422 

Jameson,  James 513,  53*.* 

Janvrin,  George 468 

Jarvis,  Arthur 238 

Benjamin 239 

Charles 238 

James 238 

James,  Jr 238 

Leonard 203 

Jay,  John 676 

JelTerles,  Caleb 421 

John 44.5 

Jellet,  Noah,  Jr 3^4 

Jenkins,  Robert 132 

Jenks,  John 346 


770 


INDEX 


Jenness,  Francis . . 

Isaac  

Job 

Joseph 

Joshua 

Nathaniel 

Richard 

Richard,  Jr 

Richard, 3d  

Samuel 

Jennings,  Abel 

Andrew 

Benjamin 

John  J 

Joshua 

Michael 

Jennison,  Israel. . . . 

John 

Nathaniel 

Jerome,  Samuel  — 
Jeromes,  William.. 

Jessup,  Daniel 

Jewell,  James 

Joshua 

Jewett,  Nathan 

Johnson,  Caleb 

David 

Dayton 

Ebenezer 

Experience 

Ezeck 

Ezekiel 

Haines 

Hezekiah 

Israel 

Jesse 

John 

Jonathan 

Joshua 

Miles 

Moses 

Nathan 

Peter 

Philemon 

Richard 

Samuel 

Stephen 

Susannah 

Thomas 

William 

William,  3d 

William  Samuel 


392,  500 

393 

392 

392 

392 

392 

32,  260,  286,  391,  392,  549,  708 

QQO 

.’ .'.*.’.'.*.'393,  500 

392 

153 

153 

322 

145 

153 

145 

93,  97,  260 

85,  441 

405 

535,  601,  602 

572 

141 

543 

397 

346 

306,  388 

250 

165 

532 

384 

31 

45 

306 

322 

41,  264,  596 

306 

45,  322 

195 

346 

535 

226,  612,  675 

552 

346,  393 

195 

285 

. . . .61,  306,  322,  346,  380,  707 

243 

389 

385 

93,  203,  322,  385 

322 

590,  675 


Jonathan,  Jonas 22 

Jones,  Aaron 405 

Abraham 405 

Amasa 334 

Amos 346,  660 

Daniel 27,  161,  405,  433,  442,  454,  483,  564 

Daniel,  Jr 231,  479,  483 

Elias 405 

Eliphaz 492 

Elisha 403,  405 

Elisha,  Jr 405 

Ephraim 405 

Ezekiel 491 

Francis 405 

Hezekiah 14 

Israel 405 

James 468 

Joel 492 

John 298,  576 

Josiah 81,  405 

Josiah,  Jr 81 

Lemuel 405 

Nathan 405,  476 

Nathaniel 6 


Jones,  cont.,  Noah 

Peter 

Phineas 

Reuben 

Robinson 

Samuel 

Samuel,  Jr 

Silas 

Simeon 

Stephen 

William 

Zachary 

Joralemon,  Dirch. 

Harper 

Henry 

Jacob 

John 

Nicholoso 

Ten’s 

Joslin,  John 

Richard 

Judd,  Asa 

John 

John,  Jr 

Jonathan 

Samuel 

Thomas 

William 

Judea,  Samuel 

Judson,  Abner 

Agur 

Daniel 

Daniel,  Jr 

Jonathan 


65,  433 

65 

433 

647 

500 

..14,  41,  314,  393,  517 

314,  492 

459 

405 

27 

500 

500 

141 

141 

141 

141 

141 

141 

141 

302 

117 

169 

113 

169 

278,  471 

114 

338 

255 

513,  540 

263,  596 

41,  166,  263,  596,  684 

264,  596 

263 

263,  596 


Kasson,  James 165 

Keeler,  Elijah 298 

Isaac 298 

Isaac,  Jr 298 

Keene,  Daniel 41,  247 

Elias 41 

Jacob 73 

Keep,  Samuel 113,  281,  397,  594 

Keige,  William 294 

Kellogg,  Abraham 338 

Ezekiel 342 

Gideon 594,  595 

Isaac 595 

John 278,  338 

Moses 117 

Nathaniel 338 

Samuel 330 

Kelley,  John 630,  676 

677,  682,  735 

Joseph 260 

Wing 89 

Kelsey,  John 267 

Jonathan 397 

Matthias 282 

William 267 

Kelso,  John 93 

Kemble,  Richard 290 

Samuel 290 

Kempe,  John  Taber 703 

Kendall,  Ezekiel 310 

Josbua 560 

Samuel 310 

Kenealy,  Doctor 618 

Kennedy,  William. . . .69,  73,  81, 117,  166,  242,  334 
385,  405,  409,  425,  437,  491,  532 

Kenney,  Thomas 74 

Kent,  Benjamin 560,  565 

Elihu 560 

Elijah 560 

Jacob ...  .86,  306 

Joel 560 


INDEX 


771 


Kent,  cont.,  Joseph 560 

Paul 560 

Samuel,  Jr 560 

Seth 74,  397 

Silas 560 

Kentfield,  Josiah 449 

Ketchaur,  Benjamin 517 

Ketchum,  Benjamin,  Jr 463 

Israel 556 

J oel 556 

Joseph,  Jr 463 

Philip 556 

Richard 463 

Solomon 556 

Zophar 463 

Keyes,  Danforth 667 

Jabez 594 

John 69 

Samuel 594 

William 49, 105 

Kilburne,  John 342,  380 

Jonathan 14 

Jonathan,  Jr  14 

Roswell 509 

Killam,  Ebenezer 389 

Killey,  Nathaniel 556 

Kimball,  Aaron 97 

Abraham 195 

Amos 84,  85,  644 

Benjamin 342 

Eliphalet 409 

Ephraim 85,  459 

Jonathan 342 

Moses 86 

Kimberlj’,  Abraham 199 

John 330 

Thomas 250 

Kimpland,  William 259 

King,  Asa 141 

Daniel 664 

Eleazer,  Jr 449 

Elijah 27 

George 582 

Henry 141,  433 

Hophni 222 

James 191,  306 

Jonathan 664 

Paul 449 

Reuben 664 

Rogers 191 

Kingsbury,  Denison 10 

Jabez 467 

Stephen  712 

Kingsland.  John 141 

Joseph 141 

Kingsley,  Aaron 271,  277 

Enos 449 

Jonathan 271,  277 

Jonathan,  Jr 271 

Joseph 409,  449 

Moses 14,  450,  455 

Samuel 271,  277,  449,  454 

Supply 271,  277,  450 

Kingston,  Samuel 31 

Kinney,  Daniel 603,  666,  700 

Elias 603 

Jacob 603 

Thomas 45 

Kirby,  Jacob 77 

William 77 

Kirk,  Thomas 22,  459 

Klrkbrlde,  Joseph 289 

Kirtland,  John 6 

Knapp.  Ebenezer 302 

Ezekiel 301 

John 425 


Knapp,  cont.,  Moses 250 

Reuben 117 

Kneeland,  Ebenezer 468 

Knickerbocker,  John 330 

Peter 330 

Kniffen,  Jacob 464 

Knight,  John,  Jr 354 

Simeon 331 

Knights,  Samuel 679 

Knott,  Gershom 536 

Knowles,  Amos 392 

Eleazer 250 

Israel 223 

Nathan 393 

Samuel 393 

Knowlton,  Jacob 385 

Luke 626,  676 

Knox,  Timothy 32 

Kriger,  John  George 605,  607 

Woolrod 605,  607 

Lacey,  David  527 

Lafontaine,  M 660 

Lake,  Daniel 157 

Elnathan 263,  596 

Lamb,  John  David 286 

Joseph 170 

Lambert,  Gershom 500 

Lamoureux,  Andrew 517 

Lampson,  Amos 49 

John 49,  301 

Peter 14 

Sarah 301 

Silas 50 

Lamson,  Abraham  Jacob 361,  605,  607 

Landers,  John 422 

Landon,  Asa 397 

Ezekiel 114 

James 114 

James,  Jr 114 

John 14 

Thomas 114 

Lane,  Samuel 509 

Lang,  Benjamin 393 

Bickford 392 

Langborn,  Joseph 330 

Joseph,  Jr 330 

Langdon,  Daniel 496 

John 37 

John,  Jr a58 

Mark 41 

William 246 

Woodbury 170,  a58 

Langmaid,  Henry 500 

Lansing,  Abraha'm  Jacob 230 

Joseph 230 

Thomas 230 

Lapish,  Robert 500 

Larkin.  Matthias 310 

Peter 310 

Larrabee,  Samuel 186,  191,  381 

Latham.  Daniel 105,  238,  608 

Daniel,  Jr i05 

David 105 

John 105,  106 

Joseph 106,  109 

Joseph,  Jr 106 

Thomas i05 

William 238 

Lathrop,  Elijah .342 

Law,  Anri  re  w 539 

Henry 539 

Lawrence,  Abel 55,  .389 

Caleb 105,  609 

Ebenezer 564 

E«lward 69,  294 


INDEX 


772 


Lawrence,  cont.,  Effingham 105 

Effingham,  Jr 105 

Eleazer,  Jr 186,  191 

Gideon 358 

Isaac 330,  358,  605,  606 

Isaac,  Jr 81 

Jesse 234 

James 238 

John 69,  90,  105,  145,  234,  294,  609,  734 

Jonathan 564 

Joseph 69 

Richard ia5 

Samuel 238 

'William 37,  55,  389 

Leach,  Amos 605 

Leadbetter,  Increase 405 

Leageraft,  Christopher  Cadwin 149 

George 149 

James 149 

John 149 

Viner 149 

Viner,  Jr 149 

William 149 

Lear,  Walker 500 

Learned,  Abijah 322 

Leavenworth,  Edmund 264,  596 

Jesse 641,  650 

Leavitt,  Asaph 560 

John 85,  560 

Jonathan 85 

Rev. 178 

Lee,  Amos 254,  572,  598 


Ebenezer. 


Jared 254,  494,  495,  536,  570,  573,  598,  601 

James 572 

Joel 471 

Jonathan 318 

Joseph 255,  381,  572 

Samuel 81,  113,  405,  509,  548 

Samuel,  Jr 548 

Seth 254,  572,  598 

Timothy 254,  598 

William 54,  255 

Lefferts,  Abraham 145 

Abraham,  Jr 145 

Dirick 145,  608 

Leffingwell,  Elisha 157 

Lefford,  Harmon 77,  246 

Leggett,  James 463 

Oliver 464 

Legonier,  John 32 

Leland,  James 504 

Phineas 504 

Leming,  Jeremiah 445 

Lemon,  William 121 

Leonard,  Ebenezer 608 

Ezra 385 

Leslie,  Edward 149 

George 149 

George  Willocks 149 

Lester.  Murray 113 

Letherby,  Timothy 543 

Lewis,  Benjamin 601,  602 

Isaac 572 

James 608 

Josiah 495,  572 

Medad 572 

Nathan 170 

Noadiah 162 

Phineas 255 

Sevignior,  Jr 264 

Timothy 170 


Lewis,  cont.,  William 572 

Libby,  Abraham 393 

Arthur 393 

Benjamin 393 

Joseph 393 

Liddle,  Henry 132 

Lightheart,  Daniel 37 

Lindsey,  Abiel 114 

Lindsley,  Solomon 114 

Ling,  Robert 446 

Lintott,  Benjamin 290 

Liscomb,  Thomas 290,  326 

Littell,  Nathaniel 285 

Little,  Benjamin 10 

Daniel 183,  342 

John,  2d 286 

Joseph 438,  531 

Moses 306,  585 

Samuel,  3d 286 

Stephen 306 

Thomas 330 

Livermore,  Matthew 27,  55,  93,  98,  186, 191 

576,  582 

Nathaniel 479 

Samuel 350 

Livesay,  William 153,  597 

Livingston,  Benjamin 434 

John 659 

Robert  R 643 

Loamer,  Joseph 10 

Lobdell,  Ebenezer 297 

Lock,  Francis 393 

393 


289 

Jeremiah 

471 

Josiah 

471 

Richard 

572 

Richard,  Jr,. 

683 

Locker,  Andrew 

392 

61 

Lockhard,  Ezekiel 417 

Long,  Pierse 468 

Samuel 322 

Longbottom,  John 467 

Longfellow,  Isaac 23 

Longstaff,  Edward 31 

Loomis,  Aaron 405 

Benoni 10 

Beriah 302 

Curtis 471 

Hezekiah 302 

Jacob 302 

Joel 334 

John 346 

Noah 334 

Roger - 342 

Lord,  Benjamin 517 

Daniel 346 

Elias 74 

Joseph 218,  222,  429 

Joseph,  Jr 429 

Thomas 260 

Loring,  Nicholas 132 

Lossan,  John 10 

Lossing,  — 630 

Lott,  Abraham 689 

Loughlin,  Dennis 259 

Louiesbury,  Isaac 463 

Michael,  Jr 463 

Thomas 463 

Lounsbury,  Valentine 517 

Love.  David 37 

Lovejoy,  Oliver 409 

Richard 409 

William 409 

Lovewell,  Jonathan 23 

Nehemiah 106, 166 

Lowder.  Benjamin 132 

William 132 


INDEX 


17  ■'O 
i t O 


Lowe,  Cornelius,  Jr 513,  539 

Loj^d,  Byfield 183,  334,  381,  405,  459,  543 

Henry 372 

Lucas,  William 166 

Luce,  Daniel 605,  607 

Ludlow,  Cornelius 286 

G.  H 691 

Lull,  Timothy 61 

Lummoris,  David 285 

Lund,  Phineas 564 

Lutterloh,  Henry  Emanuel 613 

Lutwyche,  Edward 564 

Edward  Goldstone 199 

Lydius,  John  Henry 618,  619 

Lyman,  Aaron 272,  576 

Abner 487 

Abner,  Jr 487 

Benjamin 271 

Caleb 437 

Daniel 182,  254,  521,  531,  536,  601 

Daniel,  Jr 531 

Elias 121,  438,  471,  483,  532 

Elias,  Jr 438 

Elijah 121,  182,  338,  384,  437,  438,  532 

Elisha 488 

Erastus 488 

Gad 121,  438,  532 

Gideon 120-122,  182,  336,  338,  384,  436-438 

530,  531,  651,  716,  729 

Gideon,  Jr 121,  182,  338,  362,  384,  437,  531 

Israel 437 

James 14,  438 

Job 121,  122 

Joel 122 

John 438,  471,  576 

John,  Jr 122,  182,  438,  532 

Jonathan 601 

Joseph 488,  565 

Joseph,  Jr 483 

Joshua 568 

Medad 521,  531 

Moses 254,  397,  572 

Naomi 182,  384,  437,  532 

Nathan 14,  471 

Oliver 437,  471 

Phineas. . . .121,  161, 182,  aS8,  384,  437,  531,  532 

558,  560,  637,  734,  736 

Phineas,  Jr 121,  384,  560 

Roswell 182 

Simeon 318 

Thomas 10 

Timothy 121,  483 

Timothy,  Jr 384 

William 121,  122,  178,  362,  455,  471,  689,  738 

Lynde,  Benjamin 54 

Lynn,  David 401 

Lyn.sen,  Abraham 145 

Lyon,  Asa 687 

David 19 

Jonathan 216 

Joseph 153 

Samuel 69 

Uriel 421 


Maccleave,  John 199 

Maci^ilura,  J»ihn 45 

Mack,  Orlando 10 

Orlan«lo,  .Jr 10 

Mackard,  John 102 

Mackey,  Daniel 199,  409 

He.ster 199 

Nathaniel 409 

Uriah 409 

Mahan,  William 93 

•Mallory,  iienjamin 12,  «X)3 

Butler 42 


Mallory,  coni.,  David 605,  607 

Ephraim 605,  607 

John 263,  596 

Ogden 608 

Samuel 41,  42,  603 

Zaccheus 608 

Mangar,  James 397 

Mann,  Benjamin 209 

Charles 259 

David 552 

Ebenezer 552 

Ebenezer,  Jr 552 

Isaac 446 

Isaac,  Jr 446 

John 445 

Thomas 445 

William 445 

Manning,  William 54 

Manroas,  Bishop 572 

Mansfield,  Samuel 195,  199,  346,  521 

Many,  Gabriel 37 

Wines 37 

Marache,  Solomon 513,  540 

Marble,  Jonathan 381 

Samuel 27,  102,  222 

March,  Clement 6,  32,  106,  219,  235,  243,  306 

322,  389,  468,  569 

George 219,  372,  389 

John 178 

Paul 178,  183,  350,  442,  468,  488 

William 595 

Marden,  Ebenezer 393 

James 392 

Jonathan 393 

Joseph 392 

Stephen 392 

Marion,  Joseph 459 

Marks,  James 195 

Jonathan 195 

Joseph 117 

Marquand,  Captain 306 

Marsh,  Benjamin. . 504 

Daniel 586,  602 

Eleazer 605.  607 

Elihu 602,  603 

Elijah 243 

Elisha 429 

Elnathan 166 

George 318 

Governor 622 

Jacob 603,  606 

John 42,  166,  178,  338,  425,  528,  565,  602 

Jonas 397 

Rufus 282 

Samuel 602 

Marshall,  David 417 

Nathaniel 301 

Peter 161 

Samuel 385,  438 

William 86 

Marston,  Nathaniel 644 

Martin,  Isaac 90 

.Jeremiah 239 

•John 2^ 

Jonathan,  Jr 203,  214 

.Jo.seph 214,  372 

Machir 6ai,  606 

Samuel 260 

Thomas 183,  302,  381 

Marvin,  Ebenezer 165,  685 

Reynold .591,  .595 

Mason,  .Joshua 5.85,  739 

William 4.59 

Mather,  Charles 471 

Cotton 165 

Elisha 450,  4.55,  471 


774 


I^sDEX 


Mather,  cont.,  Nathaniel 

Richard 

Samuel 

Samuel,  Jr 

Timothy 

William 

Matson,  Ebenezer 

Matterson,  Zerubabel... 

Matthews,  Benjamin 

David 

Gideon • 

Henry 

Joel 

James 

James,  Jr 

John 

Paul 

Paul,  Jr 

Stephen 

Thomas 

Mattoon,  Ebenezer,  Jr. . 

Eleazer 

Elijah 

Nathaniel 

Philip 

Samuel 

Maxwell,  James 

Maybee,  Frederick 

Jacob 

Jeremiah 

John 

William 

Maynard,  Daniel 

McAdams,  William 

McAllister,  Edward 

McBride,  John 

McCall,  John 

McCarthy,  Timothy 

McCleish,  David 

William 

McClintock,  Rev. . . 

McClure,  A 

William 

McConnell,  James 

McCrackan,  John 

* Joseph 

McCreedy,  Charles 

James 

John 

McCresy,  William 

McCullough,  Alexander 

Robert 

McCullom,  Daniel 

McCurdy,  John 

McDonough,  James 

McDuff,  Daniel 

Hugh 

John 

Samuel 

McDuffee,  John 

McEwen,  John 

McFar,  Jonathan 

McFarland,  Andrew 

Daniel 

William 

McHarris,  John 

Mclntire,  Daniel 

Peter 

McKenney,  John 

McKey,  Patrick 

McKnight,  William 

McLam,  Andrew 

McMellon,  Robert 

McMurphy,  John 

McNeal,  Alexander 

Daniel 


483 

6 

14,  271,  277,  438,  564 

....271,  277,  455,  564 

483,  560 

455,  483 

223 

604 

326 

513,  540,  594 

597,  598 

239 

695 

199,  223,  230 

199 

230 

326 

326 

170,  597,  598 

170,  597,  598 

162 

162 

^79 

.'.54i’568 

342,  372,  492 

61 

242 

517 

517 

517 

517 

517 

381 

678,  687 

141 

310 

6,  602 

149,  289 

326 

326 

61 

680 

350 

401 

425 

65 

106 

239 

106 

463 

267 

401 

401 

6,  602 

23 

479 

479 

479 

479 

464 

599 

99 

. .'.’.231,  479 

346 

65 

31 

230 

230 

149 

.38 

354 

401 

23,  459 

32 

479 

479 


McNeal,  cont.,  Robert.. 

McNut,  William 

McQuivey,  John 

Nathan 

Meacham,  James 

Jonathan 

Meade,  Benjamin,  Jr... 

Caleb 

Ephraim 

Ezra 

Gideon  

James 

Joseph 

Silas 

Silas,  Jr  

Silvanus 

Stephen 

Titus 

William 

Mears,  John 

Meek,  Jacob 

Meeker,  David,  Jr 

John 

Phineas 

Samuel,  Jr 

Meigs,  Janna 

Janna,  Jr 

Melvin,  Benjamin 

Moses 

Mendon,  Nathaniel 

Merchant,  Gurdon 

Henry 

Nathaniel 

Mercier,  John  Dyer 

William 

Merrick,  John 

Merrill,  Caleb 

Ephraim 

Jedediah 

Nathaniel 

Merriman,  Caleb 

Lint 

Merritt,  Daniel 

Edward,  Jr 

Gilbert 

Nathaniel 

Nehemiah 

Nehemiah,  Jr 

Merwin,  Daniel,  Jr 

Joseph 

Stephen 

Thomas 

Messenger,  Nehemiah . 

Metcalf,  Michael 

Michael,  Jr 

S 

Midwinter,  John 

Robert 

Miles,  Archelaus 

Joab 

Samuel 

Samuel,  Jr 

Millen,  John 

Vespacian 

Miller,  Alexander  Litch 

Christopher 

Daniel 

David 

Gains 

Isaac 

James 

John 

John,  Jr 

John  Godsands 

Joseph 

Paul 


401 

267 

282 

318 

338,  631 

455 

417 

417 

417 

608 

417 

608 

9Qa 

’.*.69,  4l’3’,’417 

417 

417 

18,  608 

417 

417 

109 

251 

527 

528 

576 

286 

282 

397 

27,  101,  388,  429 

429 

467 

19 

259,  338 

565 

238 

238,  608 

405 

170 

169 

604,  606 

jgg 

K6,  601,  602 

346 

90,  166,  173,  293,  413,  658 

54 

417 

463 

89,  173,  293 

90,  166,  294 

535 

535 

535 

535 

301 

372,  388 

350 

668 

513,  539 

513,  539 

306 

259 

521,  531 

531 

310,  314 

310 

105 

149,  290 

230 

230,  491 

10 

314,  504 

230,  267 

121,  122,  230,  278 

230,  450 

105 

605 

149,  290 


INDEX 


775 


Miller,  cont.,  Paul,  Jr 290 

Ralph  Willett 290 

Robert 230,  409 

Samuel 230 

Solomon 449 

Thomas 149,  290,  476,  487,  527 

Millidge,  Thomas 45 

Mills,  Daniel 604,  606 

Elisha 41 

John 10,  528 

William 528 

Milner,  John 326 

William 326 

Minard,  Hendrick 302 

Minot,  James 133 

Samuel 218 

Minthorn,  Richard 46 

Missing,  John 479 

Mitchell,  David 500 

Elijah 388 

George 605,  607 

John 326,  479 

Jonathan 250 

Matthew 250 

William 586 

Mix,  Eldad 169 

John 254,  521,  531 

Jonathan 601 

Samuel 199 

Moffatt,  John 182,  362,  381,  433,  483,  582 

Samuel 468 

William 85 

Moger,  James 157,  602 

Moldich,  Daniel 358 

Monroe,  David 49 

Thomas 50 

Monson,  Israel 532 

Montague,  Moses 338 

Richard 442 

Montrose,  Isaac 463 

John 38 

Peter 463 

Moody,  Amos 110 

Ebenezer 161 

Nathaniel 330 

Samuel 250 

Mooney,  Benjamin 549 

Moore  or  Moor,  see  Mower. 

Alexander 289 

Asa  97,  425 

Benjamin 182 

David 65,  97 

Fairbanks 27,  219 

Governor 616,  703 

John 366,  397,  543 

John,  Jr 479,  543,  568 

Jonah 380 

Jonathan 282 

Jonathan,  Jr 282 

Joseph 223 

Judah 434 

Nathaniel 65 

Nathaniel,  Jr 346 

Odiah 509 

Reuben 310 

Samuel 280,  282,  310 

Samuel,  Jr 397 

Silas .97 

Stephen 45 

Thomas  William 149 

William 61,  182 

Moores,  Benjamin 109 

Daniel 231 

Ephraim 231 

James 231 

John 97,  231 


Moores,  cont.,  John,  Jr.. 

William 

Morehouse,  Andrew 

Daniel 

David,  Jr 

Gershom,  Jr 

James 

John 

Stephen 

Morgan,  Isaac 

Morrill,  Abner 

Jacob 

Morris,  Daniel 

Henrj’ 

James 

William 

Morrison,  Hugh 

John 

Jonathan 

Morse,  Abel 

Ebenezer 

Edmund 

Isaac 

John 

Moses 

Peter 

Uriah 

Mortimer,  Philip 

Morton,  Abraham 

Daniel 

David 

Elijah 

Jonathan,  Jr 

Nathaniel 

Moses,  Aaron,  Jr 

Mosher,  Jonathan 

Moss,  John 

Josiah 

Levi 

Mott.  William 

Moulton,  Jonathan 

Nehemiah 

Reuben 

Samuel 

Solomon 

William 

Mowbray,  John 

Mower,  Samuel 

Mudge,  William 

Mudgett,  Ebenezer 

Muir,  Jesse 

Mulbord,  Jeremiah 

Mulford,  Jeremiah 

Munroe,  John 

Munson,  Samuel 

Walter 

William 

Murphy,  Edward  Ferrol 

John  Dervieux 

John  Dervieux,  Jr... 

Murray,  .\lexander 

Daniel 

James 

John 

Samuel 

Muaon,  Jonas 

Muttea,  Peter 

Muzzy,  John 

John,  Jr 

Thomas 

Myers,  .Myer 

Napier,  Jnme.s 

Nash,  Aaron 

Francis 

Jonathan 

Phineas 


231 

231 

157,  602,  603 

297 

285 

18,  597 

297 

157,  602,  603 

41 

409 

582 

45 

282,  397 

334 

203 

203 

31 

210 

354 

61 

310,  314 

306,  342 

93 

401,  572 

691 

10,  306 

219 

199,  576 

346 

487 

425 

65,  425 

425,  487 

306 

475 

294,  600 

199,  263,  535,  596 

496 

535 

>. 106 

235,  259 

393 

392 

250  , 664,  665 

664 

219 

556 

203 

246 

306 

527 

285 

527 

615 

521 

199 

170 

446 

446 

446 

102 

102 

145 

388,  568,  708 

393 

132 

246 

85 

86 

VC 

*.*513,  510 
615,  651,  661,  712,  719 

61 

69,  417 

81,  3.58 

406 


776 


INDEX 


Nash,  cont.,  Stephen 81 

Stephen,  Jr 81 

Timothy 219 

Nason,  Richard 421 

Neal,  John 500 

Jonathan 433 

Robert 500 

William 500 

Nealy,  Janies 401 

Nefus,  John 585 

Negos,  Joseph 372 

William 372 

Nelart,  James 326 

Nelson,  John 10,  38,  90,  117,  145,  169,  182,  227 

231,  235,  247,  260,  264,  302,  342,  358,  393,  405 
409,  438,  442,  517,  532,  552,  565 

Nesbit,  James 141 

Nevin,  James. . . .65,  69,  153,  157,  174,  219,  223,  247 
268,  286,  298,  302,  338,  362,  385,  442  , 455,  459 
480,  528,  565,  569,  582,  586 

Nevins,  David 133 

Newbury,  John 318,  397,  608 

New'comb,  Daniel 214,  215,  467 

James 214 

Newell,  Asael 572 

Isaac 496 

John 255,  366 

Josiah 254 

Samuel 572 

Thomas 495 

Timothy 649,  688 

Newland,  David 263 

Jonah 263 

Newmarch,  Joseph 19,  23,  50,  65,  69,  82,  86 

1]4,  122,  149,  153,  157,  166,  174,  178,  186,  191 
195,  210,  215,  231,  286,  298,  342  , 354,  372  , 397 
401,  417,  430,  438,  468,  500,  509,  521,  528,  536 

586 

Newton,  Aaron 310 

Abner 259,  306 


Ezra 

John 

Jonas 

Phineas 

Thomas 

William 

Nichol,  Charles 

Nichols,  Ebenezer.  . 

Ephraim 

George 

James 

James,  Jr 

Samuel 

Sarah 

William 

Nightingale,  Joseph 

Nims,  David 

David,  Jr 

Ebenezer 

Reuben 

Nixon,  John 

Noble,  Asael 

Caleb 

Constant 

Elisha 

Gideon 

Israel 

James 

John 

Joseph 

Matthew 

Matthew,  Jr 

Morgan 

Obediah 

Obediah,  Jr 

Stephen 


455 

628 

425 

346 

149 

..  149 

671 

231 

153 

113,  597,  598 

113,  318,  330,  509,  698 

113 

41 

113 

114,  293,  598,  714 

637 

372 

350 

350 

388 

182,  527 

165,  227 

223 

548 

509,  605 

4*1,  73,  166,  247,  603 

342 

86 

405,  548 

549 

549 

41,  73,  166,  247,  603 

509,  605 

509 

41,  73,  90,  166,  174,  603,  638 


Noble,  coni.,  Thomas 227,  599 

Zachariah 41,  603 

Zadock 227,  293,  599 

Nobles,  Ely 605,  607 

Josiah 605,  607 

Noe,  Isaac,  Jr 586 

Jacob 586 

Northrop,  Amos 293,  600 

Eli 298 

Gamaliel,  Jr 297 

James 298 

Thomas 153,  297,  417,  602 

Norton,  Asa 19,  509 

Charles 255 

Ephraim 576 

James,  Jr 495 

John 255,  576 

Jonathan 254 

Samuel 330 

Thomas 255 

Nott,  Stephen 6 

Nottingham,  Samuel 173 

Nowland,  William 608 

Noyes,  Ephraim 305 

Nathaniel 471 

Nurse,  Timothy 433 

Nutting,  Millam 218 

William 346 

Oakes,  David 346 

John 346 

Jonathan 101 

Seth 259 

Thomas 556 

William 97 

Oakley,  Isaac 234 

Thomas 234 

O’Brien,  James 141 

Odell,  Ichabod 434 

Odiorne,  Daniel, 27 

John 27,  500 

Jotham 468 

Robert 468 

Ogden,  Benjamin 326,  586 

Daniel 285,  417 

Ebenezer 153 

Gabriel 141,  285 

Ichabod 417 

John 326 

John,  Jr 153 

Samuel 153 

William 417 

Olcott,  see  Alcott. 

Old,  John 560 

Josiah 488 

Moses 405 

Olin,  Justin 604,  606 

Oliver,  Andrew,  Jr. . 54 

Daniel 132 

Richard,  Jr 479 

Olmstead,  Ichabod 6 

James 6 

John 6 

Moses 605 

Samuel 6,  602 

Samuel,  Jr 298 

Simeon 441 

Olvard,  Joseph 121,  122 

Medad 121,  437 

Stephen 121 

Ormsby,  Gideon 117 

.Jonathan 117 

Joseph 354 

Orne,  Joshua 459 

Orr,  Alexander 230 

Alexander,  Jr 230 


INDEX 


777 


Orton,  Arthur 618 

Orvis,  Ebenezer 495 

Gershom 572 

Zadock 255 

Osborne,  Benjamin 153 

Cornelius 38 

Eleazer 153 

James 527 

Jeremiah 298 

Joel 45 

Joseph 527 

Silvanus 41,  603 

Thomas 45 

Osgood,  Abner 242 

David 310 

Jonathan 310 

Otis,  James 568 

Jonathan 421 

Oviatt,  Thomas,  Jr 226 

Owen,  Aaron,  Jr 594,  595 

Caleb 214 

Daniel 730 

David 282,  594,  595 

Elijah 397 

Eliphalet 594,  595 

James 318,  594,  595 

Ozling,  Jonathan 65 


Pacthen,  Andrew 19 

Page,  Caleb 480 

David 258,  259,  381,  521,  581,  683,  739 

David,  Jr 581 

Enos 521 

Jeremiah 480 

John 259,  528 

Joseph 581 

Nathaniel 581 

Peter 85,  306 

Timothy 521 

William 581 

Paine  or  Payne,  Elijah 487 

James 199 

John 633 


Peter 

Philip 

Samuel 

Samuel  Clark 

Timothy 

Painter,  Elisha 

Palders,  John  Horton 
Palmer,  Benjamin — 

David 

Elias 

George 

Hezekiah 

Iccousah 

James 

Jonathan 

Lusas 

Marmaduke 

Peter 

Samuel,  Jr 

Stephen 

Stephen,  Jr 

Thomas 

William 

Pangboon,  Jeremiah., 

Timothy 

Panton,  Francis 

Pardee,  John 

Thomas 

Paris,  Benjamin 

Klkanah 

Parish,  Daniel 

John 

Townsend 


605,  607 

393 

455 

93 

101,  203,  314,  372,  425 

281,  330 

417 

117 

89  , 600 

69,  89,  600 

509 

576 

117 

301,  475 

117 

117 

234 

90 

467 

51,  322,  492 

.54 

372 

393,  517 

.527 

.595 

105,  145,  149 

318 

.593,  59^1 

281 

281,  358 

69 

69 

69 


Park,  Alexander 267,  401 

John 401,  711 

Joseph 267 

Robert 267 

Parker,  Amasa 366 

Abraham 195,  536,  601 

Andrew 195 

Dedimus 195 

Edward,  Jr 572 

Ephraim 572 

Gamaliel 195 

Isaac 60,  195,  380 

Jacob 195,  535 

Jeremiah 552 

Jesse 195 

John 170,354,  479 

Nathiel 195 

Samuel 195 

Thomas 366,  480 

Timothy 109 

William 380,  582 

Parkhurst,  John 409 

John,  Jr 409 

Jonathan 409,  568,  698 

Joseph 409 

Joseph,  Jr 409 

Phineas 409 

Samuel,  Jr 409 

Tilly 409 

Parks,  Admiah 496 

Joel 4% 

Parmelee,  Hezekiah,  Jr 532 

Jehiel 495 

Simeon 576 

Parmenter,  Benoni 605,  607 

Parrant,  Daniel 464 

Jacob 464 

John 464 

William 463 

Parsons,  Aaron 535 

Aaron,  Jr 576 

Benjamin 438 

David 162,  334 

Eli 301 

Elihu 81,  271 

Ephraim 14 

Hezekiah 334 

Isaac 122 

James 69 

John 14 

Joseph 449,  4.54 

Noah 14,  272,  277 

Noah,  Jr 271 

Samuel 121,  393,  437 

Simeon 121,  278,  437 


Parlito,  John 

Partridge,  Edward 

Nathaniel 

Oliver 

Samuel 

Samuel,  Jr 

Patricks,  James  — 
Patterall,  Joseph. . . 
Patters(»n,  Jo.seph.. 

Timothy 

Pattin.son,  Joseph.. 

Pauld,  Joshua 

Pean,  .M 

Pearsall,  George... 

Joseph 

Thomas 

Thomas,  Jr 


117 

209 

552 

208-211,  269,  5M,  562,  666 

203 

209 

581 

32 

358 

346 

81 

421 

660 


69,  227,  -113,  609 

227,  609,  617,  623,  624,  670,  699 


Pearson,  William 472,  484,  528 

William,  Jr 528 

Pea.se,  Nathaniel .509 

William ,549 


INDEX 


778 


Peaslee,  Ebenezer 

Zaccheus 

Pebbles,  James 

John 

Patrick 

Robert 

Peek. Isaac  

Moses 

Stephen 

William 

Peckitt,  Daniel 

Peepon.  Silas 

Peirce,  Anthony... 

Daniel .'. . . 

David 

John 27, 

Josiah 

Nathaniel 

Samuel 

Thomas 

Pell.  Gilbert 

John 


174.  600 

306 

267 

267 

..267 

401 

326,  330 

479,  564 

535 

521 

41 

467 

>43 

178.  422 

186 

133.  259,  350,  366,  500.  536,  543 

. . 438 

421 

500 

405 

609 

>48 


Pemberton.  Ebenezer 22 

Pendall,  Elisha 60S 

William 405 

Pendleton,  Edmund 263,  596 

William 596 

Penfleld,  Nathaniel. 254 

Penhallow.  John 338 

Pennock,  William 468 

Penoyer,  John 334 

Perigo,  David 605,  607 

James 605,  607 

Perkham,  Jonathan .242 

Perkins,  Amos . 521 


John 

Moses 

Nathaniel.... 

Stephen 

Thomas 

Pemie,  Daniel. . . 
Perring,  Thomas 

Perry,  John 

Jonathan 

Joseph 

Josiah 

Nathan 

Thomas 

Valentine  ... 
Person,  Bethuel. 

Simeon 

Peters,  Moses 

Pettibone,  Noah., 

Samuel 

Phelps,  Aaron 


32,  342 

409 

132 

5?2 

10 

286 

342 

85 

42-5 

250,  425,  582 

65 

65 

18 

173 

45 

121,  437 

93 

117 

318 

491 


Aaron,  Jr 

Alexander 

Alexander,  Jr 

Amos 

Asael 

Benjamin 

Charles 

Charles,  Jr 

Davenport . . . 
David 


42 

492 

492 

491 

492 

330 

271,  276,  278,  449 

278 

492 

467 


E.  J 630 

Ebenezer 384,  385 

Eliphalet 214 

Ichabod 467 

Ichabod,  Jr 467 

Isaac 483.  492 

John 278,  384.  449,  491,  720 

John,  Jr 491 

Jonathan 272,  278,  449 

Joshua 467 

Martin 278,  384,  449,  454.  4H,  565 


Phelps,  eont.,  Martin,  Jr 471 

Nathaniel 278.  338,  362,  384,  438,  450,  455 

471,  532 


Nathaniel,  Jr 471 

Oliver 492 

Roger 491 

Russell 492 


Samuel 271,  277 

Silas 214 


Silvanus 467 

Solomon 278,  467,  718 

Spencer 471 

Timothy 278,  491 

Timothy,  3d 467 

Philbrook,  "Daniel 393 

Ebenezer 393 

Reuben 393 

Phillips.  Andrew  Faneuil 373-375,  704 

Gillam 132 


Ichabod. Jr 

Jeremiah 

John 

William 

Pickering,  John... 
Picket,  Benjamin.. 

Joseph  

Pierce,  Daniel 

David 

John 

Jonathan 

Joseph 

Justus 

Nathan 

Pierpont,  John 

Pike.  Jacob 

Samuel 

Pinckney,  Charles 

David 

Gilbert 

John 

Jonathan 

Pingree,  George... 

Pitman.  John 

Pitts,  James 

Pixley,  Cooper 

David 

Jonathan 

Joseph  

Moses 

Reuben 

Platt.  Abel 

Charles 

Jonas 

Zophar,  Jr 

Plummer,  Joseph . . 

Samuel 

Pollard,  Benjamin. 

Pomroy,  Caleb 

Dafiiel 

Ebenezer 

Ebenezer,  Jr... . 

Eleazer 

Elisha 

Heman 

Joshua 

Josiah 

Lemuel 

Med ad 

Noah 

Quartus 

Seth 

Shammah 

Stephen 

Pond,  Benjamin  — 

Daniel 

James 


342 

421 

170,  195 

133 

338 

509,  576 

509 

605,  607 

251 

251 

109 

251 

251 

251 

531 

310 

495 

235 

235 

235 

235 

. . .*. 235 

604.  606 

424 

381 

405 

31,  81,  .334 

81,  405 

405 

81 

358 

153 

37 

556 

556 

434 

86 

203 

161 

214 

14,  223 

441 

121,  222,  278 

271,  483 

121,  441 

214 

222 

441 

441,  560 

560 

60,  121 

362.  437,  564 

441 

60,  4-37,  441,  709 

552 

49,  242,  372.  476,  551,  552.  733 
552 


INDEX 


779 


Pond,  cont.y  John 552 

Samuel 552 

Pool,  James 479 

Samuel 49 


Popplesdorff,  William,  Jr 289 

Porter,  Eleazer 219 

Elisha 338 

Increase 467 

John 157,459,495 

Joseph 495 

Josnua 318,  572 

Levi 495 

Peletiah 467 

Reuben 468 

Samuel 214 

Thomas 595 

Post,  Darius 342 

Eldad 342 

Gideon 342 

Israel 491 

Jeremiah 342 

John 342 

Jordan 342 

Peter 342 

Thomas 342 

Thomas,  Jr 342 

Potter,  David 527 

Ephraim 314 

James 73,  602 

Joel. 255 

John 413 

Jonas 314 

Nathaniel 286,  413,  527 

Nathaniel,  Jr 90,  413 

Phineas 250 

Samuel 314 

Samuel,  Jr 314 

Stephen 286 

Timothy 532 

Potts,  David 326 

Powell,  Jeremiah 132 

John 132,  417,  661,  662 

Roland,  Jr 215 

William 548 

Powers,  Abel 242 

Abijah 242 

Andrew  218,  346 

Benjamin 50 

David 49 

Elijah 50 

Ezekiel 50 

Isaac 366 

James 581,  582 

Jeremiah 243 

Jo.siah 48,  49,  186,  242,  63.5,  692 

Josiah,  Jr 50 

Matthew 242 

Nahum 242 

Peter 55,  543 

Robert 242 

Robert,  Jr 242 

Stephen 5.5,  242 

Walter 49,  242 

Whitcomb 242 

William .581 

Pownal,  Governor .362 

John .362 


Pratt,  Azariah 

Elisha 

Isaac 


73,  603 
...33^1 
.....397 


John 77,  246 

Jonathan 246 


Noah 605,  607 

Samuel 604,  606 

Silas 182,  604-607 


Timothy 


60-i,  606 


Pray,  John 

Prentice,  Caleb.... 

Daniel 

Thomas 

Prescott,  Ebenezer 

Jonathan 

Preston,  Ebenezer. 

James 

Jehiel 

Samuel 

Seth 

Price,  Benjamin  — 

Ebenezer 

Nathaniel 

Priest,  Daniel 

Prince,  Abijah 

Prindle,  Aaron.  — 

Daniel 

Daniel,  Jr 

Samuel 

William 

Prior,  John 

Thomas 

Pritchett,  Joseph.. 
Proctor,  Carden  — 

William 

Prout,  John 

Provost,  William 

Puflosey,  James 

Purcell,  Gregory 

Purdy,  Gilbert 

Thomas 

Purple,  David 

Pusey,  William 

Putnam,  Amos 

Asaph 

James 

John 

Putney,  Asa 

Henry 

John" 

Joseph 

Pyncheon,  Joseph.. 


608 

54 

54 

366 

310 

372 

413 

186,  191 

250 

186,  191 

250 

659 

528 

153 

242 

483 

73,  157,  602,  603 

445,  602,  603 

602 

42 

199 

157 

405 

170 

149,  289 

149,  288,  289 

521 

141 

527 

350 

417 

417 

346 

f-85 

433 

334 

372,  429 

434 

231 

230 

230 

230 

182,  362,  472,  479,  565 


Quackenboss,  Cornelius 483 

Jacob 483 

John 483 

Querch,  Thomas 298 

Quimby  or  Quinby,  Aaron 234,  600,  601 

Aaron,  Jr 234 

Daniel 446 

Jonathan 446 

Josiah 234 

Quincy.  Henry 26,  65 

Quiner,  Thomas 437 

Raggs,  Jo.seph,  Jr 286 

Raimbault,  M 659 

Ramsey,  Hugh 401 

James 267 

Band,  Amos .393 

Ephraim 393 

Joseph 393 

Richard 392 

Samuel 393 

Randall— 622,  726 

Benjamin .500 

James 499 

.Mark 500 

Matthew 605 

Paul 39.3,  .500 

William 392,  417 

Ran.som,  Shem 445 

Simon 445 

Rassell,  Jo.seph 260 


780 


INDEX 


Rawson,  William,  Jr 203 

William,  3d 471 

Ray,  Christian 302 

Joshua 195,  199 

Joshua,  Jr 195 

Thomas 195,  199 

Raymond,  Daniel 81 

Edward 65 

Josiah 449,  454 

Nathaniel 242 

Thomas 459 

Read,  see  Reed  and  Reid. 

Charles 334 

Benjamin 50 

Daniel 114 

Elias -282,  397 

Elias,  Jr 397 

James 54 

Joel 113 

John 281,705,  711 

Jonathan 49 

Joseph 50 

Matthew 479 

Moses 281 

Moses,  Jr 282 

Moses,  3d 113 

Samuel,  Jr 85 

William 114,  318 

Zalmon 18 

Redington,  Benjamin 109 

Daniel . . 214 

Isaac 109 

Reed,  see  Read  and  Reid. 

Daniel 594,  595 

Elias 112,  113,  318,  594,  595,  647 

Elias,  Jr 594,  595 

James 109 

Joel 594,  595 

Peter 191 

Reeve,  William 285 

Reid,  see  Read  and  Reed. 

James 513,  540 

John 694,  698 

Reley,  Lewis 513 

Reynolds,  Benjamin 409,  605,  607 

Caleb 605,  607 

Ephraim 118 

John 301 

Joshua 605 

Matthew 607 

Nehemiah 117,  297 

Peter 301 

Rezeau,  Jacob 285,  687 

Rice,  Absalom 425 

Adonijah 65,  98,  568 

Barzillai 97 

Benjamin 601,  602 

Ebenezer 548 

Eliakim 504 

Ephraim 434 

Isaac 568 

James 531 

Jeremiah 93 

John 302,  521 

Jonas 93 

Ludowyck 141 

Oliver 183 

Peris 433 

Ralph 350 

Reuben 425 

Samuel 65 

Thomas 195,  199,521 

Tyrus 65,  97 

Rich,  David 572 

Thomas 32 

Richards,  Joseph 250 


Richardson,  Benjamin 

Charles 

John 

Joseph 

William 

Richey,  George 

Rickey,  John 

Riggs',  Daniel 

Rindge,  Daniel 

John . . 

Rising,  Aaron 

Robbins,  Benjamin  — 

Edward,  Jr 

George 

John 

Lemuel 

Moses 

Roberts,  Elias 

Ezekiel 

John 

Lemuel 

Peter 

Philip 

Samuel 

William  

Robertson,  Daniel 

Robinson,  Amos 

David 

Ebenezer 

Ezra 

Isaac  

James 

Jonathan 

Joseph 

Josiah 

Leonard 

Moses 

Moses,  Jr 

Oliver . . 


98 

425 

260 

604,  606 

61 

105 

93 

141 

223,  421 

421 

560 

50 

243 

346,  372 

246 

504 

455 

495 

509 

93 

672 

354,  605,  607 

425 

14,  334,  455 

509 

659 

697 

182,  455 

576,  604,  607 

61 

223 

442 

182 

604,  606 

576 

182,  385,  604,  606 

182,  565,  604,  606,  658,  725 

565 

259 


Samuel  . .31,  82,  181,  182,  231,  350,  383,  384,  433 
565,  578,  590,  594,  631,  642,  661,  707 

Samuel,  Jr 231,  565,  604,  606 

Silas 182,  455,  604,  606 

Rockwell,  Ebenezer 297 

Noah 153 

Roe,  Benjamin 37 

John,  Jr 560 

Rogers,  Ananias 517 

Daniel 366 

Ezekiel 556 

Hezekiah 556 

Hezekiah,  Jr 5-56 

Isaac 289,  556,  688 

James 556 

John 581,  678 

Joshua 556 

Micah 556 

Obediah .556 

Platt 517 

Robert 374,  376-378,  705 

Samuel 259,  289,  688 

Thomas -581 

Timothy 2-59 

William 267 

Zebediah 2.59 

Rolfe,  Jonathan 65 

Roll,  Abraham 528 

Isaac 527 

John,  Jr 286 

Rond,  John 10 

Rood,  Azariah 397 

Benajah 604,  607 

Moses 318 

Rufus 10 

Root,  Aaron 549 

Abraham 509,  722 


INDEX 


781 


Root,  cont.,  Azariah  . . 

Caleb 

Ebenezer 

Ebenezer,  Jr 

Eleazer 

Elijah 

Hezekiah 

Jonathan 

Joseph 

Joshua 

Josiah 

Martin 

Samuel 

Samuel,  Jr 

Stephen 

Thomas 

Timothy 

Rose,  Justus 

Samuel 

Samuel,  Jr 

Ross,  Daniel 

Georg'e 

Jehiel 

Matthias 

Roundy, John 

Rowe,  see  Roe. 

Abel 

Rowland,  David 

Thomas 

Rowley,  Abijah 

Samuel 

Thomas 

Royal,  Joseph 

Royce,  Benjamin 

John,  Jr 

Reuben 

Rudd,  Joseph 

Ruddock,  Abiel 

John 

Rugg,  Joseph 

Rugjrles,  Nathaniel.. 

Samuel 

Timothy 

Timothy,  Jr 

Rushmore,  Benjamin 

Isaac 

Rus.sell,  Eleazer 

Eleazer,  Jr 

James 

Jonathan 

Jo.seph 

Josiah 

Nathaniel 

Peter 

Samuel 

William 

Rust,  Israel 

Israel,  Jr 

Jonathan 

Rutherford,  Walter  . 

Ryder,  Hugh 

Rymes,  Christopher.. 


549 

492 

342 

342 

278,  437,  449,  495 
492 

486,  4^*,  492 

278,  450,  568 

549 

322 

509 

322,  350 

322 

170,  438,  572 

568 

255,  350 

641 

117 

302 

334 

285 

286 

286 

214 

81 

409 

18 

342 

301 

342 

132,  290 

535 

572 

602 

604,  606 

22 

22,  459 

98 

73 

433 

438,  .569 

121,  122 

247 

247 

78,  219 

459 

332 

330 

4.59 

409 

50,  421 

199 

576 

50 

14,  277 

271 

271 

703 

.105,  174,  227,  2.^5 
560 


Sabin,  Charles. . . 
Hezekiah  — 

Josiah 

William 

Sackett,  Francis 

James 

James,  .3«1.... 

John 

John,  Jr 

Joseph 

Joseph.  Jr.... 
Nathaniel... . 
Peter 


.521 

521 

a54 

.32 

445 

149,  513,  .539 

513,  5,39 

149.  238,  513,  521,  540 

2.38 

149,  445,  .511.  513,  .539 

149,  238,  .513,  538.  .5.39  , 723 

38,  51.5,  517 

149,  513,  .539 


Sackett,  cont.,  Samuel 

William 

Safford,  Samuel 

Sage,  Comfort 

Saintfair,  Jeremiah  . . . . 

Salmon,  Nathaniel 

Salter,  Titus 

Salts,  Maurice 

Sammis,  Henry 

Sampson,  David 

Sanborn,  Samuel 

i Sanders,  Robert 

1 Samuel 

Sanderson,  Benjamin.. 

I David 

Ebenezer 

Jonathan 

Nathaniel 

Sands,  William 

I Sanford,  Ezekiel 

Hezekiah 

James 

John 

Jonathan 

Joseph 

Joseph  Jr 

Lemuel 

Nathan . 

Oliver 

Seth 

Stephen 

Sanger,  Ezra 

Sargent,  Daniel 

Edward 

Jabez 

John 

Joseph 

Nathan 

Thomas 

Sartwell,  Henry 

Savage,  Abraham 

Isaac 

James 

Joseph 

Sawyer,  Abner 

Daniel,  Jr 

Ezra 

Ezra,  Jr 

Jacob 

Jesse,  Jr 

John 

Joshua 

Josiah 

Mary 

Oliver 

Thomas 

Saxon,  James 

Thomas 

Saxton— 

James 

Say,  Stephen 

Scales,  Thomas 

Scarborough,  Joseph.. 
Scarromhorn,  Jacob.. . 
I Schormerhorn,  Jacob.. 
Schuvler,  Johannes.. . . 

Philip 

Scott,  Aaron 

Abraham 

Alexan«ler 

Daniel 

David 

Ebenezer 

E«1  ward 

James 

John  .M 


513,  540 

513,  540 

455,  604,  606,  717,  725 

199 

22 

527 

50,  358 

513 

556 

46 

393 

392 

393 

434 

260,  568 

350 

259,  372 

372 

513 

18 

18,  597 

18,  597 

18 

114 

18,  250,  597 

18,  597 

18 

18,  597 

18 

18,  597 

18,  597 

346 

219 

499 

98,  425 

61,  219,  636 

499 

433 

60 

259 

429 

429 

646,  709,  733,  735 

513  54Q 

305,  308,  310,  504,’  693 

310,  314 

10 

330 

372 

109 

381 

314 

242 

50,  310,  314,  467 

549 

263 

.541 

509 

358 

132 

.^54 

318 

397 

141 

141 

2a3 

388 

.346 

604,  606 

488 

170 

85 

101 

678 


782 


INDEX 


Scott,  cont.,  Jonathan 604,  606,  607 

Jonathan,  Jr 604 

Samuel 604 

Stephen 169 

Wolsey 170 

Scovill,  John 594,  595 

Jonathan 114 

Scudder,  James 527 

Seabury,  Samuel 296,  413 

Seagrave,  John 182 

Seaman,  Austin 246 

Benjamin 157,  326,  445,  556 

Benjamin,  Jr 326 

Daniel,  Jr 517 

David 246 

Edmund 326,  446 

Giles 246 

Henry 326 

Israel 77 

Jacob 77 

Jacob,  Sr 77 

John 326 

Jonathan 246 


Morris 77 

Nathan,  Jr 77 

Obediah 247 

Richard 77,  326,  446 

Samuel 556 

Solomon 77 

Thomas,  Jr 246 

Willet 247 

Zebulon 69,  246 

Zebulon,  Jr 77 

Searing.  John 246 

Searle,  Elisha 14,  271,  277 

Isaac 12,  14,  229,  230,  361,  397,  449,  453,  454 

470,  471,  478,  479,  482,  483,  563,  565,  606,  671 

718,  719 

James 14,  483 

Job 471 

John. ...  14,  101,  231,  362,  455,  471,  479,  483,  564 

Nathaniel 14 

Searles,  Elijah 463 

Gideon 608 

John 27,  608 

John,  Jr 608 

Lot 463 

Samuel 54 

William 608 

Sears,  Isaac 445,  540 

Isaac,  Jr 539 

John 513,  540 

Matthew 6 

Seaver,  Comfort 707 

Seavey,  Amos 354,  392 

James 392,  500 

John . 500 

Moses 393 

Solomon 393 

William ’. 392 

Seaward,  James 286 

Sedgwick,  Benjamin 330 

John 549 

Seeley,  Abel .' 157 

Abner 724 

Benjamin 73, 603 

Ebenezer 413 

Nathaniel 157,  602,  603 

Selden,  Ezra 6 

Samuel 4,  6 

Selfredge,  Edward 102 

Oliver 267 

William 401 

Sellick,  Bethel 282 

Gershom 298 

Nathaniel 298 


Servan,  Richard 

Sessions,  Amasa 

Darius 

Simeon 

Severance,  Martin 

Samuel 

Seymour,  John 

Thomas 

Thomas,  Jr 

Timothy 

Timothy,  Jr 

Timothy,  “Jr.  3d” 

Uriah 

Shackford,  John 

Shadbolt,  Robert 

Shaefer,  Frederick... 

Jacob 

Jeremiah 

Shannon,  Cutt 

John 

Sharp,  Benjamin 

Elijah 

Gershom 

Isaac 

John 

Richard 

Simon 

Solomon 

William 

Shattuck,  Benjamin... 

Benjamin,  Jr 

Daniel 

Ephraim 

Stephen 

Thomas 

William 


354 

354 

354 

354 

306 

405,  476 

282 

149 

149 

.509,  548.  598 

598 

598 

641,  731 

322 

556 

463 

463 

463 

61 

500 

354 

354 

354 

354 

354 

290 

32 

354 

354 

186,  191 

49 

218 

581 

186,  191,  242 

581 

.50 


Shaw,  William 118,  548 

Sheafe,  Jacob 350 

Sampson 32,  61,  94, 118,  121,  210,  271,  310 

330,  350,  401,.  409,  422,  434,  468,  504,  544,  560 

Sheldon,  Aaron 81,  405,  549 

Ashur 560 

Benjamin 121,  182,  209,  271,  277,  483,  532 

Benjamin,  Jr 121,  182,  271,  277 

Caleb 271 

Daniel 182 

Ebenezer 437 

Elijah 560 

Elisha,  Jr 282,  595 

Phineas 560 

Shelton,  Samuel 73 

Shepard,  Benjamin 318 

David 409 

Isaac 409 

Jacob 409 

James 259,  260 

Jonas 409 

Joseph 409 

Samuel 118,  409 

Willard 409 

Sherburne,  Benjamin 422 

Henry 78,  106,  186,  191,  310,  322,  362,  381 

401,  504,  544 

John 459 

Nathaniel 74 

Noah 499 

Sheriff,  William 666 

Sherman,  Ephraim 50 

Ephraim,  Jr 50 

Sherrer,  David 37 

John 37,  594 

John,  Jr 37 

Robert 37 

Thomas 37,  54 

William 37 

Sherwood,  Gabriel 301 


INDEX 


783 


STierwood,  cont.,  Joseph 

Joseph,  Jr 

Samuel 

Seth 

Shirley,  Governor 

Shraves,  Thomas 

Shreave,  Thomas 

Sibley,  Jonathan 

Sill,  Elijah 

Silliman,  Ebenezer,  Jr... 

Simle,  Hugh 

Simmons,  Adam,  Jr 

Benjamin 

Edward 

Hikk,  Jr 

Jeduthan 

Jonathan 

Joshua 

Simpson,  Alexander 

John 

Joseph 

Samuel 

Sims,  James 

William., 

Singletary,  Moses 

Skelton,  Henry 

Skinner,  Benjamin 

Elijah 

John 

Jonathan 

Joseph 

Nathaniel,  Jr 

Samuel 

Slafter,  Samuel 

Slaruh,  David 

Slawson,  Enoch 

Sleeper,  Samuel 

Tristram  Coffin 

Slicock,  Nathaniel 

Sloan,  Alexander 

William 

Sloper,  Andrew 

Sly,  .Mills 

Smalley,  Benjamin 

Smedley,  Jedediah 

John 

Nehemiah 

Smeed,  Abiel 

David 

Ebenezer 

Simeon . . 

William 

Smith,  Aaron 

Alexander 

Benoni 

Caleb 

Cotton  Mather 

Daniel 

David 

Derrick 

Ebenezer 

Ebenezer,  Jr 

Eleanor 

Eliakim 

Elibu 

Elisha 

Enos 

Ephraim 

P^zekiel 

P'rancis 

Francis,  Jr 

Frederick 

Henrv 

Israel 

Jabez,  Jr 

Jacob 


69 

517 

517 

73 

618 

585 

290 

433 

41,  74,  602,  603 

153 

401 

417 

170 

421 

463 

215 

421 

463,  717 

45 

500 

32 

102 

10 

10 

434 

170 

467,  586 

281,  594,  595 

113,  318,  500 

285 

491 

282 

282,  582 

322 

401 

113 

260 

393 

73 

153 

22,  459 

145 

603,  606 

113,  282,  318,  397 

14 

14 

14 

362 

361 

361 

568 

..27,  366,  372,  388,  429 

441,  582 

162 

223 

318 

593,  594 

1.53,  560 

338,  393,  496,  572,  699 

60.5,  607 

54,  322 

318 

114 

338 

338 

. .65,  223,  302,  4.50,  488 

338 

297 

.556 

93 

93 

467 

157,  5.56 

491 

297 

....6.5,  93,  97,  290,  617 


Smith,  cont.,  James , 113,  297,  549 

James,  Jr 169 

Jesse 504 

Joel 61 

John 471,  483,  552,  604,  606 

John,  Jr 471,  604,  606 

Jonathan 297,  338 

Joseph 46,  298,  475,  540,  552,  556,  604,  606 

Josiah 338 

Marodock 581 

Martin 162 

Matthew 6 

Moses 582 

Nathan 157, 297,  380 

Nathaniel 581 

Noah 165,  338,  454 

Noah,  Jr 338,  449 

Oliver 338 

Richard 463 

Samuel 17,  18,  32,  61,  94,  151,  153,  210,  246 

267,  310,  338,  381,  425,  441,  504,  544 

Seth 338 

Seth  Samuel 18,  597 

Shubael 556 

Silas 517 

Simeon 37 

Steel 255 

Thomas 604,  606 

William 290,  634,  690 

William,  Jr 290 

Smybert,  William 182 

Snow,  Zephaniah 334 

Zerubabel 425 

Solley,  Samuel 94,  133,  210,  310,  381,  504 

Soores,  Joseph 322 

Soper,  Joseph 118 

Samuel 608 

Soule,  George 89,294,600 

John 157,  294,  600 

Nathan 294,  600 

Nathan,  Jr 293 

Southard,  Benjamin 37 

Jonas 37 

Southgate,  John 90,  294,  413 

Richard 358 

Robert 90,  294,  413 

Samuel 358 

Steward 90,  413 

Southrer,  C.  J 678 

Southwill,  Ela 121 

Spafford,  Charles 384 

David 50,  242 

Jacob 397 

Philip 441 

Sparhawk,  Joseph 504 

Nathaniel 32 

Samuel 366 

Samuel,  Jr 366 

Sparrow,  James 6 

Nathaniel 6 

Spaulding  or  Spalding,  Benjamin 407,  409 

Curtis 409 

David 409 

Deliverance 281 

Eleazer,  Jr 409 

Henry 595 

Josefth 409 

Philip 409 

Phineas 330,  .595 

Samuel 568 

Timothy,  Jr 409 

Spear,  Andrew 85 

Jacob 635 

John 141 

Spencer .598 

Benjamin 576 


784 


INDEX 


Spencer,  eont.  Ebenezer 6 

Eliphaz 519 

Gideon 6(14,  606 

Hobart 6 

Isaac 6 

Jared 6,  536 

John,  Jr 21-4 

Joseph 6,  223 

Nathaniel 604, 606 

Peleg 603,  606 

Wilbam 548 

Spooner,  Daniel 372 

Eliakim 568, 667 

Paul 722 

Wing 388 

Sprague,  John 10 

Jonathan 54 

Samuel 10 

Spring.  Henrv 476 

Squire,  Andrew 318,  5W.  595 

Odell 330,595 

Reuben 250, 595 

Richard 19 

Zophar 527 

Stanbury,  Josiah 585 

Robert 585 

Staner,  Richard 471,  483 

Stanfast,  Samuel 32 

Stanley,  David 517 

Ichabod 405 

James 334 

Peter 441 

Stanton.  Joseph,  Jr 117 

Joshua 548,  598,  737 

Staples,  Thomas,  2d 153 

Stark,  John 334.  631,  716 

Starling,  Samuel 1-53 

Starr,  Joseph 496 

Thomas -449 

Thomas,  Jr 454 

St.  Clair,  John 31 

Sir  John 613 

Steamood,  Cornelius 417 

Stearns.  Abijah 85 

David 85,  109,  543 

Ebenezer 65,  93.  426 

Ephraim 97,  426 

Increase 314 

Isaac 93,  97 

John 93,  421 

Nathaniel 65 

Thomas 65.  372 

Thomas,  Jr 26,  65 

William  Jennison 26,  372,  426 

Stebbins,  Asael 381 

Elisha 223 

Joseph 298,  442 

Josiah 223 

Josiah,  Jr 223 

Thomas 381 

Stedman,  Ebenezer 54 

Steele,  Roswell 113,  594.  595 

Stentsquire.  Samuel 165 

Stevens.  Alcock 500 

Benjamin 183 

David 114,  594,  595 

Ebenezer 318 

Elizabeth 389 

Enos 26,  350,  388 

Henry 589,  590 

Henry,  Jr .590 

John 195,  405 

Jonathan 517 

Joseph 26,  568 

Joseph,  Jr 27 

Nathaniel 372 


Stevens,  con#.,  Phineas 26,  102,  350,  429 

Robert 422 

Samuel -26,  162,  305,  306,  388,  429 

Simeon 306 

Simon 10,  65.  372,  429 

Simons 25-27,  628 

Thomas  Stearns 27 

WUlard 27,  219,  434,  441 

Stevenson,  Isaac 267 

James 401 

Nathaniel 166,  600 

Stevery,  John 517 

Stewart  or  Steward,  Alexander 74,  602,  693 

Alexander,  Jr.  or  2d 165,  417,  602,  603 

Benjamin 85 

Daniel 85 

Jacob 109 

James 6,  602 

Joseph 401 

Phineas 85,  346 

William 6,  346 

Sticknev,  Joshua 186, 191 

Oliver 186,  191 

Stephen 186, 191 

Stiles.  Ashbel 199,  346,  421 

Benjamin 250 

Ezra 422 

Isaac 421 

John 250,  527,  728 

Jonathan 527 

Levi 85 

Stillman,  George 73,  166,  576 

Stillwell,  Benjamin 169 

Stinson,  Isaac 401 

St.  John,  Thomas 298 

Stocking,  Daniel 576 

EUsha 576 

Joseph 576 

Stockman,  Jacob 422 

Stockwell,  Edmund 581 

Ephraim 259,  581 

Stoddard,  Anthony 132 

Israel .' 178 

Josiah ‘282.397 

Simeon 132,  652 

Stone,  Abner 388 

Caleb 101,  372 

David 26.  372 

Da'vid.  Jr 102,  568 

Ephraim 102 

Jason 429 

Joel 27,372,388 

John 310,  354 

Jonathan 425,  434 

Joseph 429 

Joseph,  Jr 429 

Matthias 93 

Nathan 372,  388,  695 

Samuel 388 

Samuel,  Jr 388,  568 

Zedekiah 370,  .372,  387,  388,  569,  704 

Stoneham.  Joseph 22 

.Stoodley,  James 6,  93, 178,  334,  421,  488,  564 

Storer,  James 531 

Joseph 243 

Stores,  Aaron 704 

Asa 433 

Richard 65 

Storm,  David 463 

Sto’w,  Benajah 604,  607 

Elijah 604,  606 

Elisha -22 

William 21.  22,  459,  627 

Stoughton.  Darius 109 

Lemuel 441 

Nathaniel 441 


INDEX 


785 


Stowe,  John 381 

Josiah 169 

Samuel 254 

Stowell,  Benjamin 314,  381 

Cornelius 93,  97,  425 

Hezekiah 97,  504 

Israel 372,  581 

John 98,  504 

Joseph 372,  581 

Stratton,  Cornelius 556 

Ebenezer 568 

Street,  John 496 

Nicholas 449 

Stricken,  Grant 585 

Stringham,  Samuel 600,  601 

Stringling,  John 161 

Strong,  Asael 342 

Bela 450 

Caleb 14,  218,  330,  442,  455,  471,  565 

Caleb,  Jr 441,  565 

David 10 

Ebenezer 14,  302,  385,  483 

Elias 483 

Elisha 121,  282,  594,  595 

• Enoch 318 

Ithamar 385,  449,  483 

Job 272 

Jonathan 14,  437,  564 

Jonathan,  Jr 483 

Jonathan,  3d 483 

Joseph 517 

Nathan 322 

Nathaniel 271,  277 

Sturgis,  Andrew 153,  602,  603 

Stj'mes,  Christopher 145 

Christopher,  Jr 145 

William 145 

Summers,  John 133 

Luke 263,  596 

Sumner,  Benjamin 342 

Clement 430 

Jonathan 342 

Thomas 342,  358 

W'illiam 342,  638,  699 

Sunderland,  John 157 

Sutherland,  John,  Jr 117 

Sutton,  Caleb 417 

Edward 417 

Joseph 417 

Pell 417 

Richard  417 

Suydam,  Jacob 600,  601 

Jacobus 77 

Minne 77 

Minor 157 

Swain,  George 322 

Swan,  Gustavus 259 

Jabez 425 

Swartwout,  Bemardus 145 

Cornelius 37 

Jacobus 37 

Jacobus,  Jr 37 

Sweat,  John 260 

Thomas 471 

Sweetland,  John 330 

Jonathan 10 

Peter 467 

William 10 

Sylvester,  Francis 289 

Levi 2.59,  .568 

Peter 613 

Peter,  2d 613 

Symes,  Joseph 178 

William 178,  221,  223,  306,  381 


Symonds,  Benjamin 449,  608,  681 

W^illiam 218,  381 

Tabor,  Thomas 157 

Taintor,  John 334 

Talcott,  George 298 

Talton,  John 500 

Taplin,  John 109 

Tarbox,  Ishmael 23 

Solomon 467 

Tash,  John 475,  552 

Thomas 475,  552 

Tasker,  John 219,  405 

Taylor,  Aaron 85 

Benjamin 218 

Daniel 548 

Daniel,  Jr 509 

David 85,  110,  242 

Ebenezer 310 

Ebenezer,  Jr 310 

Elijah 178 

Ezra 101 

Fortunatus 310 

Israel 492 

James 267,  314,  434 

Jesse 549 

John 33,  81,  145,  209,  242,  405,  409,  543,  712 

Micah 549 

Richard 85, 110 

Robert 549 

Samuel 32 

Thomas 2I8,  223 

Timothy 27, 101,  381,  564 

Willet 145,  609 

W^illiam,  Jr H8, 121 

I Zephaniah 560 

I Tedford,  Henry 326 

I Teller,  Isaac,  Jr 37 

Jeremiah 37 

I Temple,  Isaac 310.350 

I John.  ...19,  38,  78,  90,  106,  227,  239,  306,  326,  442 

1 446,  513,  552,  556 

Stephen 350 

Thomas 457 

I Thomas,  Jr 437 

William  . . .27,  38,  42,  69,  145,  174,  215,  235,  260, 

I 306,  372,  393,  413,  442,  517,  556 

Ten  Eike,  Andrew  513 

Andrew,  Jr 540 

Peter 540 

Peter,  Jr 513 

Tenory,  Daniel 433 

Ter  Bos,  Henrv,  Jr 37 

Terrell,  Daniel 73 

Terr}',  Ephraim 214 

Samuel 214 

Samuel.  Jr 214 

Tetard,  Peter, 239 

Thatcher,  Oxenbridge 565 

Partridge... 46,  141,  227,  286,  413,  528,  594,  598 

Patrick 90,  293 

Thayer, 541 

Jonathan 429,  543 

Thomas,  Abraham 89,  166,  293 

Adonijah 199 

Asael 535 

Benajah 199 

Daniel 199,  346 

Enoch 572 

Ephraim 509,  549 

Ezekiel 10,  549 

James 549 

Joseph 384,  475 

Lovewell 572 


786 


INDEX 


Thomas,  cont.,  Noah.. 

Oliver 

William  

Thomlinson,  Agur 

Beach  

John 

John,  Jr 

Joseph  

Zachariah,  Jr 

Thompson,  Abel 

Abraham 

Abraham,  Jr 

Alexander 

Eleazer 

Elias 

Henry 

Hezekiah 

Isaac 

Jacob 

John 

Joseph 

Josiah 

William 

William,  Jr 

Thorn,  Gilbert 

J ohn 

John,  Jr 

Thornton,  James 

Joseph 

Matthew 

William 

Thorpe,  David 

Joel 

John . • . 

'Thrcope,  Benjamin,  Jr 

John 

Thomas 

'Thurston,  David 

Enoch 

'Tibb©tt-s,  Ebenezer 

James 

Thomas 

Thomas,  Jr 

Tilestone,  James 

Tilford,  James 

Tillinghast,  Charles... 

Tillotson,  Daniel 

Daniel,  Jr 

Tilton,  Caleb 

Daniel 

Jonathan 

Joseph 

Tinker,  ^Ivanus 

Ussoort,  Jacob 

Titus,  Richard 

Tobias,  Christopher... 

Thomas. 

Todd,  Alexander 

Andrew 

Eli 

Enos 

Gershom 

Jonah 

Tompkins,  Amos 

Enoch 

Joseph 

Richard 

Thomas 

Tooker,  Daniel 

Topliff,  Calvin 

Toppan,  Christopher. . 

Torrance,  Robert 

Torrell,  Aaron 

Totten,  Gilbert 

Peter 

Peter,  Jr 


509  , 

437 

392 

500 

. .41,  263,  596 

186,  191 

186,  191 

264,  596 

596 

706 

531,  594 

531 

318 

166,  603 

23 

354 

527 

182 

531 

....  195,  699 

531 

521 

539 

539 

246 

294 

413 

82 

409 

82,  267 

82 

199 

199 

354 

157 

727,  728 

45 

..552 

305 

576 

576 

254,  536,  576 

254 

366 

65 

145 

491 

492 

426 

65,  426 

426 

65 

6 

141 

.69,  235,  446 

556 

157 

401 

401  I 

521 

199 

199 

73 

517 

517 

145 

517 

517 

69 

322 

235 

250 

169 

413 

413 

149 


Towle,  Jonathan 

Jonathan,  Jr 

Towner,  Daniel 

Townsend,  Benjamin 

David 

Isaac 

Jeremiah 

Jesse  

Nicholas 

Peter 

Robert 

Townshend,  Lord  George 

Towsley,  Samuel 

Samuel,  Jr 

Tracy,  Prince 

Thomas 

Trail,  Robert  

Train,  Jonathan 

Peter 

Thomas 

Trask,  Samuel 

Trevis,  Uriah 

Treadwell,  Ephraim 

Samuel 

William  Earle 

Treat,  Samuel 

Treby,  John 

Tredick,  Henry 

William.. . .* 

Trefethen,  Abraham 

Abraham,  Jr 

George 

Henry,  Jr 

John." 

William 

Trescott,  Savage 

Tripp,  Anthony 

James 

John 

Lott 

Trowbridge,  Caleb 

Joseph 

Thomas 

Truesdale,  John 

Richard 

Trumbull,  Asaph 

John 


. . . .392 
...  393 

74,  602 
77,  594 
. . .10 
....521 
....521 
10 


105 

517 

721 

282 

594,  595 

214,  667 

214 

272,  278,  372,  509 

362 

178,  361 

362 

433 

234 

495 

234,  600,  601 

178,  219,  422,  442,  488 

133 

421 

500 

500 

500 

500 

500 

500 

500 

500 

223 

89,  246 

69,  174,  245,  600 

69.  246,  599 

89,  174 

109 

531 

531 

476 

302 

467 

604 


William 114 

Trundy,  William 500 

Trvon,  Asael 73 

Governor... 625,  644,  647,  650,  666,  671,  688,  695 
699,  701,  704,  705,  714,  722,  733,  734,  736 

Tubbs,  Samuel 604,  606 

Tuck,  Jonathan 582 

Tucker,  Abijah 433 

Benjamin 509 

Henry 500 

Isaac 549 

Joshua 509 

Tuckerman,  John 500 

Tudor,  John 650 

Tupper,  Solomon 10 

Turner,  Abraham 254,  397 

Bela 645 

John 290,  318,  326,  521,  586 

John,  Jr 281,  290 

Robert 322 

Samuel 281,  397 

Tush,  Aaron 214 

Tute,  Amos 218 

James 124,  127-129,  652 

Tuttle.  Aaron 199 

Daniel 45 


Enos 521 

Ephraim 496,  598 

Huthwitt 250 


INDEX 


787 


Tuttle,  cont.,  Isaac 45 

Ithamar 199 

Jabez 113 

Nathaniel 250 

Sampson 109 

Simon 186,  191,  199 

Simon,  Jr 186,  191 

Stephen 45, 141 

Thomas 113 

Titus 199 

Ury 254 

William 109 

Tweedy,  John 251 

Twitchell,  David 259 

Worcester 41 

Tjder,  Joseph 658,  682 


Udill,  Joseph... 

Thomas 

Underhill,  Amos, 

Amos,  Jr 

Andrew 

Benjamin 

David 

Edmund 

Isaac 

Jacob 

John 


77 

77 

445,  609 

238 

227 

290,  324,  326,  445,  513,  539 
609,  697 

238 

238 

413,  445 

413 

234 


Joseph 

Samuel 

Solomon 

Thomas 

Underwood,  Benjamin 

Jonathan 

Untandt,  Elias 

Upham,  Edward 

Upson,  Stephen 

Stephen,  Jr 

Timothy 

Usher,  John 

Robert 

Utley,  William 

Utter,  Abraham 


69,  227,  585 

227 

238 

227 

500 

560 

141 

421 

....597,  598 

170 

170 

. . . ..366,  543 
....366,  543 

680 

302 


Vail,  Thomas 246 

Vallance,  David 594,  595 

Vanarnum,  Isaac 361,  605,  607 

Jacob 483 

John 361,  605,  607 

Luke 605,  607 

Richard 483 

Van  Buren,  James 141 

Vancampen,  Peter 334 

Vancank,  Coffe 81 

Vance,  John 141 

Kennedy 527 

Van  Cortlandt,  Augustus 687 

Vandegreger,  John  George 4.50 

Vanderdum,  Abraham 362 

Vanderheiden,  Derrick 483 

Derrick  J 483 

Jacol) 483 

Jacob,  Jr 483 

Matthias 483 

Vanderwort,  Peter 446 

Vancluser,  Hartman .509 

Vanduson,  Abraham 3.58 

Conrad 3.58 

I.‘»aac 81,  358 

Jacob .3.58 

John 358 

.Matthew 3.58 

Vandyke,  Ann 141 

Van  Orisen,  Hendrick 141 

Hendrick,  Jr 141 

Isaac 141 


Vanhorn,  John 271 

Van  Neste,  Bernardus 528- 

Van  Nostrand,  Aaron 23A 

Vanschans,  Coffe 358 

Vanthorne,  Barnet 141 

Vantine,  William 38 

Vanvalzah,  Cornelius 517 

Van  Vleck,  Henry 673 

Vanwort,  Eldad .302 

Van  Wyck,  Abraham 77,  141 

Cornelius 37 

John 37 

Samuel 77 

Stephen 145 

Theodore 36 

Theodorus 37,  141 

Theodorus,  Jr 37 

Thomas 77 

William 37,  105,  227 

William,  Jr 227 

Van  Zandt,  Jacobus 693 

Wynant 69 

Vaughan,  James * 608 

John 23 

William 73,  227 

Veale  or  Veille,  John 517 

Joseph 517 

Veners,  David 49 

Vennard,  William 500 

Vermilj^e,  John 238,  600,  601 

Villitto,  Stephen 117 

Voorhees,  Daniel 77,  513 

Vrooman,  Isaac 615,  703 


Waddams,  John 

Noah 

Wade,  Nathan 

Nathan,  Jr 

Nathaniel 

Wadrieflf,  Josiah 

Wadsworth,  Elisha 

Hezekiah 

Barnet 

Waite,  Benjamin 

Elisha 

Jason 

John 

Jonathan 

Nathaniel 

Phineas 

Phineas,  Jr 

Wakeman,  Jabez 

Mo.ses 

Walbridge,  Ebenezer.. 

Henry 

Henry,  Jr 

John 

Waldo,  Abiatha 

Nathan 

Samuel 

Waldron,  George 

Thomas  Westbrook 

Wales,  Ebenezer 

Eleazer 

Elisha 

Seth 

Solomon 

Walker,  Andrew 

Benjamin 

David 

Gideon 

Henry 

James 

John 

Walklns,  Moses 

Walkup,  Thomas 


330 

41,  282,  330,  603,  634,  688 

157 

157 

527 

170 

576 

536 

310 

673,  725 

178 

504 

372 

504 

504 

101,  218 

430 

153 

153 

178,  657 

604,  606 

604 

301 

601,  606 

214 

153,  417,  602 

219 

141 

.322,  696 

320,  322,  696 

322 

322 

322 

268 

326 

509 

250 

504 

565 

522-.524,  726 

.568 

32 


788 


INDEX 


Wall,  Samuel 513,  540 

William 692 

Wallace  or  Wallis,  Alexander 697 

Ebenezer 608 

Ebenezer,  Jr 608 

Gamaliel 362 

Isaac 361,  608 

James 297 

James,  Jr 297 

John 157,  267 

Nathaniel 608 

Samuel 392,  500 

Samuel,  Jr 500 

Waller,  Phineas 330 

Wallingford,  Thomas 32 

Walter,  Johnson 433 

Waiton,  Daniel 169 

George 32 

George,  Jr 500 

Ward.  Abijah 409 

Beriah 429  i 


Daniel 425 


David 45 

Edmund 199 

Henry 65 

Hezekiah 504 

Isaac 161  j 

Israel 45 

Joseph 46  I 

Richard 93  I 

Samuel 109 

Walter 517 

William 426,  726 

Warland,  John 54 

Owen 54 

Warner,  Aaron 338 

Abijah 169,  598 

Benjamin 604,  607 

Daniel 6,  23,  42,  46,  94,  133,  141,  149,  153 


157,  178,  183,  186,  191,  195,  199,  203,  215,  243 

255,  264,  268,  271,  277,  290,  294,  302,  310,  314  | 

334,  346,  354,  358,  362,  372,  385,  389,  397,  409  i 

417,  426,  459,  464,  480,  496,  500,  504,  521,  540  | 

549,  582,  604,  607  I 


David 161 

Eleazer 322 


Elihu 

Elisha. ... 
Ephraim 
Hester. . . 


338 

509 

169,  598 
727 


Jabez 


73 


Jacob 

Jacob,  Jr 

John 

Jonathan 

Joshua 

Lemuel 

Mark,  Jr 

Martin 

Moses 

Nj^thaniel 

Nordiah 

Oliver 

Orange 

Samuel 

Seth 

Warum 

William 

Warren,  Benjamin 

Daniel 

Ebenezer 

Gideon 

Jabez 

Jonas 

Joshua 

Joshua,  Jr 


338 

.338 

.227,  604,  607 
.251,  338,  354,  385,  488 

582  I 

338  I 

449  : 


227,  599  ' 

338 

214,459 

338  i 

61,  161,  338,  405,  599  i 

227,338 

459  i 

604,  607,  619,  630,  654,  727  I 

338 

14,  330  i 

82  I 

381  I 

425  I 

361,608  1 

231  j 

186,  191  i 

509  ^ 

82  I 


Warren,  cont.,  Oliver 186, 191 

Thomas 186,  191,  203 

William 517 

Warring,  Jones,  Jr 504 

Washburne,  Timothy 10 

Washington,  George 613 

Washmore,  Seth 434 

Wason,  John,  Jr 65 

Waterhouse,  Joseph 397,  509 

Waters,  Adam 342 

Gideon 6 

Isaac 342 

Jacob 212 

John 93,  425 

Jonathan,  Jr 433 

Joseph 342 

Joseph,  Jr 342 

Samuel 153,  157,  413,  417,  603,  606 

Samuel,  Jr 157,  417,  605,  606 

Worthy 342 

Watkins,  George 430 

Watson,  Daniel 434 

Jacob 294,  445,  513,  539,  609 

Joshua 294,  445,  513,  539 

Thomas 65,  392 

Watts,  Samuel 132 

Way,  Francis 37 

Weare,  Aaron 32 

Adam 267 

James 267 

Mesech 61,  85,  133,  210,  267,  322,  384,  528 

Nathaniel 552 

Webb,  Derrick 361 

Joseph 23,  326 

Webster,  David 342 

Elijah 342 

John 85 

Joseph 85,  342 

Josiah 85,  392 

Levi 85 

Oscar 572,  737 

Simeon ' 342 

Thomas 450 

Weeden,  Elijah 422 

Weeks,  Charles 157 

Edmund 77 

Ezekiel 556 

Gilbert 77 

John 556 

Jonathan 446 

Joshua 393 

Judah 385 

Lieutenant-Colonel 243 

Welch,  Daniel 322 

Thomas 322 

Weld,  Edward 354 

Edmund 354 

Elias 354 

John 354 

Joseph 354 

Samuel 354 

Weldon,  James 509 

Jesse 509 

John 509 

Weller,  Abel 226,  603 

Daniel 117 

David 117 

Eliakim 117,  608 

Israel 117 

John 117 

Jonathan 117 

Nathan 117 

Seth 293 

Thomas 226,  293,599 

Tilly 226,  603 

Wellman,  James 504 


I>sDEX 


789 


Wells,  Abner 483 

Asa 362 

Augustus 568 

David 203 

Ebenezer 564,  568 

Elijah 222 

Gideon 153 

Joel 362 

Jonathan 705 

Joshua • 543 

Noah 487 

Samuel 101,  178,  393,  487,  651 

Samuel,  Jr 488 

Welsey,  Lawrence 117 

Wendall,  Isaac 231,  479 

Jacob 54,  362,  459,  472,  484 

John 23 

John  Micah 362,  455 

Oliver 121,  362,  455,  471,  565 

Wentworth,  Benning.  ..3,  5-7,  9-11,  14,16,  18-20 
22-24,  26,  27,  29,  31-33,  35,  37-39,  41-43,  45-47 


49-52,  54-58,  60-62,  64-66,  69-71,  73-75,  77-79 
81-83,  85-87,  89-91,  93-95,  97-99,  101-103,  105- 
107,  109-111,  113-115,  117-119,  121-124,  126-130 
132-138,  140-142,  144-146,  148-150,  152-154,  157 
159,  161-163,  165-167,  169-171,  173,  174,  176 
178-180,  182-184,  186,  188,  190-192,  194-196 
198-200,  202,  203,  205-207,  209,  210,  212,  214- 
216,  218-220,  222-224,  226-228,  230-232,  234- 
236,  238-240,  242-244,  246-248,  250-252,  254 
255,  257,  259-261,  263-265,  267-269,  271,  272 
274,  275,  277-279,  281-283,  285-287,  289-291 
293-295,  298,  299,  301-303,  305-307,  309-311 
313-315,  317-319,  321-323,  32^-327,  329-331 
333-335,  337-339,  341-343, 345-347, 349-351, 353- 
355,  357-359,  361-363,  365-369,  371,  372,  374- 
378,  380-382,  384-386,  388-390,  392-394,  396- 
398,  400-402,  404-406,  408-410,  413,  415,  417- 
419,  421-423,  425-427,  429-431,  433-435,  437- 
439,  441,  443,  445-447,  449-452,  454-456,  459 
461,  463-465,  467-469,  471-473,  475-477,  479- 
481,  483^85,  487-489,  491-493,  495-497,  499,  500 
502-504  , 506,  508,  509,  511,  513,  514  , 516-518 
520,  521,  523-525,  527-529,  531-533,  ai5-537 
539-541,  543-546,  548-550,  552-554,  556,  557 
559,  560,  562  , 564-566,  568-670,  572  , 573,  575 
576,  578,  579,  581-583,  585,  586,  594,  631,  682 


Daniel 421 

Ebenezer 210 

Foster 32,  34,  272,  278,  560 

George 459 

Hugh  Hall 118,  532 

Hunking 23,  178,  338,  354,  362,  438,  492 

John...  .14,  32  , 94,  102,  141,  183,  186,  191,  203 

210,  211,  219,  268,  272,  278,  302,  314,  401,  405 

438,  492,  532,  560 

John,  Jr 210,  310,  381,  504,  544 

Jo.shua 459 


Mark  Hunking — 10,  14,  38,  74,  78,  82,  90, 102 
106,  110,  162,  170,  223,  227,  239,  243,  247,  278 

282,  .306,  314,  326,  338,  342,  362,  405,  413,  446 

45.5,  492  , 509,  513,  532,  536,  549,  5.56,  569 

Samuel. .14,  23,  61,  162,  203,  215,  219,  272,  278 

3.54,  372,  381,  4a5,  438,  4.55,  4.59,  472,  484,  492 


.569 

Thoma.s 302,  468 

Wesson,  John 608 

West,  David 260 

Eleazer 322 

Elijah 90 

Ichabo<l 604,  606 

Ichal)od,  Jr 604,  606 

James 322 

Levi 605 

Stephen 81 

Westgate,  James 422 


I 


I 


I 


I 


I 


Weston,  Matthew 433 

Westover,  Theophilus ■• . -509 

Wetherbee,  Abijah 381 

Benjamin 186,  191 

Johanna 381 

Jonathan 350,  381 

Samuel 381 

4Q 

Wetmore,  Seth 576 

Weymouth,  Shadrach 393 

Whaley,  Isaac 605,  607 

Theophilus 605,  607 

Wheaton,  Joseph 41,  264,  603 

Wheeden,  William 417 

Wheeler,  Abraham 93 

Benjamin 409 

Daniel 565 

David 314 

Dobson 90,  174,  599 

Ephraim 65 

Gideon 264,  596 

Glacier 242 

Henry 483 

Isaac 409 

Isaac,  Jr 409 

James 259 

Jethro 543 

Joel 429 

John 429,  643 

Jonas 372 

Joseph,  Jr 157 

Ju.stin 231 

Nathaniel 409 

Obediah 251 

Peter 242 

Philip 203 

Samuel 409 

Thomas 93,  425 

Timothy 314,  409 

Wheelock,  Eleazer 467 

Wheelwright,  Nathaniel 581 

Whipple,  Abraham 644,  692 

Benjamin 182,  604,  606,  729 

Daniel 617 

Joseph 459 

Marj' 617 

Whitcomb,  Asa 310,  628,  706 

Benjamin 85 

Cyrus 260 

Jonathan 186, 191 

Lot 628 

White,  Asa 178 

Benjamin 366 

Daniel 209 

Daniel,  Jr 209 

Elihu 209 

Isaac 366 

John 338,  366,  385,  426,  476,  608 

John.  Jr 306 

Jonathan 108,  109,  381,  467,  647 


Jonathan,  Jr, 

Jo.seph 

Joshua,  Jr.... 
Nathan,  Jr. .. 
Nathaniel — 

Noah 

Oliver 

Robert 

Rulof 

Salmmi 

Samuel 

Selah 

Simeon 

Simeon,  Jr... 

Solomon 

Thomas 


109 

306,5.52 

.500 

.500 

10 

306 

338 

500 

114,  281,  330,  694,  .595 

209 

338 

338 

488 

487 

.500 

82 


790 


INDEX 


White,  C071#,,  Thomas  W 628  | 

William >23,  306,  426,  467,  517 

Whitelaw,  James 646,  709,  733,  735  1 

Whiteman,  Lemuel 495 

Solomon 572  ' 

Whiting,  Asa 552 

Benjamin 109 

Eliphalet 552  ' 

John 521,  552 

Leonard 109 

Lewis 552 

Nathan 128,  649,  734 

Nathaniel 552 

Oliver 109 

Thomas 366 

Whitlock,  Jonathan 298 

Whitmore,  Aaron 358 

Daniel 543 

John ^ 

Timothy il6 

Whitney,  Benjamin 215,  322 

Benjamin,  Jr 98 

David 170,  330.  358 

Ephraim 85,  186, 191 

Henry 298 

Jonathan 186, 191,  552,  663 

Nathaniel 517 

Richard 298 

Solomon 358 

Timothy 101,  259 

William .509 

Zachariah 186.  191 

Whitson,  John .77  i 

John,  3d 77  j 

Nathaniel 246 

Whittemore,  James 54  ; 

Jeremiah 102 

Robert 487  , 

Samuel 27,389 

Whinlesey,  Charles 195, 199,  346 

Chauncey 195. 199,  346 

Eliphalet 42.  73,  603 

Elisha 195,  199,  346  ' 

Ezra 358 

John 74,  603 

Samuel 195,  199,  346  ' 

Wibird,  Anthonv 23  ' 

Richard.. 6.  i9,  32,  42,  46,  94,  98.  114,  133.  141  i 

149,  153,  157,  166,  178,  183,  199,  203,  210,  219  * 

231,  251,  255,  264,  271,  290,  264.  302,  310,  318  ! 

322,  334,  346,  366,  -381,  389,  417,  426,  464,  472  ! 

476,  483,  496,  500,  504,  540,  544,  560,  582 

Wick,  Elisha 45 

Wicks,  Abel 463 

James 464 

James,  Jr 464 

Wickwire,  Joseph 604,  606 

Wierad,  John 496 

Wiggins,  Andrew 145,231,480 

Benjamin 238 

Charles 586 

Daniel 238  ; 

Daniel,  Jr 238  ! 

John 238  , 

Thomas 61 

William 238 

Wigglesworth,  Edward 459 

Wilbur,  Joseph 421  | 

Uziah 422  ' 

Wilcox,  Obediah 342  | 

Roswell 334  i 

Samuel 666,  700  1 

Stephen 286 

WiUiam 528  ; 

Wilder,  Abner 310 

John 372  * 


Wilder,  cont.,  John,  Jr 372 

Josiah 310 

Jotham 310 

Nathaniel 260 

Phineas 49,  310 

Thomas 109 

TiUv 50 

Title 310 

Wildes,  Jonas 334 

Wiley.  Joseph 65 

William 145 

Wilkinson,  Crowell 45 

Jonathan 45 

Nathan 45 

Willard,  Aaron 389 

Abel 26,  429,  582 

Abijah 26,  429 

Abijah,  Jr 27 

Barzillai 109 

Benjamin 81,  97,  334,  405 

BiUv 543 

Caleb 61,  85,  101,  646 

Daniel 118 

Elias 405 

Isaac 314 

James  Nutter 350 

James  Nutting 389 

John 81,  118,  334 

Jonathan.. 85,  109,  116,  117,  300,  301,332,334 

366,  543,  649,  692,  699 

Jonathan,  Jr 361 

Joseph 81,  218,  389 

Joseph,  Jr 97 

Joshua 27,  102.  372 

Josiah  . .53,  100,  101,  131,  222,  334,  350,  364.  366 

381,  385,  542,  543,  569,  635,  703 

Josiah,  Jr 101, 178,  366,  388,  543 

Levi 26,  218,  429 

Lockhart 178 

Moses 389 

Nahum 65,  97,  203,  372 

Nathan 26,  218,  366,  381,  429,  543,  703 

Nathan,  Jr 389,  543 

Oliver 27,  52,  54,  59,  85, 162,  217,  219,  366 

381,  543,  580,  667 

Prentice 366,  389,  543 

Sampson 54,  101,  133,  218,  223,  388 

Samuel 302 

Solomon 132.  389,  543 

Wilder 160,  161,  218.  366,  434,  543 

William 54,  118,  218,  350.  381,  388,  543 

William,  Jr 543 

Willett,  John 290 

Samuel 69,  609 

Thomas 290 

Willey,  Thomas 565 

Williams,  Abiel 509 

Azariah - 81 

Benjamin 528 

Daniel 6 

David 608 

Ebenezer 18,  354 

Eleazer 203 

Elijah 26,  60,  81,  203.  433,  665 

Elijah.  Jr 31 

Elnathan 153 

Ephraim,  Jr 31 

Ezra 153 

Israel 32,  488 

Jabez 113 

Jehiel 330 

John 32,  223,  354 

John.  3d 301 

Joseph 113,  605,  607 

Josiah 31 

Josiah,  Jr 31 


INDEX 


791 


Williams,  cont.,  Leonard 223 

Nathan 223,  254,  521,  536 

Nathaniel 556 

Samuel 203,  214,  223,  480,  673 

Solomon 32 

Thomas 32,  223,  354,  440,  441 

Thomas,  Jr 441 

Wareham 536 

William 30,  31,  33,  34,  629,  630,  711 

William,  Jr 31 

Williamson,  George 374 

AVillis,  David 479 

George 231,  361,  480,  483 

John,  Jr 77 

John,  3d 77,  641 

Samuel. ...69,  76,  77,  106,  246,  413,  521,  556,  576 

641,  735 

Stephen 77 

Thomas 528 

William 246 

Williston,  William 33 

W’illits,  Richard 445 

Samuel 445 

Willoughby,  John 113, 195 

Joseph 604,  606 

Josiah 113 

Willow,  John 405 

Wilmot,  James,  Jr 149,  289 

John  Read 149 

Thomas 521,  601 

Wilson,  Benjamin 268,  350,  362,  565 

Elijah ..81,358 

James 81 

Jeremiah 298 

John 372,  504,  607,  608 

Joseph 260,  581 

Lawrence 45 

Robert 102 

Samuel 267,  350 

Samuel,  Jr 350 

Solomon 581 

William 149,  543 

Wiltsie,  James  38 

Winans,  Isaac 285 

Winchester,  Benjamin 97 

Isaac 354 

John 354 

William 354 

Wing,  Daniel 89,  600 

Edward 294 

Elihu 89 

John 89,  174,  602,  603 

Wingate,  Joseph 46 

Winn,  Benjamin 306 

Isaac 174 

John 141 

Joseph .582 

Winslow,  Cornelius .568 

Ebenezer 372 

Isaac 381 

Jedediah .346 

Nathaniel .397 

Prince 397 

Winthrop,  John 4.59 

WIswall,  Ebenezer 65,  93,  97,  6.36 

Jeremiah 476 

Wltherly,  Jonathan 85 

Witt,  Thomas .568 

Wlttam,  Wltherly 605,  607 

Wolcott,  Elijah 605,  607 

Wolf,  Anthony .302 

Wood,  Caleb 2.59 

Christopher 45 

Ebenezer 4.5.5,  604,  606,  689,  738 

Israel .5.56 

Jeremiah 556 


Wood,  cont.,  Job 

John 

John  Waldo 

Jonas 

Jonathan 

Joseph 

Reuben 

Stephen 

William 

Woodbridge,  Dudley 

Joseph 

Joshua  Lamb 

Ruggles 

Theodore 

Timoth3^ 

Timothy,  Jr 

Woodbury,  Bartholomew 

Benjamin 

Cornelius 

Joshua 

Wooder,  Joseph 

Woodhull,  Richard 

Woodruff,  Benjamin 

Isaac 

Isaac, Jr 

Jonathan 

Thomas 

Woods,  George 

John 

Woodward,  Bezaleel 

Constant 

Israel 

Israel,  Jr 

John 

Roswell ; 

Samuel 

Solomon 

Woodworth,  Abner 

Woolman,  Uriah 

Worcester,  E dad 

Francis,  Jr 

John 

Joseph 

Thomas 

William 

Worthen,  Ezekiel 

Worthington,  Temple 

Wortman,  Fines 

John  Jr 

Tunis 

Wough,  James 

James,  Jr 

John 

Joseph 

William 

Wright,  Aaron 

Aaron,  Jr 

Adam 

Amasa 

Asa 

Augu.stine 

Benjamin 

Benjamin,  Jr 

Bildad 

Caleb 

Charles 

Daniel 

Ebenezer 

Eleazer 

Elijah 

Elisha 

Elnathan 

Ephraim 

Ephraim,  Jr 

Ezekiel 

Gideon 


286 

517 

102 

556 

186,  191 

32,  110,  429 

463 

556 

259 

6 

81 

483 

471 

737,  738 

81,  209.  483 

81 

434 

504 

54 

504 

183,  531 

601 

114 

284 

285,  526,  527 

255,  286 

286 

290,  326,  586 

653,  710 

695 

10 

10,  169,  597,  598,  730 

10 

314 

531 

405 

97 

397,  594,  595 

....326,  445,  513,  539 

109 

195 

596 

186,  191,  227 

41,  264,  596 

109 

528 

593,  594 

157 

77 

77,  556,  594 

267 

267 

401 

267,  401 

268 

342,  437,  4.55 

182 

157 

218 

271 

297 

214,  334 

215 

121, 182,532 

446 

60.5,  607 

564 

384,  605 

330 

183 

4.50 

121,  122,  5.32 

121,  4.38 

5.32 

49 

334 


792 


INDEX 


Wright,  cont.,  Hezekiah 

James., 

Jason 

John 

John, Jr 

Jonathan 

Joseph 

Joshua 

Joshua,  Jr 

Josiah 

Kent  

Medad 

Moses 

Nathaniel 

Nehemiah 

Peter 

Reuben 

Samuel 

Selah 

Solomon 

Thomas 

Thomas  M 

Timothy 

Timothy,  Jr 

Titus 

William 

Zadock 


14 

10 

565 

77,  246,  384,  446 

77,  297 

605,  607 

10,145,  161,  576 

50 

214 

666,  700 

157,  602 

41 

54,  218,  366,  429 

384 

433 

50,  242 

182,  532 

334 

121,  384,  437,  449,  532 

330,  417 

446 

628 

14,  455 

564 

271,  277 

350 

218 


Wyman,  Ezekiel 109 

Israel 109 

Ross 310,  314 

Wyncoop,  Benjamin,  Jr 153 

Yale,  Nash 576 

Nathaniel 576 

Yates,  John 263,  513,  539 

Paul 157,  603 

Samuel 421,  713 

Yeaton,  Benjamin 500 

Joseph 393 

Richard 500 

Young,  Daniel 157 

Elisha 417 

Henry 14 

James 417 

John 310,  417 

Jonathan 475 

Joseph 586 

Thomas 77,  157,  586 

William 250,  314,  504 

William,  Jr 214 

Zabriskie,  John 289 

Joseph 289 

Peter 141 


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